Monet’s gardens at The New York Botanical Garden

Well , I ’ve been to France once before , but I ca n’t vaunt that I made it all the way to the gardens of Claude Monet ( 1840 - 19226 ) in Giverny . site about 74 kilometers ( 45 miles ) NW of Paris in theEuredepartment , Monet know and workeden plein - airin his idyllic out-of-door room . To see his home and garden , I ’m tell , is to see another side of the artist ’s oeuvre : in both paintings and planting , contrasting colors mingle side by side and reflections deepen blueprint .

Thanks to The New York Botanical Garden I finger like I ’ve gotten a taste of what Giverny has to offer . Various artists add up together to create an inspired vision of Giverny inside The Garden ’s Haupt Conservatory . Tony - Award winning set designer Scott Pask set a reproduction façade of Monet ’s jade green - cut back dwelling at the beginning of a garden walkway that stop at a version of the well - known Japanese footbridge . The NYBG staff flank the tract with an exceptional collection of hollyhocks ( Alceacvs . , Zones 3 - 9 ) , delphiniums ( Delphiniumcvs . , Zones 3 - 7 ) , and lupines ( Lupinusspp . , zone 4 - 10 ) that swipe the bed into a flowered allée , while paeony ( Paeoniacvs . , Zones 3 - 8) and roses ( Rosaspp . , Zones 2 - 11 ) perfume the dreamscape . Whether you ’ve been to Giverny or not , this lovely reproduction set is a must - see . you may even meet some famous water supply lily in the Conservatory kitty , the very same find in Monet’sNymphéasseries , as well as seldom - exhibit original works and the artist ’s own palette .

You have until October 21 , 2012 to trance this exhibition . Do n’t pretermit out !

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