{"id":54609,"date":"2016-10-06T16:08:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=54609"},"modified":"2016-10-06T16:08:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:08:50","slug":"get-off-here-kiku-the-art-of-the-japanese-garden-new-york-botanical-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/54609\/get-off-here-kiku-the-art-of-the-japanese-garden-new-york-botanical-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Off Here: Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden, New York Botanical Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No need to fly to Tokyo to witness the annual autumn flowering of the regal chrysanthemum. A swipe of your MetroCard and a ride on the D train to the Bronx will transport you to a traditional yet innovative display of fall\u2019s favorite fleeting flower at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Botanical Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2016\/kiku\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiku<em>: The Art of the Japanese Garden<\/em><\/a>, returns to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory from October 8 through 30, 2016, with magnificent displays of chrysanthemums in awe-inspiring shapes, styles and colors. The chrysanthemum is the most celebrated of all Japanese fall-flowering plants. The New York Botanical Garden\u2019s unforgettable presentation of these flowers, painstakingly trained to grow in a mesmerizing variety of forms and sizes, pays homage to <em>hanami<\/em>, the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the ephemeral beauty of flowers.<\/p>\n<p>To compliment the exhibit, special weekend programs shine a spotlight Japanese culture. You will find <em>taiko <\/em>drumming, <em>ikebana <\/em>flower-arranging demonstrations, meditation walks, <em>haiku <\/em>workshops and much more, all included in the price of admission ($20 weekdays, $25 weekends and holiday Mondays). These intriguing floral installations are works of art as creative as anything you will see in a fine art gallery, but they are fleeting, so get there while these magnificent live flowers last.<\/p>\n<p>Get Here:<br \/>\nB, D or 4 train to Bedford Park Blvd. Station. Walk eight blocks down the hill on Bedford Park Blvd. to the Mosholu Gate entrance. An alternative is Metro-North to Botanical Garden Station.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: New York Botanical Garden<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No need to fly to Tokyo to witness the annual autumn flowering of the regal chrysanthemum. A swipe of your MetroCard and a ride on the D train to the Bronx will transport you to a traditional yet innovative display of fall\u2019s favorite fleeting flower at the New York Botanical Garden. Kiku: The Art of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":54611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[327,829,315,834,841,325,752,847,748],"tags":[40,293,483,142,299,36,133,65,282,175],"class_list":{"0":"post-54609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bronx-outer-boroughs-destination","8":"category-culture-2","9":"category-day-trips","10":"category-gardens-culture-2","11":"category-holidays-culture-2","12":"category-new-york","13":"category-subway-2","14":"category-tours-culture-2","15":"category-train-2","16":"tag-art","17":"tag-budget-friendly","18":"tag-family-friendly","19":"tag-festival","20":"tag-locally-sourced","21":"tag-metro-north","22":"tag-outdoors","23":"tag-park","24":"tag-romantic","25":"tag-subway"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":54611,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/NYBG-Kiku-1-350x198.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}