The 10th annual orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden will be held March 3 – April 22, 2012. Designed by French botanical artist, Patrick Blanc, this year’s exhibition blends orchid horticulture with modern art.
The Orchid Show: Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens takes vertical gardens to new heights. Visitors will be greeted by towering spectacles of tropical life exploding in alluring color and fragrance. Blanc’s “green walls” will present thousands of orchids abandoning the constraints of gravity as they rise high above the Conservatory’s Reflecting Pool and Seasonal Exhibition Galleries.
Prepare for your visit to see the finest in vertical gardening by using this very special offer. Save 20% off the cost of an All-Garden Pass when you buy tickets online from March 3 – April 22, 2012. When you order your tickets, be sure to use code 9049 to receive your discount. This code is valid only online at the NYBG website and is valid for visits made March 3 through April 22, 2012. This offer is subject to availability and cannot be combined with any other promotional offer or previously purchased tickets. This discount may be modified or withdrawn with prior notice. Tickets are not refundable or exchangeable.
In addition to viewing Blanc’s spectacular gardens, visitors can attend presentations and demonstrations about orchids, take orchid-specific classes in photography and flower arranging, purchase orchids at the Shop in the Garden, and enjoy a snack at one of the Garden’s cafes.
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Patric Blanc’s Vertical Gardens are fascinating. I would love to go to Berlin to see that beautiful museum and his vertical design, I also liked the vertical works in Bangkok. Actually they were all exceptional.
It would be interesting to know how long it takes Patric to install one of his works and how he successfully gets the plants to adhere to the soil, or whatever he uses to get the plants to grow in his wall designs. I would like to know how long the wall designs last. Some have an obvious source of water, like the Bangkok design but water was not always obvious.
In spite of all the questions the work is very intriguing.