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New York Green

Discovering the City’s Most Treasured Parks and Gardens
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New York Green by Ngoc Minh Ngo offers a beautiful exploration of the diverse green spaces within New York City. The author captures the unique ways in which residents cultivate gardens amidst the urban landscape, blending natural beauty with city life. The book is filled with evocative photography that showcases the creativity and lushness found in these personal and public gardens.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate the intersection of nature and urban living. With its stunning photography, it explores how lush greenery can transform spaces in a bustling city, offering inspiration and ideas for creating your own urban oasis. This book may appeal to those who love gardening, architecture, and art, highlighting the beauty and potential of green spaces amidst the concrete landscape of New York.

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A beautifully photographed guidebook celebrating New York City’s most exceptional—and often overlooked—parks and gardens, all open to the public!

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New York City is filled to the brim with beautiful, unique green spaces—if you know where to look.

From the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in the West Village to the Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm in the Navy Yard, the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Queens to New York's Chinese Scholar's Garden in Staten Island, celebrated photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo takes readers on a tour of the most exceptional gardens and parks across the five boroughs in this lushly illustrated guidebook.

Through Ngo's beautifully photographed and well-researched profiles, readers will not only discover parks and gardens they never knew existed, but they will also learn the fascinating history of green spaces in New York and about the innovative new projects being undertaken to ensure we all can enjoy them for years to come. Head up to the nearly century-old Met Cloisters to discover a garden filled with plants depicted in the museum's medieval art collection, and an herb garden planted exclusively with species known in the Middle Ages. Then travel to Brooklyn to visit the Gil Hodges Community Garden, a tiny oasis along the Gowanus Canal and a critical piece of the city's green infrastructure: storm water is absorbed, filtered, and diverted to the garden, relieving pressure on the sewer system and thereby protecting the local waterways from contamination.

New York Green features wildlife preserves and community vegetable patches, sprawling old-growth forests and vest-pocket parks of less than five thousand square feet. Each one tells a story and offers a wonderful refuge from the hustle and bustle of the concrete jungle.

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New York Green by Ngoc Minh Ngo is praised for capturing the hidden natural beauty of New York City, celebrating its diverse parks and gardens across all five boroughs and four seasons. The book is recognised for its stunning photography and in-depth garden histories, tempting both residents and visitors to explore familiar and hidden green spaces. It highlights the remarkable transformation of NYC into a city where historical and newly created parks coexist, offering vital escapes from urban life.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781648290732

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 June 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Artisan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 800g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Ngoc Minh Ngo is a New York based photographer whose work explores the intrinsic beauty of plants and nature. She is the author and photographer of Bringing Nature Home, In Bloom, and Eden Revisited. Her images have been published in international publications such as The World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, and T Magazine. She has also exhibited her work at the Musee Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakesh. Follow her on Instagram at @minh_ngoc.

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