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At ‘The People’s Garden’ There is Splendor in Every Season

February 28, 2020 | 9:06 AM
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Rose seedheads.

By Mildred Alpern

Riverside Garden in the park at 91st Street, may appear dreary but a closeup look reveals some intriguing transitions to spring. Some yellow aconites are popping up among nestled oak leaves, and various seed heads are furnishing unique structural beauty to the garden.

Stripped of their black seeds, the skeletal husks of the blackberry lily is architecturally curvilinear like Gaudi’s rippling building facades.

The rose hip, the seed head spawned from dead rose blooms, is apricot colored and plump, topped with a sepal crown. White fluff floating in tufts envelops the seeds of the anemone, while low-to-the-ground sedum adds brilliance to the winter garden with burnished copper tones. Clusters of dried hydrangeas mimic butterflies descended en masse, and golden grasses beckon in the breeze. Understated grandeur? Perhaps. But impressive nevertheless.

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Toinette Lippe
Toinette Lippe
5 years ago

Glad you like my winter aconites. They blossom first thing every year.

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PedestrianJustice
PedestrianJustice
5 years ago

Glorious. Thank you for this reminder to find beauty in the everyday.

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Carolyn M Gallogly
Carolyn M Gallogly
5 years ago

I think I also saw snowdrops the other day…and yes, this garden and the people who maintain it are a gift.

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David Tillyer
David Tillyer
5 years ago
Reply to  Carolyn M Gallogly

Carolyn. I’ve got a bunch of snow drops in my garden. I first noticed them a week ago. (54th & 11th)
David

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kaylord
kaylord
5 years ago

I love this garden so much. It brings everyone so much joy. Thanks, gardeners!

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JerryV
JerryV
5 years ago

Lovely. I’m beginning to feel warmer already. You could do a service by posting throughout the season

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