Holiday Train Show – Bronx Botanical Garden

The other weekend, when Andy’s mother was in town, we took her to the holiday train show at the Bronx Botanical Garden. Alex, of course, really loved the trains, but I really loved the re-creation of some of NY’s most iconic landmarks made entirely from items found in nature. 

We entered the gardens and there was a train ice sculpture. 

The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the nation's largest Victorian glasshouse. 

A word of caution: As with most things in NY, go EARLY! We had tickets for 10am, got there at 9:50am and sailed right in. By the time we left, the line was starting to wrap around outside. 

Re-creation of Macy’s. 

The old Penn Station. Every time I see images of this, I am so sad that it was torn down—what a travesty!

The re-creation of the Conservatory at the Bronx Botanical Gardens. 

 

The Chrysler building. 

 The Rose Center at the Museum of Natural History—where we spend so many of our summer weekends.

After the train show, we went to the children’s center, where Alex made a bag of pine needles, checked out different pine cones on the property and, of course, played with trains.