Preview Party Thursday, April 24, 2014

Silent Auction Catalogue and Highlights of the Collectors’ Sale

Silent Auction items available for open bidding at the Preview Party

MISH New York Shopping Experience

A $10,000 gift certificate toward the purchase of beautiful fine jewelry from the Mish New York boutique and a private appointment with designer Mish Tworkowski.

All proceeds of the sale benefit The New York Botanical Garden.

DONATED BY: Mish Tworkowski and Joseph Singer VALUE: $10,000 Spirograph Bench

The Spirograph Bench is a replica of a French piece from approximately the 1890’s.

82” W x 35” D x 35 1/2” H

DONATED BY: Munder-Skiles VALUE: $5,660 Ocean House Getaway

Spend two nights at Ocean House, on the bluffs of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, in the Premiere Signature Suite, The Ocean House Tower. Enjoy two complimentary spa treatments in the OH! Spa as well as an intimate dinner in the Seasons Restaurant.

DONATED BY: Ocean House VALUE: $5 ,000 An Orchid a Month

A new Orchid plant every month for a year in different species and varieties from Bowman Dahl.

DONATED BY: Bowman Dahl VALUE: $1,8 00 AMOREPACIFIC Time Response Basket

A basket of best-selling premium anti-aging treatments from AMOREPACIFIC.

DONATED BY: AMOREPACIFIC VALUE: $1,785 Russian Lilac Painting

An original watercolor on vellum by botanical artist Denise Walser-Kolar.

4.5”x 7.25”

DONATED BY: Denise Walser-Kolar and Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper, LLC. VALUE: $1,300 diptyque Indoor and Outdoor Candles

Defining luxury and craftsmanship, diptyque’s candles are unique and elegant, demonstrating the art of “homemade”. To create the earthenware pot, diptyque teamed up with the French porcelain artists at Vinebent, famous since 1924 for their exquisite work. These scented candles are a combination of first-class waxes specifically blended in order to unleash the perfect scent. Two pairs: Baies and Feu de Bois, Figuier, and Jasmin.

DONATED BY: diptyque VALUE: $1,100 Terra Cotta Planters

French white washed terra cotta planters with green glazed swag and emblem.

26.5"H x 17"D

DONATED BY: Fleur VALUE: $1,090 pair n a m r e d e L

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Highlights of the Collectors’ Plant Sale

This year the Collectors’ Plant Sale will celebrate outstanding hardy and shrubs from The New York Botanical Garden’s beautiful and historic collections. You will find gorgeous specimens representing some of the Garden’s most iconic trees such as the graceful Himalayan white pine ( Pinus wallichiana ) in the Arthur and Janet Ross Conifer Arboretum, as well as the lacebark pine ( Pinus bungeana ) that greets visitors at the Reflecting Pool and the trident ( Acer buergerianum ), a highlight of the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Maple Collection, the latter two prized for their dramatic exfoliating bark.

Along with saplings of these large trees, the Garden is excited to offer a selection of small trees and shrubs propagated from NYBG collections and chosen for their rarity and charm. The small-leaved rhododendron ‘Montchanin’ grows in the Azalea Garden but you would be hard pressed to find it in any nursery. Chinese witch-hazel ( Hamamelis mollis ), which borders the Home Gardening Center, has showy, sweet- smelling, long-lasting winter that have been a favorite of Garden staff for decades. You will be intrigued by the uncommonly cultivated Meliosma cuneifolia , which is so uncommon that it lacks a common name. In addition to these Garden favorites and botanical curiosities, there will be a small offering of grown from collected in the wild by Garden staff on recent trips to and the Republic of Georgia.

For the herbaceous plant collector, the Sale will feature spring ephemerals and perennials that are not available in a typical garden center. For your woodland garden, charming anemones, lady-slipper orchids, and trilliums, as well as the highly desirable Jeffersonia dubia , await . Look for two seedlings from the only pink Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense in cultivation, a handful of extraordinary blue Himalayan poppies, and exquisite species peonies.

From May 17 to September 7, the Garden-wide exhibition, Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens & The Women Who Designed Them , will celebrate early 20th-century America’s most influential women in landscape architecture and design as well as garden photography and writing. The Collectors’ Plant Sale will offer specimens of some of the Garden’s best-loved plants found in NYBG landscapes originally designed by two of these enterprising women. of Japanese apricot ( Prunus mume ) are among the earliest blooming trees of the season in the Ladies’ Border, originally designed by Ellen Shipman. These trees, which blossom as early as February, are seldom offered in this area. You will find a large specimen of the pink, double-flowered cultivar ‘Dawn’ at the Sale, along with another hard-to-find favorite, Japanese torreya ( Torreya nucifera ). This evergreen thrives in the Benenson Ornamental Conifers, originally designed by Marian Coffin. These are just a few of the gardener’s delights that will be available at the Collectors’ Plant Sale! Garden Consultations Planning a new garden or enhancing your existing garden? Make it even more spectacular and the envy of your gardening friends by bidding on a garden consultation with one of The New York Botanical Garden’s expert horticulturists.

< Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections, will consult on caring for trees and shrubs and adding new, unusual plantings.

< Francisca Coelho, Vivian and Edward Merrin Vice President for Glasshouses and Exhibitions, designer of the upcoming Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens & The Women Who Designed Them in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, will help you with your garden’s design.

< Brian Sullivan, Vice President for Landscape, Outdoor Collections and Gardens, will provide tips on sprucing up a garden in need of rejuvenation.

< Kristin Schleiter, Associate Vice President for Outdoor Gardens and Senior Curator, will recommend design ideas for gardens and containers using the very latest and best herbaceous perennials, annuals, and bulbs.

< Jessica Arcate Schuler, Director of the Thain Family Forest, will consult on the best native plants for a woodland garden.

< Marc Hachadourian, Manager of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections and Curator of the Orchid Collection, will provide advice on water gardens, tropical plants, or expanding your orchid collection.

DONATED BY: The New York Botanical Garden VALUE: $2,500 each Booksigning

An Invitation to the Garden By Michael Devine

During the Preview Party, Michael Devine will be signing copies of his new book, An Invitation to the Garden , which will be available for purchase at the Shop in the Garden booth.

In this indispensable entertaining guide, Michael Devine, a well-known tastemaker, shows how the garden can be a perfect and easily transformable setting to stage enchanted events in every season. Michael Devine shares the joys of outdoor dining in his exquisite garden, presenting several get- togethers throughout the year-from breakfast and lunch to cocktails and dinner. Included are easy-to- prepare recipes as well as lots of ideas for creating festive tablescapes and decor that befit each occasion, from an iridescent butterfly-themed summer luncheon to a Christmas Eve feast in his cozy candlelit garden folly.

Michael Devine has an internationally recognized line of hand-printed fabrics. His textiles and gardens have appeared in numerous print and online magazines, including House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Traditional Home , and the Peak of Chic . He is a weekly columnist for Lonny magazine.

DONATED BY: Fleur VALUE: $1, 200