After my visit to the Urban Garden Center in Harlem I looked at a map decided to walk the 1.7 miles back to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where I'd left Andrew earlier in the day—"the day" being back on October 31 of 2022. The reason for the walk was that I could do almost the entire thing in Central Park...![]()
Untermyer Fountain
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And so many bright flowers! It was a little nauseating.
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Hairy balls! Gomphocarpus physocarpus...
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With a bloom like that I guess there's no denying they're milkweeds.
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Further into the Conservatory Garden—so named because there used to be a conservatory there, it was torn down in 1935.
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Central Park Conservatory Fountain
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Behind the fountain...
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Here's where my luck ran out.
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I was there on October 31st 2022, but things were very much not completed.
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The black hose (?) looked like a fun art installation.
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I had to poke my camera thru the fence to get that shot.
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Looking back towards the fountain...
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As I continue to work my way around the fenced off garden.
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Nice tetrapanax!
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I will note that they had the good sense to complete the work on the garden by the time Martha Stewart attended the 2023 Central Park Conservancy "Hat Luncheon" in May.
These rocks were pretty crazy, just jutting out of the ground.![]()
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And that's it—a wrap on my 2022 visit to New York City—I didn't make it all the way back to the Met because Andrew called and he was done there, his eyes were exhausted and his brain was full...
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