
Press Room
Welcome to the online Press Room for The New York Botanical Garden. The Public Relations staff is happy to assist with stories, on-site visits, interviews, access to experts, photos, and more. For assistance, please email Public Relations at pubrel@nybg.org.
Looking for something else? Non-Public Relations contact info can be found here.
General Public Relations Inquiries
pubrel@nybg.org
Nick Leshi
Senior Director of Communications
718.817.8658
nleshi@nybg.org
Melinda Manning
Vice President for Communications
718.817.8659
mmanning@nybg.org
Stevenson Swanson
Associate Director of Public Relations
718.817.8512
sswanson@nybg.org
3/3/2021 –
2/26/2021 –
2/1/2021 –
NYBG’s Black History Month at Home Honors Black Contributions to Art, Culture, and Science
1/28/2021 –
NYBG Announces Dates for 2021 Exhibition KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature
12/23/2020 –
12/10/2020 –
11/12/2020 –
10/30/2020 –
Let It Glow at The New York Botanical Garden This Holiday Season with NYBG GLOW
10/1/2020 –
Enjoy Fall’s Spectacle at The New York Botanical Garden
9/30/2020 –
9/17/2020 –
NYBG Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Fiesta de Flores At Home
9/14/2020 –
9/9/2020 –
Second Phase of NYBG’s Reopening, with Access to Haupt Conservatory, Begins September 22
7/14/2020 –
NYBG Announces July 28 Reopening of Outdoor Gardens and Collections to the General Public
7/8/2020 –
Dr. Carrie Rebora Barratt To Step Down As CEO and President of The New York Botanical Garden
6/26/2020 –
6/22/2020 –
6/8/2020 –
5/29/2020 –
4/7/2020 –
4/2/2020 –
NYBG’s KUSAMA Exhibition Rescheduled for 2021
2/14/2020 –
2/11/2020 –
1/15/2020 –
NYBG Announces 2020 Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Highlights
1/10/2020 –
Photo Policy
Media professionals interested in taking pictures or shooting video for editorial coverage of The New York Botanical Garden should contact our Public Relations office directly at pubrel@nybg.org.
Influencers interested in access to NYBG for marketing opportunities should contact marketing@nybg.org.
For Commercial, Wedding, and other Special Event photography and video shoot inquiries, please click here.
For other inquiries from the general public about photo/video policy, please click here.
“New York Botanical Garden to Open Postponed Kusama Exhibition in April”
—The Art Newspaper
“NYBG Newest Installation”
—The 360 Magazine
“Yayoi Kusama’s Delayed Botanical Garden Show Is Set to Open This Spring”
—Dazed
“New York Botanical Garden Announces New Dates for Yayoi Kusama Exhibition”
—6sqft
“Yayoi Kusama’s Major U.S. Exhibition Will Finally Debut in Spring 2021”
—Afar
“We Have Been in Lockdown, But Deforestation Has Not”
—Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
“Career Column: My 2020 as an ‘Alien’ Ph.D. Student in New York”
—Nature
“New York City Destinations Are Open for a New Kind of Holiday”
—USA Today
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