An eventful week with a trip to NYC, the dentist, and the final trip to the garden.
I was in New York City on Tuesday, Sept 13, 2011, to visit the 9/11 Memorial. The fountains were open for viewing, the other buildings were not completed.
The Memorial Plaza surrounding the fountains were lined with more than 400 young swamp white oak trees. The trees were selected and harvested from within a 500-mile radius of the World Trade Center site, with additional trees coming from locations in the Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., areas that were impacted on September 11, 2001.
But the star attaction was the "Survivor Tree." The callery pear tree became known as the Survivor Tree after sustaining extensive damage, but living through the destruction of the twin towers on September 11, 2001.
I had a little time to stop in Central Park and check out the Conservatory Garden and also visited the Cloisters, where I viewed their medieval herb garden. They had nightshade, mandrake, wormwood, and much more. The place was lovely and I'll talk about that more in a future post.
On Thursday my wallet and I both suffered through a root canal, and on Friday I finished cleaning out the garden, digging up the plants I wanted to keep and take home, including the spilanthes, patchouli, and lamb's ear.
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| 9/11 Memorial, NYC copyright SHD 2011 |
I was in New York City on Tuesday, Sept 13, 2011, to visit the 9/11 Memorial. The fountains were open for viewing, the other buildings were not completed.
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| Memorial Plaza, NYC copyright SHD 2011 |
The Memorial Plaza surrounding the fountains were lined with more than 400 young swamp white oak trees. The trees were selected and harvested from within a 500-mile radius of the World Trade Center site, with additional trees coming from locations in the Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., areas that were impacted on September 11, 2001.
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| The Survivor Tree, Memorial Plaza, NYC copyright SHD 2011 |
I had a little time to stop in Central Park and check out the Conservatory Garden and also visited the Cloisters, where I viewed their medieval herb garden. They had nightshade, mandrake, wormwood, and much more. The place was lovely and I'll talk about that more in a future post.
On Thursday my wallet and I both suffered through a root canal, and on Friday I finished cleaning out the garden, digging up the plants I wanted to keep and take home, including the spilanthes, patchouli, and lamb's ear.
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