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Meet Lily Kwong, The Visionary Behind The Orchid Show At The New York Botanical Garden

Lily Kwong, the landscape artist behind The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage, at The New York Botanical Garden. Photo Everett Potter.

By Everett Potter

Suppose you think immersing yourself in an exotic Chinese mountain landscape in springtime would be a fantastic way to escape the deepest winter. In that case, you can save the airfare to Asia and travel to New York City.

That’s where you’ll find The New York Botanical Garden’s (NYBG) 20th annual Orchid Show, the vision this year of landscape artist Lily Kwong. The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage features extraordinary immersive installations of thousands of orchids of every shape, size and color imaginable.

Lily Kwong at The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage at NYBG. Photo NYBG.

Kwong is a Los Angeles-based artist and designer. She works at “the junction of horticulture, urban design, contemporary art, climate awareness, urban agriculture, and wellness … continue reading

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