What's BBG's secret to resilient, sustainable, chemical-free lawns? Read Healthy Lawns
Plants & Gardens Blog
Plant Choices
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Plant ChoicesSustainable GardeningUrban Gardening & Ecology
Healthy Lawns
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Growing FoodPlant ChoicesBBG Gardens & CollectionsEdible Plants & Recipes
Herb Garden Harvest
What happens to all of the beautiful produce grown in BBG's Herb Garden? Read Herb Garden Harvest
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Growing FoodPlant ChoicesEdible Plants & Recipes
Summer Spinach
Malabar spinach is an easy-to-grow green that grows more easily in hot weather than true spinach—and it's gorgeous. Read Summer Spinach
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Garden DesignPlant ChoicesUrban GardeningUrban Gardening & Ecology
Street Tree Bed Care: Tales from the Trenches
Everything you ever wanted to know about gardening on a city street...but were afraid to ask Read Street Tree Bed Care: Tales from the Trenches
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Plant ChoicesUrban Gardening
The View from the Green Roof
What does BBG's green roof look like up close? Read The View from the Green Roof
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Growing FoodPlant ChoicesEdible Plants & Recipes
Recipe: Blue Sunrise Cocktail with Pickled Blueberries
Berries and other summer fruits can be pickled and used in tasty cocktails year-round. Read Recipe: Blue Sunrise Cocktail with Pickled Blueberries
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Native FloraPlant ChoicesBBG Gardens & Collections
A Fern Grows in Brooklyn
Rare, federally listed hart's tongue fern is growing a BBG storm drain. Read A Fern Grows in Brooklyn
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Plant ChoicesBBG Gardens & CollectionsCherry Blossoms
Identifying Flowering Cherry Cultivars
Four cherry trees just south of the torii all look similar—all have a weeping habit and pink flowers which blossom at the same time. But an expert examination found that one was a different cultivar. Read Identifying Flowering Cherry Cultivars
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Growing FoodPlant ChoicesEdible Plants & Recipes
Foraging for Wild Ramps
It’s peak ramp-picking time in the Catskills, and my neighbor took us to his favorite spot for a foraging spree. Read Foraging for Wild Ramps
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Plant ChoicesBBG Gardens & CollectionsCherry Blossoms
Are the Cherries Blooming?
Around this time of year, inevitably I’ll be out in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden and someone will ask, “When will the cherry trees blossom?” Read Are the Cherries Blooming?