It may be too early to cheer, but it looks like Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center is finally being returned to The People.
Haglund observed a big load-in of trees and shrubs this week. The best news of all – the AZALEAS are back – not as many as before but certainly enough to get us started on a beautiful spring. The ones spotted are the Hino-Crimson variety that bloom in April and May and have a reputation for being real show-offs. The variety also attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Right now, they are still forming buds, but here is what they should look like in a few weeks:
Hopefully, these will be permanent plantings that will be allowed to mature to their full artistic beauty and grow to their full size of 4 feet tall by 5 feet wide. We need to get rid of these so-called "Guest Plants" which are stuck pot & all into the ground temporarily and then later removed for some commercial event. Guest Plants are no way to build a beautiful garden, if you get our drift.
Guest Plants from last year:
That's good news, Haglund! I was thrilled that they got rid of Fashion Week (twice a year), and I wish they'd do the same with the Big Apple Circus (they take over for more than 3 months, as you know). I always think of the poor trees under the tents for that long, too.
Posted by: Deborah Broide | March 18, 2016 at 01:31 PM
Totally agree about the circus. Think how much better it would be if they turned the area in front of the bandshell into an ice skating rink during December with music transmitted live from the opera house, the Philharmonic, and the Nutcracker.
Posted by: Haglund | March 18, 2016 at 02:19 PM