Plants & Gardens Blog

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how plants are reproduced at the Garden. Read › Plant Propagation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Video)

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

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

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

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

Lovely flowers in a wide variety of colors and forms bloom throughout summer along Belle’s Brook. Read › Bloom Alert: Belle’s Brook

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

Be sure to visit the Cranford Rose Garden in June. The collection is at peak bloom. Read › Bloom Alert: Rose Garden

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

The Desert Pavilion is filled with interesting plants year-round. Many cacti and other succulents start to flower in late winter. Here are a few highlights to see right now! Read › Look for These Cacti and Other Plants in the Desert Pavilion