BBG Gardens & Collections
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Good-bye to the Discovery Garden…for Now
The Discovery Garden is closing for construction soon, so be sure to make time for one last visit. Read More ›
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Herb Garden Harvest
What happens to all of the beautiful produce grown in BBG's Herb Garden? Read More ›
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Get to Know Your Native Plants
Learn to identify sweet fern, jewelweed, and sundew, all plants native to this region. One repels ants, one prevents poison ivy, and one eats flies. Read More ›
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Collecting in the Wild
The plants growing in the Native Flora Garden expansion were collected in the wild by BBG horticulturists and botanists along with our partners at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center. Read More ›
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A Q&A with Darrel Morrison, Designer of BBG’s Native Flora Garden Expansion
A conversation with Darrel Morrison, designer of BBG's Native Flora Garden expansion. Read More ›
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A Fern Grows in Brooklyn
Rare, federally listed hart's tongue fern is growing a BBG storm drain. Read More ›
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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 More ›
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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 More ›
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Native Flora Garden Expansion: A Link to Our Natural History
A stroll through BBG’s recently expanded Native Flora Garden provides a glimpse of the natural world that existed here hundreds of years ago.
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South African Spring
Most spring bulbs may be weeks from blooming outdoors here, but their South African counterparts are in all their glory in the Warm Temperate Pavilion. Read More ›
