Plants & Gardens Blog

On top of the Garden’s Visitor Center is a beautiful and functional green roof that looks like a prairie and helps reduce water pollution stormwater. Read › Get to Know the Garden’s Green Roof

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. Read › Fight for Sunlight Campaign Opposes High-Rise Towers

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. Read › GAP Teens Take Environmental 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. Read › Supporting the Global Climate Strike and Action

Fresh water is now circulating throughout the Garden as the Water Conservation Project has opened. Read › The Water Conservation Project Is Open

Spring came late to Brooklyn this year, and so did the cherry blossoms. Globally, though, April was the third warmest on record. Studying how plants and animals respond to climate variations may be help experts adapt and remain resilient. Read › Climate Change in Brooklyn: Spring

Multispectrum LED lights have been installed in BBG's greenhouses. They're very efficient and use the parts of the light spectrum most beneficial to plants. Read › What Is That Colored Light Coming from the Greenhouses?

Powerful storms bring severe winds, damaging salt sprays, and heavy rains to our area. If they become more common, how will this affect the city? Can public gardens help mitigate damage? Read › Climate Change in Brooklyn: Fall

Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Herb Garden curator, Maeve Turner, experiments with soil solarization and crop rotation. Read › Organic Pest Management in the Herb Garden

Plants and animals are already responding to climate change in New York State, the Northeast, and here in the city and at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. How can we become more resilient to the local effects of climate change? Read › Climate Change in Brooklyn: Summer