At New York’s ‘Museums of Plants,’ the Art Is Blooming Lonely – The New York Times

Phil Macaluso, a gardener, bikes to work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden four days a week from his home about a five-minute ride away. The garden is closed, but the trees and everything else in Brooklyn are still growing, even if other aspects of the city’s life have come to a standstill.The garden’s 52 acres of cherry blossoms, azaleas, crab apple trees and daffodils are reaching their peak beauty now, and though there are few around to witness it, the two dozen gardeners still work to keep the plants flourishing, the pests and weeds at bay, the lawn mowed.

Source: At New York’s ‘Museums of Plants,’ the Art Is Blooming Lonely – The New York Times