2 Photo Opportunities This Coming Weekend
Two very good photo opportunities are happening this weekend.
Sakura Matsuri 2010 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Participate in New York City’s "rite of spring" at Sakura Matsuri, a phenomenal weekend celebrating Japanese culture with over 60 events and performances. Enjoy contemporary and traditional Japanese music and dance, taiko drumming, ikebana flower arranging, Japanese DJs, presentations on the art of manga, tea ceremonies, and workshops for all ages.
Admission is $15 ($10 for seniors 65 and over)
Remember, one of our assigned subjects for the upcoming season is "People at Work," and this looks like there will be a lot of great opportunities to capture this assignment.
For complete information and a schedule of events, please visit http://www.bbg.org/sakura2010
Steinhardt Gardens Open Day
Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
On Sunday, May 2, the Steinhardts open their gardens to the public as part of a fundraising event for the Garden Conservancy.
Admission is $5.
Excerpt from The Garden Conservancy:
The Steinhardts’ love of plants is evident throughout this hilly 55-acre estate, where more than 2,000 species of trees, shrubs, and perennials have been incorporated into a natural-looking setting by landscape designer Jerome Rocherolle of Shanti Bithi Nursery. Stepping-stone stairways, pine paths, stone outcroppings and grassy lawns are used to join as well as separate different areas. The estate features an extensive Japanese maple garden, a sweeping hillside planted with unusual conifers, a "secret garden" of yellow flowers and foliage, an alpine garden, experimental gardens, fruit orchards, ornamental grasses, cutting gardens, and a magical installation of tall slender stones on a grassy slope, looking like a forest from another planet. Great attention has been paid to planting the understory of the woodland and maple gardens with unusual shade-loving specimens. Plants and trees are labeled throughout the gardens. Look for extensive use of ferns, moss (including a moss-covered bridge), more than 400 cultivars of Japanese maples, and hundreds of varieties of Hemerocallis. Experimental beds are filled with mail-order plants that will be integrated into the gardens when they mature. Antique apple trees abound in the fruit orchards. The Steinhardt garden has been featured in Architectural Digest (Germany), Vogue Country Living (Australia), Garden Design, House Beautiful, and many local publications.
This is a fantastic garden with plenty of photo ops, both plant and animal portraits are possible as well as landscapes and architectural opportunities. 5 hours seems like a long time, but you’ll be amazed at how much there is to photograph and will be wishing you had more time!
For directions, Google 433 Croton Lake Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 or enter that address into your GPS. This is a well attended event, so you will likely be driving in with others, so can follow the traffic in if you’re unsure of the directions.
Happy shooting!
Wonderland, taken at Steinhardt Gardens by David Henkel
