Videos, What's On at NYBG
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Branch out from the ordinary this holiday with a visit to New York’s favorite seasonal escape!
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Behind the Scenes
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In
keeping
with
its
moniker, Pumpkin Smash invites
participants
to
hurl
pumpkins
off
a
campus
overpass
and also
features
a
powerful
catapult
where
gourds
are
flung
onto
the
campus’
...
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What's On at NYBG
Posted in What's On at NYBG
The
New
York
Botanical
Garden
presented
a
Poetry
Contest
for
kids
in
elementary,
middle,
and
high
school
who
live
or
study
in
New
York.
This
...
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Inside our Collections
Posted in Inside our Collections
Fall's
splendor
has
come
to
southern
New
York
State
in
a
mesmerizing
rush
of
color
in
recent
weeks.
With
still
more
yet
to
unfold,
it
...
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History & People
Posted in History & People
NYBG
had
the
pleasure
of
a
visit
from
Councilmember
Amanda
Farías
for
our
Urban
Advantage
(UA)
Family
Science
Day
on
Sunday,
October
30,
in
our
...
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History & People, Plant Science
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Genetic,
historical,
and
archeological
evidence
suggests
that
cowpeas
were
domesticated
in
the
Sahelian
region
of
West
Africa,
and
perhaps
also
in
East
Africa,
several
thousand
...
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History & People
Posted in History & People
Before NYBG’s Haunted Pumpkin Gardens was the Haunted Greenhouse, an NYBG Halloween extravaganza started in the 1970s.
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History & People
Posted in History & People
Kiku, the captivating chrysanthemum display at the Haupt Conservatory, has a long and fascinating history both at NYBG and abroad.
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History & People, Plant Science
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Unfortunately,
many
of
the
early
written
records
of
cowpeas
in
the
Americas
are
ambiguous,
either
because
the
descriptions
of
the
plants
are
insufficiently
detailed
to
...
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History & People
Posted in History & People
On
September
13,
Lakshmee
Lachhman-Persad,
her
sister
Annie,
and
their
family
did
something
they
have
done
many
times
before:
they
spent
a
day
at
The
...
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