The History of Botany - by Tom Park

How did we transition from simply using plants to studying them? View a short history of botany in this video by Tom Park, one of our interns at The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium.

by Tom Park

For more videos, check out our youtube page.

Herbarium - The Movie, by Alister Sanderson

Herbarium - an Alister Sanderson film with music by John Stone and the Queens Chamber Band.

Finally, the answer to "What is an Herbarium?"

The 2012 Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden

Free New York Botanical Garden Desktop Art - Wallpaper - iPhone Screen

It's that time again. More free wallpaper from the collection of the New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. I think it's time for something green.

Today's wallpaper is Bursera linanoe.

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Photography by... me.

MK Direct Photo e-Box 1419 - NYBG Mod - Preview

I just received a new MK Direct Photo e-Box 1419 with a modified opening on top.

Jaime, Felix and Ruben at MK Direct have been exceptionally helpful with this project. I thought I was going to have to make modifications to the box myself, but when I explained what I needed, they generously offered to do it for me.

The results are fantastic. This is the first shot I took with the new box using the Canon Eos 1ds Mark III with a 50mm Macro lens:

Eysenhardtia officinalis

Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra

This looks like a lot of work!



Get tickets here.

More Free Desktop Art - Milk Berry Specimen Wallpaper

Today's free desktop art is Sideroxylon americanum - or milk berry. Click the image to download and use as wallpaper.

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Photography by Lisa Vargues

More Free New York Botanical Garden Herbarium Wallpaper

Due to popular demand, more free wallpaper from the New York Botanical Garden Herbrium's Virtual Herbarium. This one is Booth's willow, or Salix boothii.

Click on the image to download wallpaper or desktop art for your computer or iPhone.

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Photography by Matthew Pace.

Free New York Botanical Garden Desktop Art

While the specimens in the Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden are preserved for the sake of research, a lot of them are very pretty. Take this Nama aretioides, or purple nama, for example. Really. You can take it and use it as your computer wallpaper or iPhone background. Click on the size below to download the full resolution.

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The Orchid Show - On Broadway March 5–April 25, 2011

I am excited to go to the New York Botanical Garden's annual Orchid Show. This year is a Broadway theme with Tony Award-winning set designer Scott Pask, image-maker Drew Hodges, and Botanical Garden curators designing the exhibit. After this winter, it will be a nice way to start Spring!