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’Tis the season for New York’s favorite holida

’Tis the season for New York’s favorite holiday tradition! Young or old, day or night, the Holiday Train Show is your destination for seasonal cheer. 🚂🎄

Stop into NYBG this weekend, ahead of the busy holiday week ahead, to treat the family to an adventure in the warm and bright Haupt Conservatory, where dozens of model trains zip through a cityscape of familiar landmarks made entirely from plant parts! Or make a night of it this Saturday, November 22, as our first Holiday Train Nights event kicks off with live seasonal tunes, specialty cocktails on offer, sweet and savory bites, and the perfect twinkly vibes for a night out with friends.

The holidays are HERE, and there’s no time to waste! Get tickets through link in bio, and save %15 on tickets with code EARLYBIRD through November 26.

#HTSNYBG #HolidayTrainNights

Your bucket list this season isn’t complete with

Your bucket list this season isn’t complete without Holiday Train Nights—and we’re getting the party started this Saturday! 🥂🎁🎉

Jingle all the way into our first evening out at the Garden on November 22, with a twinkling after-dark stroll through the Holiday Train Show in the warmth of the Haupt Conservatory. Be sure to grab a drink for purchase while you’re here, with specialty cocktails and more on the menu. And with live holiday tunes to bop along to, plus our 21+ Bar Car at the Hudson Garden Grill and plenty of gifts to peruse at @nybgshop, it’s the perfect way to get in the spirit with the whole crew in tow.

Get tickets for this Saturday and upcoming dates in November, December, and January through link in bio!

#HTSNYBG #HolidayTrainNights

The best way to experience picture-perfect Garden

The best way to experience picture-perfect Garden moments is as an NYBG Member!

When you join the Garden, you're directly supporting our work in education for all ages, world-class horticulture, and critical plant science research all around the planet—and getting the best possible access to our entire 250 acres in return. There's something new to discover every season, and as a Member, you can visit all year round, as many times as you'd like, with free admission (including major exhibitions!) and exclusive benefits.

Learn more and get your Membership today through link in bio.

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All aboard, folks! The big moment is finally here,

All aboard, folks! The big moment is finally here, so leave room for cheer—this year’s Holiday Train Show kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, November 15. 🎄🎉

Be here this weekend for the kick-off to our most magical season at the Garden, where a twinkling cityscape in miniature fills the Haupt Conservatory with whimsy, and model trains zip to and fro, bringing the scenery to life both indoors and out. It’s the perfect way to warm up this fall and winter, and as New York City’s favorite holiday tradition for over 30 years, it’s an experience with friends, family, or just to treat yourself that you don’t want to miss.

Heads up! Right now you can SAVE 15% on tickets with code EARLYBIRD through link in bio. We’ll see you this weekend!

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Our kiku exhibition—featuring sculptural Japanes

Our kiku exhibition—featuring sculptural Japanese chrysanthemums trained into elaborate forms—is the stunner of the Nolen Greenhouses right now. But it only lasts through Sunday! 🌼🌿

See this display of horticultural excellence in person through November 16 as we spotlight some of autumn’s most gorgeous blooms and our team’s incredible skill, applied over the last 11 months to create these wonders. From classic styles like ozukuri (“Thousand Bloom”) and kengai (“Cascade”), to contemporary takes on bonsai, it represents centuries of botanical tradition.

#kiku #chrysanthemum

New York City’s favorite holiday tradition is ne

New York City’s favorite holiday tradition is nearly here—and you can save 15% when you get your tickets now using code EARLYBIRD! 🚂🌲✨

The Holiday Train Show kicks off this Saturday, November 15, with nearly 200 landmark replicas brought to life in the Haupt Conservatory by dozens of zipping model trains. And outside, you’ll find even more locomotives creating a lively scene throughout our mountainscape of winding tracks.

Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets now. The early bird discount applies for November 15 through 26!

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Fall foliage has hit its peak at the Garden, and t

Fall foliage has hit its peak at the Garden, and throughout our 250 acres, you’ll find hues of yellows, oranges, and reds that provide the perfect backdrop for an autumn day out 🍂 Make sure to stroll through the Forest to see some of the best color, snap a few photos, and even pretend you’re in a classic movie set in NYC (it's ok, we all do it) ⭐️ #fallcolors #fall #nyc #autumnleaves

The ozukuri—or “thousand bloom” kiku—is on

The ozukuri—or “thousand bloom” kiku—is one of the most legendary and impressive forms in the art of training Japanese chrysanthemums. Find out how it’s done! 🌼👀

Hear from Anna in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections, where our expert horticulturists have spent the past 11 months sculpting these plants into diverse shapes, both traditional and contemporary. This particular ozukuri—a truly “Golden” icon—is now blooming with over 300 flowers, despite it being a single plant. Seriously, just take a look underneath while you’re here—you’ll see a lone stem supporting the entire mountain of flowers!

Kiku continues through November 16. Grab your tickets now through link in bio!

#Kiku #Chrysanthemum

If you’ve ever wanted a tattoo, but never knew w

If you’ve ever wanted a tattoo, but never knew what to get, you’re not alone! Thankfully for plant lovers like you, there’s a whole WORLD of inspiration to explore in the Mertz Library archives. 🌹🌿✍️

We’ve collected centuries of botanical illustrations in books from all around the globe and throughout history, not to mention all sorts of international plant postage stamps, classic and colorful seed catalogs, and so much more. Hit the link in our bio to learn a bit about the long history of botanical tattoos, and just maybe find the muse you need to get your first (or next) ink done.

Looking for inspo of a more gothic style? Be sure and drop by NYBG Shop to peruse our Goth Gardener line, using spooky botanical illustrations that are as good on a full sleeve tattoo as they are on a T-shirt! You can also find it all at nybgshop.org

#BotanicalTattoo

Look up! There’s an all-new experience for kids

Look up! There’s an all-new experience for kids and families in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden that’ll take your visit to new heights. 🌲🪽

The Tree Top Walk invites kids of all ages and abilities to get a bird’s eye view of their surroundings! Traverse a series of pathways that take you up into the canopy of the Adventure Garden’s pine trees, for a closer look at these important parts of the natural world.

With our Fall Forest Weekend—full of crafts, tours, and activities—happening this Saturday and Sunday, it’s a perfect time to check it out with tickets through link in bio.

#TreeTopWalk #FallForestWeekend

Opening this Saturday, November 1, and only runnin

Opening this Saturday, November 1, and only running for about two weeks, our kiku display is a true wonder of the plant world that you’ll want to make time to experience! 🌼

An ancient Japanese horticultural practice, the art of kiku involves the careful training of chrysanthemum plants—which create some of fall’s most gorgeous flowers—into complex and sculptural forms over the course of nearly a year. The end result is a series of individual plants that create hundreds of flowers in shapes like mountains and cascading waterfalls.

Hear from Anna about the meticulous process that went into creating these artful blooms, then see them for yourself through November 16 in the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections.

#Kiku

She is beauty, she is grace—and she should still

She is beauty, she is grace—and she should still be stinking up the place into Halloween tomorrow! 🎃

Our corpse flower's ambitiously tall spadix has taken on a bit of a witch's hat look, but thus far the flower hasn't faded and is putting off its infamous smell for plenty of excited visitors. Come and see it for yourself from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Haupt Conservatory as we celebrate spooky season with horticulture's most ghoulish plant!

#Amorphophallus titanum

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