3. New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show

The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage. Courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden.

Through April 23, 2023, the New York Botanical Garden is hosting the 20th annual Orchid Show: Natural Heritage, celebrating the beauty and diversity of orchids in a grand thematic garden exhibition. This year’s design, created by artist Lily Kwong, is vibrant and meditative. Inspired by the artist’s ancestral connections to the natural world, the Orchid Show comes alive in the style of a 13th-century Chinese landscape painting. In turn, the Orchid Show allows its viewers to form their own connection to nature as they bask in the innate wonder of the surrounding flora.  

Sponsoring the Orchid Show for the second year in a row is the French luxury beauty brand Guerlain, who alongside the New York Botanical Garden’s team of horticulturists curated an immersive array of orchids, enfolded into rolling mountains throughout the Enid A Haupt Conservatory. On select nights, adults 21 years or older can participate in Orchid Nights, featuring music, cash bars, and food for purchase.