BBG Gardens & Collections
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The Quiet Earth: The Native Flora Garden in Winter
During the winter months, with its bones laid bare, the Native Flora Garden takes on a much different mood. Read More ›
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New Native Flora Garden Grows Local
When it comes to living and eating more sustainably, we’ve all heard, “Go local.” Brooklyn Botanic Garden will embody this edict when the Native Flora Garden expansion opens later this spring. Read More ›
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What Gives Leaves Their Fall Color?
As the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, leaves are losing their green and turning shades of gold and yellow, orange, red, and purple. Read More ›
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Food for Thought
What’s red and green, eats bugs, and lives at BBG? The carnivorous plant display that curator Cayleb Long has recently placed on Lily Pool Terrace. Read More ›
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WNYC Investigates Amaranth
Amaranth has been cultivated for thousands of years and could be a major player in food security, but few Americans are familiar with it. BBG experts recently sang its praises on WNYC. Read More ›
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Lovely Lotuses
Those beautiful blossoms in the Lily Pools must mean it's water lily time, right? Not quite. Read More ›
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Summer Harvest
Herb Garden curator Caleb Leech harvested potatoes this morning for donation a local food pantry. The artichokes are also ready to pick, and cardoons (a close relative) will soon follow. Read More ›
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Children’s Garden Honored
BBG’s Children’s Garden has won the American Horticultural Society's Jane L. Taylor Award for its work in nurturing future horticulturalists. Read More ›
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Run for the Roses
Now’s the time to visit the Cranford Rose Garden. Read More ›
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Rain Gardens Capture Storm Water
These sunken rain gardens are part of an innovative storm-water management system that also includes the Visitor Center's living roof, its landscaped berms, and the new and existing tree beds along Washington Avenue. Read More ›
