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Apr 4, 2021

The Perseverance of New York City’s Wildflowers - The New York Times

Scarlet bee balm.Yellow wood sorrel growing by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and Battery Weed fort, in Staten Island, N.Y.Hedge bindweed and rose of Sharon by the ConEd plant on Avenue D, in Manhattan.Butterfly weed.Mr. Garn did not intend for “Wildflowers of New York City” to be a traditional field guide for identifying flowers. Rather, his reverent portraits invite us to delight in the beauty of flowers that we more often encounter in a sidewalk crack than in a bouquet. “They all share a beauty of form and function that offers testimony to the glory of survival in the big city,” Mr. Garn writes. He asks us to stop and consider the sprouts we might pass every day and appreciate them not just for their beauty, but also for their ability to thrive.More than 2,000 species of plants are found in New York City, more than half of which are naturalized, Mr. Garn writes. Some were imported for their beauty; ornate shrubs such as the buttercup winterhazel, star magnolia and peegee hydrangea all reached North America for the first time in a single shipment to the Parsons & Sons Nursery in Flushing in 1862.Others came as stowaways, as the writer Allison C. Meier notes in the book’s introduction. In the 19th century, the botanist Addison Brown scoured the heaps of discarded ballast — earth and stones that weighed down ships — by city docks for unfamiliar blossoms, as he noted in an 1880 issue of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. During one July jaunt to Gowanus in Brooklyn, Mr. Brown noted purple sprouts of sticky nightshade...

Jun 14, 2018

New York Today: Inside the Greenhouse That Grows the City's Flowers

Three greenhouses are responsible for the infinite colorful blooms in parks across the city: Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island, Forest Park Greenhouse in Queens and Citywide Nursery in the Bronx, which we explored on a recent rainy morning.What we discovered there, in a c...

Oct 5, 2017

Funeral notices for Thursday, Sept. 28

Madison Ave., Skowhegan. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation (CSF), 29 Crest Loop, Staten Island, NY 10312.GODING — Mabel A., of Auburn passed away in Auburn on Monday, Sept. 25. At her request, there will be no viewing. Burial will take place at a later date for family and friends. Donations may be made in Mabel’s honor to the Hospice House at Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240.HULL — Mary A., 67, a resident of Lisbon, died in Lisbon on Friday, Sept. 22. Funeral services honoring Mary’s life will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 11 a.m. at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home. Committal services will then follow at Gracelawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. till the time of the service. Arrangements by the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred A. Plourde Pkwy., Lewiston 784-4023.LAFRANCE — Henry E., 82, of Norway, died on Monday, Sept. 25. A graveside service for Edith and Henry will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Riverside Annex in South Paris. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Henry’s memory to the Oxford Hills Baseball Program, Attn: Athletic Department, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, 256 Main St., South Paris, ME 04281. Arrangements are in the care of Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris.LEBLANC — Gerald H., 81, a resident of Greene, died in Auburn on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Funeral services honoring Gerald’s life will be celebrated on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home. Committal services along with a military honors service will then follow at 1 p.m. at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Mt. Vernon Road in Augusta. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Gerald’s memory to the Center for American Homeless and Disabled Veterans, 210 East Broad St. Suite 202, Falls Church, VA 22046; or to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, 55 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred A. Plourde Pkwy., Lewiston, 784-4023.LEDGER — Michael, 65, passed away peacefully in Augusta on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. A visitation will be held on Friday, September 29, 2017 from 12pm to 2pm at Fortin/Auburn. A funeral service will immediately follow at 2pm at Fortin/Auburn. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Michael’s memory to, The ALS Association, PO Box 37022,Boone, IA, 50037-0022. A service of The Fortin Group/Plummer & Merrill Funeral, Cremation and Monument Services, 217 Turner St., Auburn, Maine 04210. 783... (Lewiston Sun Journal)

Nov 9, 2016

NY / Region|Coastal Jointweed Brings Fall Blooms to City's Barrens

Bennett Field in Brooklyn, the east side of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, and the sparse soils near the shorelines of Mount Loretto on Staten Island. Far from the familiar autumn image of the extravagant sugar maples in New England, jointweed’s stark beauty lends New York City’s barrens a solemnity worth visiting. We're interested in your feedback on this page. Tell us what you think. (New York Times)

Sep 28, 2016

Thousands of flowers to be planted at site of Irish famine graves on Staten Island

Marine Hospital Quarantine Cemetery on Staten Island. On October 15 at 11am, Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. (FAC) will gather with helpers to plant the spring-time flowers in tribute to the thousands buried in the cemetery, among them many famine Irish who died on US soil following their nightmarish journey across the Atlantic. FAC received a donation of 1,000 daffodil bulbs from New Yorkers for Parks and is now assembling a team of a dozen volunteers to help with the planting. FAC is also seeking further donations to add a thousand tulip bulbs. “We will beautify the restored cemetery which is the final resting place for thousands of Irish immigrants who never realized their dream of a new life,” said Lynn Rogers, Executive Director of Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries. “They perished either at the New York Quarantine Hospital or on ship during the Great Irish Hunger 1845-1852.” During the years of the Great Irish Famine (1845-1858) tens of thousands of Irish Immigrants came to New York Harbor, many of whom were found with disease and perished. T... (IrishCentral)

Sep 7, 2016

Staten Islanders Splurge on Flower Deliveries More Than Most of City: Study

The zip code that spent the second most on flowers over two years was 10314 which covers neighborhoods in Staten Island. View Full Caption Shutterstock/Popksr Studio Staten Islanders are splurging on flower deliveries — in fact, they're spending more on the expensive, romantic gesture than any other zip code in the city aside from one neighborhood in Manhattan, a new study shows. Residents who purchased flowers from Flowers.com and live in the Staten Island 10314 zip code spent the second most in the city on flower deliveries over the past two years, according to a recent study of floral sales data by RentHop and Flowers.com. The zip code 10314, which represents Bulls Head, New Springville and Heartland Village, spent a total of $3,068 on flower deliveries since August 2014. An average individual order costs between $70 and $100, according to a RentHop data analyst. The amount was only beat by one other zip code, 10016, which encompasses Murray Hill in Manhattan. Staten Islanders in 10314 weren't just buying and sending flowers; they also received $3,400 worth of flower deliveries from F...