9. NYBG’s 18th Annual Orchid Show

Photograph courtesy of New York Botanical Garden

On February 15th, the annual New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show will open to the public for its 18th year. This year’s show is entitled “Jeff Leatham’s Kaleidoscope.” Through April 19th, thousands of orchids will be on display in designs by celebrity designer Jeff Leatham, who has also created captivating installations, like a tunnel of light.

According to the Botanical Garden, Leatham’s captivating designs and installations will transform each gallery of the exhibition in the historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory into a different color experience, like the turn of a kaleidoscope,