Partnership Highlights Blog
Volunteers Assist with Art Installation
On March 28 and April 2, Deutsche Bank volunteers assisted New York-based artist and renowned tree house architect Roderick Romero in the construction of BBG’s newest site-specific art installation, Sandy Remix. The 200-square-foot, nest-like platform made of trees is the first of Romero’s projects to be set in a public
Con Edison Public Affairs Retreat
On Monday, October 15, Con Edison hosted a retreat for its Public Affairs division in the new Visitor Center's Lillian and Amy Goldman Atrium. Con Edison has been a longtime corporate partner of the Garden, providing both operational support—primarily through sponsorship of BBG’s public festivals—and capital support
Scripps Networks Interactive Volunteer Day
On Friday, employees from Scripps Networks Interactive came to work at the Garden as part of the company’s participation in a national service day to commemorate September 11. Led by BBG arborists Chris Roddick and Travis Wolf, the group took on the important task of weeding and mulching the two allées of Liberty Oaks
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks Volunteer Day
On Thursday, June 28, a new cohort of Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks volunteers braved the heat and came to BBG to work in the Children’s Garden. In the morning, teens from BBG’s Garden Apprentice Program led the group in a weed identification game and taught volunteers the key skills they would need to complete
Moody’s Volunteer Day
Moody’s employees returned to Brooklyn Botanic Garden on May 16 and spent a beautiful spring afternoon deadheading, weeding, and edging lilacs in the Louisa Clark Spencer Lilac Collection with BBG Gardener Barry Rogers. Moody’s volunteers helped to cut spent lilac flower heads from stems in the process known as
Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks
Goldman Sachs volunteers came to BBG on April 17th for the annual Community TeamWorks volunteer day on Cherry Esplanade. BBG Arborists Chris Roddick and Travis Wolf lead the group in mulching and edging the Liberty Oaks on the eastern and western edges of Cherry Esplanade, which were planted in remembrance of the events of
