Plants & Gardens Blog

Try to guess the food- and animal-inspired names of some of the plants in the Annual Border. Read › Quiz: What Is This Plant Called?

Since its founding in 1914, the Children’s Garden has been the cornerstone of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's educational programming. Read › The Children’s Garden at BBG (Video)

In BBG's Children's Garden, over the past hundred years, thousands of young people have tended plots, harvested vegetables, and picked flowers for study. Read › A Lasting Harvest: A Century of Children’s Education at BBG

Bald-faced hornets' nests are easy to spot in winter's bare trees. Are the hornets still living inside? Read › Anyone Inside?

Spring flowers and leaves have already formed and are hidden inside tree buds. How do these tender plant parts survive sub-freezing temperatures? Read › How Do Buds Survive Winter?

During the winter, what happens to the red-eared sliders, painted turtles, and koi you see at BBG in the warm months? Read › Where Did the Turtles Go?

Read › Growing the Greenest Kids in Brooklyn

So your new school garden is beautiful. Students nurture and nibble kale, carrots, tomatoes, and garlic. Science classes observe and calculate plant growth. Young poets write odes to flowers. You have albums of gorgeous photos. The principal is 100 percent committed. Then, the dynamo volunteer—parent or teacher—leaves the school or changes priorities due to tighter schedules or revamped curriculum. The “uh-oh” moment hits hard: What will happen to our garden? Read › School Gardens: Plan(t) for Succession and Success

Take a peek inside the picket fence! This short video offers a lyrical, child’s eye view of the Children's Garden at BBG. Read › A Day in the Children’s Garden (Video)

Students from the Junior Botanist and Plant Investigator program harvested kale, peppers, okra, and other vegetables and made delicious snacks with their bounty. Read › Junior Botanists Have a Hefty Harvest