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New York Botanical Garden
The next day we went to the New York botanical gardens (technically not in the city of New York, but still...). It’s in the Bronx, so I think it is technically in the city. I told her that she’d have to take a train to it, not a subway but a train, so I think she thought that it was outside of the city. Moving on. We had to take a train, so I got to see Grand Central Station, which is very maze-like, in my humble opinion.
Judy sent me this picture and said that they were on the train.
When we got there, they were having a special where all admission was free for everyone unless they wanted to go to the conservatory, which we did. So we paid extra for it, but it could work out for somebody else interested in the gardens.
My mom loves roses, so the first stop we made at the gardens was to the Rockefeller Rose Garden, which was not only beautiful but also quite fragrant.
We had taken quite a trek to get there, so we decided to break out the protein bars and water and sit for a bit. While my mother and I were sitting on a bench admiring the garden and eating, a woman came over and asked to sit with us. We said, “Sure, go ahead.” And she quickly started making conversation. Soon enough though, she asked if we had any food for her, too – which we declined. We hadn’t packed extra food anyway, but we were definitely not used to being asked for food so casually. She did not seem homeless or poor, so that confused us even more, but she just continued to chat genially with us until her family walked past and she joined them. I got a picture as she spoke to my mom:
We walked past dozens of trees with initials carved into them. As cute as that is, I feel like the carvers are tattooing our tree friends unwillingly. It ends up looking pretty strange. And we risk them not coming to our aid the next time we’re attacked by orcs.
When we’d finally made the circle around the huge property, mom and I stopped for lunch at one of the garden restaurants. We both got pre-packaged salads and a drink. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture until we were almost finished, but here they are. Mine was a chickpea salad (finished) and my mom got a black bean one:
After lunch we made our way to the conservatory – aka the reason we paid for this visit. When it came into view we both were very excited, it was the dome shaped building pictured below.
Now, I’m a critic because I have been to Longwood Gardens hundreds (maybe not hundreds) of times. I’d say it’s safely in the low double-digits. Longwood is beautiful. The New York Botanical Garden conservatory is very beautiful and is probably an equal match to that of Longwood (even though the landscape itself is not as stunning.)
So we entertained ourselves there, but began to get tired of all the walking. We decided to go back. As we left, we went through a nice little farmers market at the entrance to the gardens. My mom bought some delicious gluten-free food for the trip back to the hotel. This next picture is obviously not the farmers market!
Up next: Meanwhile, back in the city...; and Dig Inn and Phantom
The next day we went to the New York botanical gardens (technically not in the city of New York, but still...). It’s in the Bronx, so I think it is technically in the city. I told her that she’d have to take a train to it, not a subway but a train, so I think she thought that it was outside of the city. Moving on. We had to take a train, so I got to see Grand Central Station, which is very maze-like, in my humble opinion.
Judy sent me this picture and said that they were on the train.
When we got there, they were having a special where all admission was free for everyone unless they wanted to go to the conservatory, which we did. So we paid extra for it, but it could work out for somebody else interested in the gardens.
My mom loves roses, so the first stop we made at the gardens was to the Rockefeller Rose Garden, which was not only beautiful but also quite fragrant.
We had taken quite a trek to get there, so we decided to break out the protein bars and water and sit for a bit. While my mother and I were sitting on a bench admiring the garden and eating, a woman came over and asked to sit with us. We said, “Sure, go ahead.” And she quickly started making conversation. Soon enough though, she asked if we had any food for her, too – which we declined. We hadn’t packed extra food anyway, but we were definitely not used to being asked for food so casually. She did not seem homeless or poor, so that confused us even more, but she just continued to chat genially with us until her family walked past and she joined them. I got a picture as she spoke to my mom:
We walked past dozens of trees with initials carved into them. As cute as that is, I feel like the carvers are tattooing our tree friends unwillingly. It ends up looking pretty strange. And we risk them not coming to our aid the next time we’re attacked by orcs.
When we’d finally made the circle around the huge property, mom and I stopped for lunch at one of the garden restaurants. We both got pre-packaged salads and a drink. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture until we were almost finished, but here they are. Mine was a chickpea salad (finished) and my mom got a black bean one:
After lunch we made our way to the conservatory – aka the reason we paid for this visit. When it came into view we both were very excited, it was the dome shaped building pictured below.
Now, I’m a critic because I have been to Longwood Gardens hundreds (maybe not hundreds) of times. I’d say it’s safely in the low double-digits. Longwood is beautiful. The New York Botanical Garden conservatory is very beautiful and is probably an equal match to that of Longwood (even though the landscape itself is not as stunning.)
So we entertained ourselves there, but began to get tired of all the walking. We decided to go back. As we left, we went through a nice little farmers market at the entrance to the gardens. My mom bought some delicious gluten-free food for the trip back to the hotel. This next picture is obviously not the farmers market!
Up next: Meanwhile, back in the city...; and Dig Inn and Phantom
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Thank goodness it went east but SC got all the moisture. 
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