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Traveling + Eating: NY Botanical Garden & The Bronx

May 23, 2017 by Emily Brees 8 Comments - This post may contain affiliate links.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

A day trip to the NY Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the “real” Little Italy of NYC – Arthur Avenue.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

Chihuly Bowls

Every trip to NYC we hit the usual – mostly Manhattan – usually SoHo – sometimes Brooklyn. When the New York Botanical Garden announced that the glass art of Dale Chihuly (above) would be exhibited in the park, we decided it was time to expand our NYC repertoire and visit The Bronx!

The grounds of the New York Botanical Garden itself are amazing. We spent 4 hours wandering around both outside and in the greenhouses and conservatories where researchers are working to help preserve the Earth’s plant biodiversity.

And of course a little time was spent in the gift shop which has a fantastic selection of both cookbooks and gardening books. I really wanted this one, but I didn’t want to carry books around all day, so I left it for another visit.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

The Chihuly glass exhibits were tucked throughout both the inside and outside garden displays. The glass campfire (above) was one of the most striking.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

The greenhouses held the most amazing cactus exhibit. I’m fascinated by cactus and the desert is my favorite landscape – I can’t wait to move closer to it this summer! I thought their display of air plants (above) was really a cool idea – noted for when I am ready to decorate my next house!

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

The peonies were in full bloom.
Which meant there were fields of these beauties all over.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

HUGE blossoms!

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

I found a new favorite flower – this Red Kidney Vetch pictured below. It was growing in the Rock Garden section of the gardens which were so peaceful and full of interesting flowers + landscaping ideas!

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

The Haupt Conservatory had a reflection pool with these geometric glass panels. Every angle created a different view/reflection off the water. It was a nice spot to grab a bench and start planning the walk over to Arthur Avenue to grab some Italian yumminess!

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com
A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com
A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

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now comes the yummiest part: Arthur Avenue

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

I’d like to say that I uploaded these photos in the wrong order, but that’s not the case. I am confessing to you that we went for dessert first at Morrone’s Pastry. My priority was Rainbow Cookies – only improved by the selection of larger option – the Rainbow Slice.

If you’ve never had a Rainbow Cookie – aka Tre Colori – find an Italian bakery and get one. They are sweet almond paste based sponge cake/cookie that’s dense with rich almond flavor, a thin layer of jelly separates the layers and then it’s topped with chocolate. Find out how to make them here.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

I had high hopes to stop at Calandras Cheese shop to bring home some fresh burrata and try something called burrino – which instead of mozzarella stuffed with cream in the middle like burrata, it has butter. Alas it was closed by the time we arrived. Reason to go back!!

Instead we headed to eat our cheese on a pizza at Zero Otto Nove. It was as good as the photo above looks. We were disappointed with the focaccia they served at each table, so we were relieved that the pizza and the pasta below were outstanding – simple, fresh + made with care.

A day trip to the New York Botanical Garden & The Bronx brings you out into the northernmost borough of New York City. Away from most of the traffic, inside the tranquility of the New York Botanical Garden, the glass art of Dale Chihuly and feeling full after a walk into the real Little Italy of NYC - Arthur Avenue. | TRAVEL | NEW YORK | BOTANICAL GARDENS | THE BRONX | CHIHULY | Recipe at OatandSesame.com

Fresh Pasta Ribbons with Toasted Almonds and Broccoli Rabe

A fabulous day in the Bronx with plenty of walking to justify the Italian feast on Arthur Avenue! Maybe even make one last stop, if you dare, for a cannoli at Gino’s Pastry Shop – extra fuel for the ride home.


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  1. Claire @foodiequine

    May 24, 2017 at 7:07 am

    Sounds like a great day out. I’ve only paid a flying one day visit to NYC when a flight was delayed due to hurricane but the Botanical Garden is now on my to do list when I return.

    Reply
    • Emily

      May 24, 2017 at 7:19 am

      Hope you get to visit!

      Reply
  2. Helene D'Souza

    May 26, 2017 at 2:04 am

    That looks like an interesting exhibit. The glass art pieces fit into the garden surrounding, which is kind of special.

    Reply
  3. Laura

    May 28, 2017 at 1:08 am

    Beautiful pictures, what a lovely garden to visit. The glass sculptures make an interesting set

    Reply
  4. Kacie Morgan

    June 10, 2017 at 4:26 pm

    I went to New York with my college and I loved it. I didn’t get to visit the Botanical Gardens unfortunately, though. That rainbow slice looks pretty special 😀

    Reply
    • Emily

      June 10, 2017 at 5:55 pm

      The rainbow slice is heavenly!!

      Reply
  5. Jane

    June 12, 2017 at 7:28 pm

    Every time I visit NY, it seems like I concentrated
    More on the eating than traveling. ???? Your pictures are awesome.

    Reply
    • Emily

      June 12, 2017 at 8:33 pm

      Thanks Jane! We all do love to eat!! 🙂 Half the time I find really interesting places to visit by choosing a restaurant first, then finding it’s in a cool neighborhood to explore!

      Reply

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