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| The Garden Rocks. The National Trust for Historic Preservation Selects The New York Botanical Garden as One of 40 New York City Sites to Compete in the Partners in Preservation Program
Vote Online from April 26 Through May 21
www.PartnersInPreservation.com |
The New York Botanical Garden is one of New York City’s most cherished treasures. The dramatic 2.5-acre Rock Garden is an oasis framed by a tall curtain of mature trees. One of the most exquisite features, the cascade descends gracefully down among the rock and gravel run, which is strewn with naturalized alpine flowers. Built by New Yorkers between 1932–1936, it is one of the most prominent ornamental landscapes to be constructed by the men and women of the Works Progress Administration, the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, which employed millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects.
Today, the Rock Garden is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. An intimate, quiet garden, it provides visitors from the Bronx and around the world with a tranquil respite from the stresses of everyday life. It offers plenty of surprises to those unfamiliar with rock gardens—while there are rocks aplenty, the real treasures of this garden are its thousands of jewel-like alpine flowers, graceful woodland plants, and, of course, the focus of the Partners in Preservation competition―its sparkling cascade, which flows down a stream to a flower-rimmed pond.
The New York Botanical Garden has been chosen as one of 40 places in New York City to compete in Partners in Preservation, a program to help educate New Yorkers about the importance of historic sites. Through Partners in Preservation, the Botanical Garden has the opportunity to receive a grant for the restoration of the cascade in its historic Rock Garden. The public can support the effort to restore and preserve part of the Garden’s landscape, one of the most beloved and romantic sites in New York, by voting for The New York Botanical Garden at www.PartnersInPreservation.com. If awarded, the grant will be used to help make the Rock Garden cascade sustainable for future generations. For more information, visit www.nybg.org/vote.
Partners in Preservation is a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express.
One vote per person per day is permitted during the voting period
from April 26 through May 21, 2012, at
www.PartnersInPreservation.com or through Facebook at
www.Facebook.com/PartnersInPreservation.
The top three vote-getters at the end of the competition are guaranteed funding for
their preservation projects. An advisory committee will award
additional grants to a number of other participating sites based on
their campaigns and specific need. For visitors interested in
discovering or reacquainting themselves with the Rock Garden
during the voting period, entry to the Rock Garden will be
included in The New York Botanical Garden’s Grounds-Only pass.
source: NYBG press release
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BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ CONGRATULATES BRONX WINNERS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS
Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. congratulated the New York Botanical Garden and the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens for being among the top four popular vote winners in the 2012 Partners in Preservation Initiative, co-sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The New York Botanical Garden received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $250,000 to restore its rock garden. The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens also received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $155,000 to restore areas within the museum’s gardens.
As part of Bronx Week 2012, Borough President Diaz encouraged borough residents to show their support for these and other Bronx institutions by participating in the contest. The top four popular vote winners in the 2012 Partners in Preservation Initiative automatically receive their grant awards.
"As borough president of the Bronx, I am thrilled that two of our great attractions--the New York Botanical Garden and the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens--saw such great support from not only the Bronx but across the City and the region, and were able to see victory in this contest. This shows that when you work to get out the vote, great things can happen," said Borough President Diaz.
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