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Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2006 Annual Report
Education Partnerships
For the eighth year, BBG served as a partner in the innovative Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program (BCAP), a full-day summer camp for children ages 9 through 12 sponsored by the Heart of Brooklyn: A Cultural Partnership. Heart of Brooklyn is dedicated to promoting Brooklyn's leading cultural institutions around Grand Army Plaza as "must see" destinations, welcoming diverse visitors from Brooklyn and beyond. It contributes to Brooklyn's renaissance and the strong future of its communities by making these historic treasures more visible and accessible through programming initiatives, economic development, and community outreach. The six BCAP partners are Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Alliance, and Prospect Park Zoo. This year, the summer camp served 144 children and offered two programs organized under the themes "Treasures in the Heart of Brooklyn" and "Food, Glorious Food." Families had the option of selecting either a two-week or a four-week session. BBG served as BCAP's base site and was also the site for its first reunion for past participants, held over the Thanksgiving school break. Twenty children participated in that event.
In January, the Garden, along with the Metro Hort Group, cohosted the tenth annual Plant-O-Rama symposium and trade show. The day featured leading nurseries, specialty growers, horticultural suppliers, and other greening organizations. BBG's Library Services department planned and coordinated a very popular display of nursery and seed catalogs and created an 18-page "Catalog of Online Catalogs" that provided links to hundreds of the finest nurseries and mail-order sources for seeds and plants.