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WNYC visits the Garden in Winter
Enjoy a visit to the snowy Garden with WNCY's Amy Pearl and BBG's director of Horticulture Ronnit Bendavid Val. Amazing things are happening beneath all the snow and ice.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1918: A Time of Pandemic, War, and Poverty
The Garden was founded in 1910, and just a short while later, the influenza pandemic emerged. School group attendance dropped to near zero and the conservatories closed, though for a different reason than they have now.
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See How Proposed Towers Would Cast Shadows Over the Garden
Early estimates put the amount of sunlight lost at 1.5 to more than 4 hours per day, depending on the greenhouse and the season. The heaviest losses occur during spring, summer, and fall, when plants need the most sunlight.
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Q&A with Brooklyn Botanic Garden President Adrian Benepe
This month, Adrian Benepe joins Brooklyn Botanic Garden as its seventh president. At a time of historic challenge, he shares his thoughts on the role botanic gardens can play in sustainable cities, resilient communities, and our collective mental health.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Children’s Garden Grows Food for the Community
When the Garden shut down in the spring, staff decided to raise food in the educational plots.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Crews Continue Work After Tropical Storm Isaias
Tropical Storm Isaias caused extensive tree damage, not just in the Garden, but throughout the city. Strong winds damaged limbs and destroyed entire trees heavy with wet summer foliage.
By BBG Staff -
Bidding Farewell to Scot Medbury
Brooklyn Botanic Garden says goodbye to outgoing president Scot Medbury who leaves Garden after 14 years.
By Sarah Schmidt -
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
