Robin and red-tailed hawk chicks are thriving at the Garden, as these photos show. Read Baby Birds at BBG
Plants & Gardens Blog
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Urban Gardening & EcologyBirds & Other Wildlife
Baby Birds at BBG
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Birds & Other Wildlife
Birds of Brooklyn: Gray Catbird
This vocal bird not only meows, it mimics car alarms and sirens. Learn to tell the difference between its song and those of the mockingbird and brown thrasher. Read Birds of Brooklyn: Gray Catbird
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Young ReadersBBG Gardens & Collections
Discovery Garden Sneak Peek
Enjoy a look at BBG’s new Discovery Garden! Read Discovery Garden Sneak Peek
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
Red Sorrel
Grow this mallow family member in your garden and use its unusual seedpods to make a tasty Caribbean beverage. Read Red Sorrel
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
Agastache: Fragrant Foliage and Colorful Blooms
This lovely, sweet-smelling mint relative will add color and attract pollinators to you garden in summer and fall. Read Agastache: Fragrant Foliage and Colorful Blooms
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Pollinators and Birds
Box Turtles in the Garden
These placid, plodding reptiles are gradually disappearing from landscapes across eastern North America. Gardeners can help ease their plight. Read Box Turtles in the Garden
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
The Asparagus Pea
This pretty legume has deep red flowers and lovely frilled seedpods, which are edible and taste like asparagus. They are delicious in a salad with shrimp, tofu, and chile paste (recipe included). Read The Asparagus Pea
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Growing FoodPlant Choices
Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach
Easy to grow and delicious to eat, this vigorous vine is unrelated to true spinach but produces abundant large leaves that are remarkably spinachlike. It's also much better suited for summer growing than its better-known namesake. Read Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach
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Plant Choices
Irises for Summer and Fall
Reblooming and late-blooming iris cultivars extend the season for this garden favorite. Read Irises for Summer and Fall
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Birds & Other Wildlife
Baby Hawks Spotted at BBG
Two, or possibly three, red-tailed hawk chicks recently hatched in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. Read Baby Hawks Spotted at BBG