Entrance to the stunning Monet’s Garden exhibition
These landscapes of water and reflections have become my obsession. They are quite beyond the powers of an old man, and despite everything I want to succeed on conveying what I feel.
Claude Monet to Gustave Geffroy 1883
James Priest, head gardener at Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France in the New York Times. Many NYBG staff have visited Giverny recently (and there’s even a SOPH student working there now), and we all completely agree, it is a dreamer’s garden. What were we doing there? Stay tuned … Details are coming out soon! (via nybg)(via nybg)