Plants & Gardens Blog
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Garden Plants in Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March had gardens as different as their personalities. Which of their plant choices would suit you? Read Garden Plants in Little Women
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Bidding Farewell to Scot Medbury
Brooklyn Botanic Garden says goodbye to outgoing president Scot Medbury who leaves Garden after 14 years. Read Bidding Farewell to Scot Medbury
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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. Read Fight for Sunlight Campaign Opposes High-Rise Towers
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Plant Propagation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Video)
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how plants are reproduced at the Garden. Read Plant Propagation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Video)
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New Overlook Now Open
The ascending garden includes a switchback pathway that leads visitors through a landscape of native grasses and perennials as well as late-summer blooming crape-myrtles. Read New Overlook Now Open
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Bloom Alert: Autumn Color Along Belle’s Brook
Look down and around. It’s not just tall trees that change color in the fall. Small shrubs and herbaceous plants also go from green to reds, oranges, and yellows. Along Belle’s Brook, you'll find wonderful autumn color, especially red, at eye level and at your feet. Read Bloom Alert: Autumn Color Along Belle’s Brook
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Preserving Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Hybrid Oak
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is working to preserve the beloved hybrid oak tree on Daffodil Hill. The tree was damaged in August and needs extra support so that a three-foot crack in its trunk doesn’t split and give way. Read Preserving Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Hybrid Oak
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A New Machiai: A Traditional Japanese Waiting Bench
Be sure to visit the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden to see the new machiai designed by master builder Paul Discoe. Read A New Machiai: A Traditional Japanese Waiting Bench
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Bloom Alert: Belle’s Brook
Lovely flowers in a wide variety of colors and forms bloom throughout summer along Belle’s Brook. Read Bloom Alert: Belle’s Brook
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Talking with Artist Adrienne Adar
What does a cactus sound like when you pluck its spines? Or tap its stem? What would make you even try to find out? Artist Adrienne Adar talks about her work Sonic Succulents. Read Talking with Artist Adrienne Adar
