Replicas of historic New York buildings, constructed entirely from plant material are helping to create a little Christmas magic.

The model buildings create a nostalgic setting, as part of the annual Holiday Model Train Show.

Old-style trains puff past landmark buildings like the New York Stock Exchange and the Chrysler Building. They traverse wooden bridges.

Along the tracks are leafy plants viewed in varying shades of green. It's a nostalgic setting, viewed from an idealized perspective.

The annual Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden features a whole range of model trains. The plant materials that have gone into creating the buildings include leaves, twigs, pine cones, acorns, bark and seeds.

It's the seventeenth year for the Holiday Train Show. Gregory Long, President of The New York Botanical Garden, says the intriguing layout is popular with adults as well as children.

Gregory Long, President of The New York Botanical Garden, said, "The background is all of these beautiful plants. All real, some very rare, some very special but all beautifully maintained and curated by horticulturists and then you encounter the trains which are so animating and so charming. Wonderful for children. And also the landmarks - the history of New York is here really. So, it's all of those themes woven together, isn't it? And it's New York sort of encapsulated in a wonderful microcosm and its even more beautiful than New York really is".