In This Issue...

• Coming Up: Mad. Sq. KIDS FEST- October 20!
• Ask the Gardener.
• 2007 Fall Mad. Sq. Plant Market was a Huge Success!
• Mad. Sq. Studio: Completed a Wonderful Season!
• Mad. Sq. Park in the News.

Coming Up: Mad. Sq. KIDS FEST- October 20!

Ask the Gardener.

Kim Wickers, Director of Horticulture .

"Honorine Jobert"

Q: Can you recommend any perennial that blooms late in the summer to fall?

A: It is funny that you should ask that question. I am having a love affair with my new favorite, Anemome x hybrida. We have it planted all over the park, but this year I have fully appreciated its attributes. Not only does it bloom in the late summer when there are few bloomers, it blooms way into the early fall. Even when it is not flowering it looks great. It is a stand out in the garden. Anemone japonica, as I say, ‘pays the rent’ September thru October. I have tried several different cultivars over the years, and I find that the two

"September Charm"

best performers are ”September Charm”- pale pink, bloomer and ‘Honorine Jobert’ clear white flowers. I found at Madison Square Park, they perform best in full sun, but will withstand some shade. In shadier areas they do not produce nearly as many flowers as in the sunnier areas.

2007 Fall Mad. Sq. Plant Market was a Huge Success!

Passers-by received horticulture information from Kim Wickers.

The Fall Plant Market took place during last week's unseasonably warm weather. The Market featured pumpkins, African Violets, Bella Palms, Mums, Pansies and Montauk Daisies. If these beautiful plants weren't enough, the Sushi Twist tent certainly gave more reason to drop by this year's Plant Market! Thank you to all who came out and purchased a plant or a pumpkin! The success of the plant market would not have been possible without the support of the wonderful volunteers at Credit Suisse. They have always volunteered with great enthusiasm at each plant market and the Conservancy is grateful for their support of the park.

Mad. Sq. Studio: Completed a Wonderful Season!

Abbie Gardner was a hit on 10/6!

Cephas & Wiggins were Mad. Sq. Studio                              favorites!

Season Wrap Up
The final concert of the Mad. Sq. Studio season showcased two different generations of musicians for an appreciative and enthusiastic audience. Talented newcomer Abbie Gardner, playing with another talented newcomer Anthony da Costa, opened the show with a great set of original folk inspired tunes featuring guitar and dobro. Blues guitar and harmonica duo Cephas & Wiggins, who have played together for 30 years, brought down the house with their traditional playing and background stories about the blues as a truly American art form.

Thank you to all the musicians who played the park and to the fans, both new ears and regulars, who came out to support the artists or simply stopped by on a Saturday afternoon.

Concerts are free because of the generous public spirit of our sponsors. Thank you to those entities who made this season possible: Kew Management, Zwicker Electric, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Benvenuto Café on 23^rd Street and our radio station partner WFUV. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

See you next year when Mad. Sq. Studio returns with a range of more artists who draw on the folk and blues traditions.

Mad. Sq. Park in the News.