The New York Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful places in New York City. This summer I had the pleasure of attending an evening Water Lily Concert and Monet Exhibit.
The gardens were curated to showcase flowers from Giverny, Monet’s extraordinary home and gardens in France. The exhibit included some beautiful paintings and, my favorite, his artist pallete covered with paint (unfortunately, photography was not permitted in the gallery).
The reflection pools allowed for some really fun shots!
The NYBG describes the event, “Claude Monet created some of the world’s most beloved artworks. But did you know one of the things Monet considered among his greatest masterpieces was not a painting? It was Giverny, the artist’s idyllic home in the French countryside, about 50 miles from Paris. Monet was an avid gardener who once reflected that perhaps flowers were the reason he became a painter. This exhibition explores this legacy, transforming the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory into a floral masterpiece of diverse plants, bold colors, and dramatic design. At Giverny, Monet carefully tended and transformed what was once a provincial kitchen garden into a floral fantasia, and constructed the pond where he grew the water lilies that graced many of his most famous paintings. Starting in July, water lilies–many of them the varieties he grew–are featured in the Conservatory Courtyard Pools.”
The garden was filled with wonderful quotes from Monet:
“My most beautiful work of art is my garden.”
“I do what I can to express what I feel in the presence of nature.”
My mom and I had the best time pretending we were in France!
The pathways and gardens were filled with lovely scented candles from Diptyque Paris.
Eric and I enjoyed the evening with my mom and our friend, Linda. The concert is set up in a way that you can picnic on the lawn and enjoy a signature cocktail. We had a blast!
