Plants & Gardens Blog

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 › New Native Flora Garden Grows Local

More than a month after superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers are still addressing the extensive damage to the city’s trees. Here are guidelines on caring for trees so that they stay strong and healthy through any weather. Read › Mindful Gardening: Protecting Your Trees

What makes New Yorkers so able to bounce back from disaster? Community horticulturists know: We live in relationship, not isolation. Brooklyn gardeners collaborate and learn to respect each other, though it’s not always easy, as well as Mother Nature. Read › Gardening Like Our Life Depends on It

Spring is a terrific time of year to remove salt-sprayed, winter-worn mulch and treat your street tree to a fresh dressing. And Hurricane Sandy left Brooklyn with an abundant surplus of wood chips to use. Read › Much Ado About Mulch

Gardeners and park visitors all over Brooklyn are gasping in horror at the shockingly erect—and putrid smelling—stalks poking out of the mulch. Read › Much Ado About Mulch

Living roofs have been sprouting up all over New York City lately—on luxury apartment buildings, public housing units, schools, office towers, and at BBG, of course! The latest handbook offers a look at some of the city's most interesting examples. Read › Look, Up in the Sky!

Chile peppers grow readily in NYC, and preserving them is easy. Making homemade hot sauce is one of my favorite techniques. Read › Recipe: Chile Pepper Sambal

Working some pest and disease prevention into your schedule now can increase yields and help reduce problems later. Read › Preventing Pest Problems

The winners of GreenBridge's 2012 Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest have just been announced. Read › Building Blocks

Almost 600,000 trees have been planted so far as part of MillionTreesNYC—23,000 (four percent) of them lining the streets of Brooklyn. Read › A Once-in-a-Lifetime, One-in-a-Million Chance…