This just in. Matt sends in more lovely flowers from The Met:
I took more time this week on my way in, but I could easily spend all day looking at these flowers; it may have been because there were cherry blossoms - or what appear to be cherry blossoms. It seems a little early, so I am wondering if it isn't another type of flowering tree, even a white plum.
On Monday the arrangements looked like bundles of barren branches, and this is how they appear by Thursday. This is by far one of my most favorite transformations.
We agree. Branches are a lovely animal to have in your home during the winter months. You get to see the magic of Spring's budding over and over again. Have you bought fresh flowers for your home this week? (Thanks, Matt! - more after the jump) MGR
I was just thinking last night, as has occurred to me frequently, that one of the things missing from Williamsburg/Bedford Ave, is a flower shop. Does anyone know any great flower shops between Morgan and Union Square on the L? I haven't found any, yet.
How lovely.
Especially framed by the architecture of the museum. Really nice photography.
One of my favorite things to buy, here in Florida, is forsythia. It runs wild back up in the midwest, and the masses of red-black branches, wet with cold rain, and covered with tiny yellow blooms are one of the first signs of spring. They don't grow here, and winter in Florida is perpetual spring anyway. So sometimes I buy them to remind me of home.
Faith - what a beautiful image. One of the pleasures of moving away from where you grew up is having memories of "home." I haven't lived in the town I grew up in since I was 18 and yet that is where I consider home.
Thanks Matt! This is one of my favorite additions to the site. My mom has amazing gardens and always includes flowers, buds and/or a spray of leaves on every gift she wraps. She always has fresh flowers all over the house and when I go upstate in the summer we always walk around the yard and cut flowers for me to bring back to NYC. It's love baby.
About ten years ago, when the Met's editorial offices were behind almost secret doors in the Egyptian collection, I used to do freelance work for them and invariably, any meetings would be called on Mondays. The museum was closed Mondays and the masses of always glorious flowers for the week would be lying out on cloth on the marble floor of the Great Hall, waiting to be arranged. I can't remember seeing any people between the guard desk and the editorial office, though I'm sure I did, just the blossoms and branches and silent halls, filled with treasures. Sigh. Sure beat attaching a .doc file to an email, eh?
Hi Matt,
Lover of beautiful flowers!, next time I'm at the Met, I'll say hi, please email me and let me know how you look like. Thanks!
Sara A. -- The only places I can think of near Union Square are delis and supermarkets with flowers. Food Emporium probably has okay flowers and there are two yuppie delis on 5th that have them out front, but I can't think of any place that has great ones... Have you tried the greenmarket? I know they have plant vendors, but I don't know about fresh flowers...
Sara A.,
Depending on how far from Union Square you care to stray, there is a nice flower shop on 23rd between 5th and 6th, on the south side of the street before you hit Home Depot. It is literally five minutes from the north part of Union Square and looks like the have a beautiful selection. I can't remember the name of it, but it is very distinct. Also, off of 14th street heading West from Union Square there is one or two flower shops. I know there is one on a corner maybe two blocks away - again, I cannot remember the names (I live in the BRONX, a trip to Union Square is a rare treat), but I know they are there. Maybe Citysearch will have them. Hey Grace - look all you want, but you will never spot me at the Met. I know MGR mentioned that I am a security guard. Truth be told, I am actually not - I am an administrator. I can go weeks without even setting foot in the gallery areas. It's sad, I know. I try to make a point of leaving the office and going downstairs, but that is not always a luxury I have. Ann has a great memory of the flower situation. It has not changed. On Mondays, the elephantine bundles of flowers and branches are delivered and stacked. There are five enormous arrangements to be made and they take all day. I will try to get the name of the individual who does the flowers; I think he deserves credit since the arrangements don't pop out of thin air. he has to get atop a tall ladder and then an assistant hands everything to him. Everything is on such a grand scale that it looks more like he is working on a scyscraper than an arrangement of flowers.
The name of the place on 23rd is Scott's Flowers and also has a website - www.scotts-flowers.com
Citysearch yielded quite a few results for florists in the Union Square area-
Matt
Thanks all!