Science Offerings & Events

September 2010 through June 2012

Enhancing understanding, advancing discovery

Since the 1890s, Garden scientists have traveled far and wide to better understand plants and fungi, their relationship to their environments, and their many uses by people around the world. Enjoy an insider’s view of this important work:

Science Open House: November 12 - 13

This weekend-long event will offer the public a rare insider's view of The New York Botanical Garden's Science campus.

Science Exhibitions

Visitor-oriented exhibitions showcasing scientific activity at the Garden highlight the beauty, science, and uses of plants and fungi.

• Britton Science Rotunda and Gallery. Ten exhibit cases present research stories involving mushrooms, blueberries, lichens, mosses, cycads, rice, Brazil nuts, squashes, vanilla orchids, and ferns. Audiovisual components available here

Britton Rotunda

Britton Gallery Talks

Intimate conversations with Garden scientists about a typical day of work include behind-the-scenes tours of Science facilities. Gallery Talks Exclusive to Members.

Upcoming professional science conferences, symposia, and workshops organized by the Garden:

Conferences

• June 14-22, 2012. MOSS 2012 and The 3rd International Symposium on Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes (including the 2012 Cullman Symposium: Assembling the Tree of Life), The New York Botanical Garden. MOSS 2012 and the Bryophyte Symposium are being organized by William Buck, Amy Litt, Bernard Goffinet (University of Connecticut), and DorothyBelle Poli (Roanoke College) | Conference Home
• SAVE THE DATES: July 7–13, 2013. MONOCOTS V: 5th International Conference on Comparative Biology of Monocotyledons, The New York Botanical Garden and Fordham University. Organized by Lisa Campbell, Dennis Stevenson, Wayt Thomas, and Robert Naczi | Conference Home

Symposia

• July 4–8, 2011: Next Generation Systematics: Studying Evolution and Diversity in an Era of Ubiquitous Genomics, Systematics Association Biennial Meeting, Queen’s University, Belfast. Organized by James Cotton, Joseph Hughes, and Dennis Stevenson [live link TBA]
• July 23–30, 2011: Bio-ontologies for Plant Science, 18th International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Organized by Ramona Walls [live link TBA]
• July 23–30, 2011: Progress in Placing the Gymnosperms on the Tree of Life, 18th International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Organized by Dennis Stevenson and Sean Graham [live link TBA]

Workshops

• Spring 2011: DNA Barcoding Training, American Museum of Natural History. Organized by George Amato and Damon Little [live link TBA]
• Fall 2011: Sakau Cultivation and Environmental Impacts on Pohnpei, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Organized by Wayne Law and Michael Balick [live link TBA]