During the winter months, with its bones laid bare, the Native Flora Garden takes on a much different mood. Read The Quiet Earth: The Native Flora Garden in Winter
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The Quiet Earth: The Native Flora Garden in Winter
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How Do We Protect the Garden’s Collection During Lightscape?
Rowan Blaik, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s vice president of Horticulture, answers some frequently asked questions about the environmental impacts of Lightscape. Read How Do We Protect the Garden’s Collection During Lightscape?
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Lenapehoking: The Land of the Lenape
Heather Bruegl, a historian and director of education for Forge Project and a member of the Oneida Nation, talks about Lenape history, the importance of making a living land acknowledgement, and the value of examining the stories we tell about natural history. Read Lenapehoking: The Land of the Lenape
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Talking with Chenae Bullock
Chenae Bullock talked to Brooklyn Botanic Garden about her mother's gardens, Shinnecock canoe culture, and why the future of the environment depends on being able to see the value of Indigenous perspectives. Read Talking with Chenae Bullock
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Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 4: The Dawn of Flowers
How did flowering plants become so successful? When did they arise? Where did they come from? Read Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 4: The Dawn of Flowers
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Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 3: Extinction to Ginkgo
As we continue our journey through geologic time, we will start to see plants that are more familiar to us: plants that reproduce with seeds, such as conifers and ginkgos. Read Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 3: Extinction to Ginkgo
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Return of the Water-Lilies
The Lily Pools were drained last year for upgrades. Now a brand-new planting of water-lilies and sacred lotuses, both of which bloom throughout summer, is underway. Read Return of the Water-Lilies
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See Spring in the Garden Again
After a lonely 2020, flowering cherries, crabapples, late magnolias, and early lilacs are all in bloom once again. Peonies, azaleas, bluebells, and more lilacs coming soon. Read See Spring in the Garden Again
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Bloom Alert: Daffodil Divisions
The blooms in the Annual Border represent 11 of the 13 daffodil divisions first established in 1908. Cultivars are still classified by flower shape and size, color, and number per stem. Read Bloom Alert: Daffodil Divisions
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Saying Goodbye to the ‘Elizabeth’ Magnolia
The yellow magnolia tree that came down last year was planted in 1979 and was one of only two in the Garden. It came directly from the Garden’s plant breeding program in the 1970s. It was a true original. Read Saying Goodbye to the ‘Elizabeth’ Magnolia