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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 4, 2009
CONTACT
Kate Blumm: 718-623-7241, kateblumm@bbg.org
The Fall Season Brings Change in
Hours to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
plus a Fall Foliage Photo Pool!
Fall/Winter Hours Now in Effect
Free Weekday Admission Starts Tuesday, November 17
Brooklyn, New York—NOVEMBER 4, 2009—The brilliant colors of autumn leaves heralds the Garden's seasonal adjustment in hours, now in effect:
Winter Hours: November 1, 2009–March 3, 2010
- Tuesday–Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Closed Mondays (but open Martin Luther King Jr. Day and President's Day, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
- Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day
And Brooklyn Botanic Garden's FREE winter weekday admission (Tuesday through Friday) kicks off Tuesday, November 17, and continues through March 3, 2010.
Autumn offers a host of vibrant horticultural displays at BBG. From electric yellow maidenhair trees (Ginkgo biloba) framing the Overlook to glowing lavender asters (Symphotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydon's Favorite') exploding around the Eastern Parkway gate, glorious waves of fall color proudly reveal themselves in every corner of the Garden. The Native Flora Garden and Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden have particularly dazzling fall palettes.
Get a taste of the Garden's autumnal glory by visiting bbg.org to see a slideshow of visitor-contributed fall foliage photos—or bring your camera to capture and share your own photos of BBG's spectacular seasonal splendor by adding images to BBG's Fall Foliage Flickr pool.
The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden is radiant in autumn. (Photo courtesy BBG.)