
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
Melinda Manning
Vice President for Communications
718.817.8659
mmanning@nybg.org
Nick Leshi
Senior Director of Communications
718.817.8658
nleshi@nybg.org
Stevenson Swanson
Associate Director of Public Relations
718.817.8512
sswanson@nybg.org
Patricia Sullivan
Associate Manager of Public Relations
718.817.8573
psullivan@nybg.org
6/2/2023 –
Pride Event at NYBG 2023 on June 10
6/2/2023 –
NYBG’s Farmers Market Open for the Season
5/25/2023 –
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5/2/2023 –
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at NYBG
4/20/2023 –
4/18/2023 –
4/6/2023 –
Celebrate Spectacular Spring Weekends at The New York Botanical Garden
3/29/2023 –
3/9/2023 –
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2/28/2023 –
The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage Programming
2/14/2023 –
The Orchid Show Returns to NYBG for Its 20th Year
2/3/2023 –
12/21/2022 –
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11/10/2022 –
NYBG Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
10/25/2022 –
10/20/2022 –
NYBG Announces Larry Lederman Photography Fellowship
9/15/2022 –
NYBG Celebrates Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month through October 15, 2022
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5/2/2022 –
NYBG Announces New Chief Advancement Officer
4/19/2022 –
NYBG Selects 30 Bronx Artists to Design and Create Mixed-Media Tables for Its 2022 Exhibition
4/15/2022 –
Renowned Bronx artist Andre Trenier creates representative art for NYBG’s summer exhibition
3/24/2022 –
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2/23/2022 –
The Orchid Show: Jeff Leatham’s Kaleidoscope Returns to NYBG
2/10/2022 –
NYBG Announces Major Exhibition for 2022 – Around the Table: Stories of the Foods We Love
2/1/2022 –
1/31/2022 –
NYBG The Orchid Show 2022 Tickets On Sale
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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.
“Orchids Take Their Star Turn at The New York Botanical Garden”
—The New York Times
“The New York Botanical Garden Reveals The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage by Lily Kwong”
—Town & Country
“20th Annual Orchid Show Opens at The New York Botanical Garden”
—PIX11 News
“Preserving the Thain Family Forest”
—CBS Saturday Morning
“This Nearly Lost Grain Tradition Could Be the Future of Farming”
—Atlas Obscura
“Answers to These Botanical Mysteries Could Help a Climate-Stressed World”
—National Geographic
“A Museum of Plants: Centuries of Dried Flora and Fungi at The New York Botanical Garden’s Herbarium”
—Gardenista
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