Photo: Ode to the Garden's Willow

Sitar Musician Playing a Raga under Weeping Willow by Hubert J Steed (source)

The willow and pines in the southeast corner of the Garden are a favorite spot for many users of and visitors to the Sasaki Garden. View a the slideshow of the willow's "changing colors and forms" at http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/our_willow_tree.  Also consider listening to Billie Holiday's "Willow Weep for Me" (hat tip: Hubert J. Steed).

Photo: Destined for a Tree Museum?

WSV Sasaki Garden, July 2012 courtesy of Hubert J Steed (source)

From "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell

...

They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got
'Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

...

(Source: letssingit.com)

Photo: Tree Canopy on Laguardia Place

Image: Tree canopy cover on Laguardia Place looking south (courtesy of Hubert J. Steed,  http://www.pbase.com/image/144624920)

Photo: Early Spring in the Garden

Photos courtesy of a WSV resident who enjoys the beauty of formal, geometric garden design.

(Note the perfect alignment between the central steps on the west side of the Garden and the NYU postal center driveway.  Prior to this addition on Laguardia Place, there was direct *public* access from Laguardia to the Garden.)

Photo: Butterflies in the WSV Sasaki Garden

Are we all doing everything we can to preserve and protect the WSV Sasaki Garden so everyone will enjoy butterflies and flowers for generations to come?

Red Admiral Butterfly on a Rhododendron Blossom in the WSV Sasaki Garden (source)

A Battered American Lady Butterfly in WSV Sasaki Garden (source)

(Photos courtesy of Hubert J. Steed.)

NYU 2031 Would Destroy 174 Trees at Washington Square Village

WSV Sasaki Garden and Courtyard Trees Threatened by NYU 2031

Members of the Save the WSV Sasaki Garden Committee surveyed the trees in the WSV Sasaki Garden and Courtyard.  The data was included in GETTING TO NYU’S CORE: GREENWICH VILLAGE PROPOSAL MEANS LESS OPEN SPACE prepared by Hunter College Center for Community Planning & Development (Tom Angotti, Director and Evan Mason, Senior Fellow) for

More Photos: NYU 2031 Threatens Open Space

Northern Cardinal in Redbud, Sasaki Garden at Washington Square Village

Our neighborhood green, open spaces are at risk!  They will be destroyed if the NYU 2031 Expansion Plan is approved to build skyscrapers on the two blocks between West Third Street, Mercer Street, Houston Street, and LaGuardia Place.  A slideshow of photographs of these treasures and sanctuaries, taken on April 19th, can be viewed at http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/photo_shoot_120419&view=slideshow.  All photographs by Hubert J. Steed.

Photo: Green, Open Spaces at Risk under NYU 2031

Our neighborhood green, open spaces are at risk!  They will be lost if the NYU 2031 Expansion Plan is approved to build skyscrapers on the two blocks between West Third Street, Mercer Street, Houston Street, and LaGuardia Place.  All photographs in the collage courtesy of Hubert J. Steed.  See http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/photo_shoot_120406&page=all for a complete list of photographs and descriptions.

Photo: Crabapple Flowers

Crabapple blossoms, WSV Sasaki Garden, courtesy of Hubert J. Steed (source)

Washington Square Village Sasaki Garden Plants

London planetrees

November is a lovely time to visit our garden, when the plants are wearing and shedding their ever-changing autumn shades.