PLANT TALK

Get the inside story from NYBG, including horticultural how-tos, collection spotlights, sneak peeks into events and exhibitions, and stories from our scientists in the lab, in the field, and beyond.

Guyana, Suriname & Trinidad Beds: Growing Memory, Belonging, Access and Joy in the Global Gardens

On my first visit back to the Caribbean in 2005 after immigrating here, I stepped off a plane in Trinidad and was struck by a visceral reaction I didn’t expect. Right at the airport, the sight of a simple yellow buttercup flower filled me with happiness, stirring memories I hadn’t realized were there. Read More

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More Than Her “Husband’s Lifelong Collaborator”: Preserving the Life and Work of Isa Degener

As part of our ongoing Leon Levy Foundation grant to provide access to the New York Botanical Garden’s institutional archives, I recently finished reprocessing the Otto and Isa Degener records. Read More

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Rediscovering the R’s

There exists in the NYBG Archives a file cabinet containing many small collections from a great variety of known and unknown individuals on various topics. Read More

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Plant Talk

Learn about what’s happening at the Garden, read up on plant care tips, and peruse a wide variety of articles diving deep into the most fascinating aspects of our scientific work at NYBG.

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Plants as Liberation

Arvolyn Hill, NYBG’s Associate Director of the Everett Children´s Adventure Garden, speaks with influential people in the plant world to highlight the incredible work they are doing with plants today, ranging from farmers and herbalists to house plant enthusiasts.

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Lectures, Talks & Symposia

NYBG is a hub of knowledge, featuring a number of lectures, panel discussions, and Q&As each year with the world’s leading thinkers and creators in landscape architecture, plant science, horticulture, and beyond. Dive in with our archive of past events.

The Hand Lens

Every specimen is a story, and our Steere Herbarium has so many to share! Get inside looks at some of the fascinating info contained within this archive housing millions of plant specimens from throughout history and around the world.