For the Birds Benefit Auction - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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For the Birds Benefit Auction

For the Birds Benefit Auction

Online Event | For the Birds

Bidding open through September 27 at 12 p.m.

Take home a piece of For the Birds during this month’s benefit auction of almost 20 unique artist- and designer-created birdhouses that are part of BBG’s hit summer exhibition.

The pieces included in the auction have been donated by the artists, and funds raised will support the Garden’s ongoing commitment to equitable public access, care of BBG’s gardens and collections, and innovative environmental education for children and adults, with special support to New York City teachers and community greening initiatives.

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Bid on these Birdhouses

A pink tropical-looking birdhouse in a forest meadow.
Studio Barnes
Circular cement platforms situated upon slender green poles.
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO by Helene Schauer
A large geometric birdhouse made of long wooden planks.
Bureau Spectacular & Kyle May, Architect
A raft made of bamboo reeds tied to empty plastic containers floats on the surface of a pond. About two dozen flags with images of flowers and smiley faces are attached to it.
Chen Chen & Kai Williams
A blue wooden board with many pegs has orange ribbon woven through the pegs.
Nina Cooke John
A birdhouse made from birch bark.
Mary Frank
A nest resembling a hanging basket decorated with many metal bottle caps.
Walter Hood
An a-frame birdhouse with natural wood shingles.
Joyce Hwang
Three gourd-shaped birdhouses dangle from an arbor.
Johanna Jackson
A birdhouse modeled after an NYC bodega.
Olalekan Jeyifous
A birdhouse consisting of blocks of bare wood.
Chris Johanson
A green metallic birdhouse situated among ivy.
Shun Kinoshita + Charlap Hyman & Herrero
Three squat, bottle-shaped, birdhouses on a platform among green leaves.
Eto Otitigbe
A papier maché egg with an opening for birds.
Suchi Reddy
Three raised platforms each planted with grasses and flowers.
Amy Ritter
A vintage suitcase painted and made into a birdhouse.
Aaron Rose
A beige twisted column about 5 feet tall with a ribbed texture and a bird hole at the top.
SO – IL, Dalma Földesi, Jung In Seo, Eventscape
A birdhouse in the shape of an apartment bloc.
Viktor Timofeev
A wooden birdhouse built in the shape of a downy woodpecker.
Ellen Van Dusen
A birdhouse resembling a small library with an open book for a roof.
Warby Parker

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Auction Host

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For the Birds Presenting Sponsor

Logo: Warby Parker

With leadership support from:

The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund

Image, top of page: Michael Stewart