BBG Gardens & Programs
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Design Ideas for Your Shady Urban Garden
City gardens are usually in partial or deep shade, so plants that thrive on the forest floor and in the shade of taller trees can be planted here to model a natural woodland ecosystem.
By Kate Fermoile and Romi Ige -
Magnolia ‘Evamaria’: Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s First Magnolia Introduction
Magnolia × brooklynensis ‘Evamaria’ was the Garden’s first magnolia introduction, patented in 1968.
By Wayken Shaw -
These Flowering Trees Are Not Cherries
Apricots, peaches, magnolias, and other trees flower in the spring. Can you tell them apart from cherries?
By Elizabeth Peters -
Garden Guides Return
For volunteer guides, returning to Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a meaningful homecoming.
By Kathryn Tam -
New Trees Along Flatbush Avenue
Flatbush Avenue will be a leafier, shadier place for years to come thanks to a collaboration between Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the NYC Parks.
By Sarah Schmidt -
More Trees On the Way to Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be planting dozens of trees donated by the city along Flatbush Avenue in the coming weeks.
By Brooklyn Botanic Garden Staff -
Get to Know the Garden’s Green Roof
On top of the Garden’s Visitor Center is a beautiful and functional green roof that looks like a prairie and helps reduce water pollution stormwater.
By Anne Hunter -
Fight for Sunlight Campaign Opposes High-Rise Towers
Three hundred activists came together in the Palm House earlier this month for the 2020 kickoff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Fight for Sunlight campaign.
By Sarah Schmidt -
GAP Teens Take Environmental Action
Teens in BBG's Garden Apprentice Program harvest produce for food banks, build accessible planting beds for nearby park visitors, and teach people how to root out invasive weeds.
By Greta Pemberton -
Supporting the Global Climate Strike and Action
A group of us who work for Brooklyn Botanic Garden gathered Friday in lower Manhattan for the Global Climate Strike to support action to stop climate change.
By Sarah Schmidt