arts

I was just given one of these New York Botanical Garden datebooks by a friend and it's really beautiful. The cover image above doesn't do it justice! The cover material looks like fabric, although it's actually textured paper, but the spine is black fabric, which is great - looks good and won't show dirt. On the front, the year is written in gold type in Roman numerals - an elegant touch. The illustrations inside are gorgeous, one for each week, some of them quite unusual and wonderful looking! I like the pocket on the inside back cover, since I'm always stuffing my datebook full of loose pieces of paper and business cards. There's a lot of interesting information in the front of the calendar on the original work the art comes from, and in the back is useful info on the NY Botanical Garden - even a list of public gardens throughout the country. This will make a really great present for all my gardening and art-loving friends and family.