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Action Heroes Movement Class (5- to 7-year-olds)

Birds of Brooklyn: Northern Mockingbird

Garden Apprentice Program (Video)

Book Signing: The New American Herbal, with Stephen Orr

Stephen Orr: How to Be Fearless with Herbs

Herbal Makers Market

Nestfest for Families

Tropical Plant Stroll

Hawaiian Dance Class (for adults and teens)

Victorian Toy Parlor

Wintercrafting for Families

Action Heroes Movement Class (3- to 5-year-olds)

Weed of the Month: Ragweed

New York State Arborist Tree Climbing Championship

Trees to See at BBG

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Birds of Brooklyn: Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Butterfly Gardening in Fall

Weed of the Month: Pokeweed

Rose Hips: Behold the Fruit of the Rose Plant

Claudia Navas is the project coordinator for the NYC Compost Project hosted by Brooklyn Botanic Garden. An experienced farmer, she feels most grounded and empowered with her hands in the soil.

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Coastal Gardening Post-Sandy

Bikes at BBG

I’ve Got a Digital Camera—Now What?

Living Lessons in Design: Visual Bounty in a Bleak Season

Living Lessons in Design: Wrapping up Outside and Moving inside

Holiday Wreath and Topiary Workshop

Fall Wreath and Topiary Workshop

Party Planning at the Flower Market

Look What’s Growing in the Herb Garden

Native Groundcovers: Sustainable Choices for Sun and Shade

Drought-Resistant Plants for Pots

Weed of the Month: Queen Anne’s Lace

The Age of a Tree

Restorative Gardening on Brooklyn’s Coast

Trees are for Kids!

Greta Pemberton is BBG’s director of Youth Programs.

Market Day in the Children’s Garden

Enchanted, by Delirious Dances

Jenine Osbon is the coordinator of the Children’s Garden.

Maeve Turner is the former gardener of BBG’s Herb Garden.

Quiz: What Is This Plant Called?

Young Hawks Learn to Fly

Members’ Enchanted Garden Performance by Delirious Dances

Weed of the Month: Mugwort

The Roses Are in Bloom

Let’s Grow

Morrigan McCarthy is a writer and photographer living in Brooklyn, New York.

These Herbaceous Peonies Smell as Good as They Look

Weed of the Month: Dandelion

At Last…May Flowers

Ashley Gagñay is an instructor in the Children’s Garden.

Children’s Garden Instructors Honored at the White House

BBG Wins National Medal

Saara Nafici is the executive director of Added Value/Red Hook Community Farm. She is also the former coordinator of the Garden Apprentice Program at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a longtime activist, feminist, bicyclist, naturalist, and youth educator. Follow her weedy plant adventures on Instagram .

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Panda Cubs Happy To Help Take Care of Excess Bamboo

Dressing Up Your Plate Family Workshop

Bonsai Rock Planting

Foraging for Wild Edible Plants

Luscious Flowers and Still Life

Make Your Own Nature Journal Family Workshop

When Will Spring Finally Spring?

Nativelicious: Gardening with Edible and Ornamental Native Plants

March Birds: The Heralds of Spring

Floral Crowns Workshop

Rooftop Container Gardening

Growing Food in the Shade

Family Block Printing with Foam

The Children’s Garden at BBG (Video)

Sproutfest

Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know About Flowering Cherry Trees

Spring Cleaning on the Roof

Midsummer Magic Plant Walks for 8‑ to 12‑Year-Olds

A Lasting Harvest: A Century of Children’s Education at BBG

Seven Ways to Wake Up Your Spring Garden

Learn to How to Create a Potager: A French Kitchen Garden

A Tough Winter for Birds

Open on Columbus Day

Open Presidents Day

Anyone Inside?

Bradley Klein is a journalist, social media producer, and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He leads nature programs for BBG, New York Botanical Garden, and the American Museum of Natural History.

A Winter Woodpecker Superfecta

How Do Buds Survive Winter?

Members-Only Children’s Garden Centennial Celebration

Where Did the Turtles Go?

Illuminated 2014

Love Hurts 2014

Wonderful Winter Photo Ops

The name for this small cherry, meaning “fragrant cloud” or “fragrance of a waterfall,” addresses its main feature—its scent—which is rather honeylike. Copious single white blossoms are small but dramatically highlighted by reddish-bronze foliage.

Growing the Greenest Kids in Brooklyn

School Gardens: Plan(t) for Succession and Success

Spring Spruce-up for Street Trees

A Day in the Children’s Garden (Video)

Winter Tai Chi

Get Your Garden Ready for Winter

Registration for Winter Classes Opens