I grew up in and around gardens. My grandmother’s entire backyard seemed like the Garden of Eden to me. There was an endless supply of fruit (various types of citrus fruits and grapes) and a myriad of flowers that overwhelmed the air and my nose with the loveliest of smells. I had my own small garden at my home and gardened at the botanical garden in my town. After spending the past year researching gardens and seed banks (working from a more scientific perspective of urban agriculture) my love and appreciation of roaming landscaped environments was need of some renewal. (I was also desperately missing the gorgeous tropical plants of Colombia)
I heard about the Roberto Burle Max exhibition at the New York Botanical Gardens a few months ago. I wanted to see an international landscape architecture exhibition, as I had never seen one before and I was intrigued by how one would execute such a feat. It was absolutely breathtaking. Over the past 3 years, I’ve spent a majority of time focused on arid and desert environments; except for two trips to Costa Rica and Colombia. I absolutely love the tropics, just as much as deserts and more temperate biomes, but this exhibition provided me with a new appreciation for these ultrarich biomes. I highly recommend making the trek out to experience it. Check out my highlights below.
