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We're ALL about the frighful Fall-O-Ween fun this

We're ALL about the frighful Fall-O-Ween fun this October, and we just so happen to be open today! 🎃🍁

If you've got the day off, you don't need to spend it all cooped up—hop a train to the Bronx and while away the day with plenty of pumpkin fun and an afternoon among the golden leaves of the dogwoods (and so many others). With @AdamBierton here carving frightful jack-o'-lanterns, a crisp chill in the air that'll have you pretending you're in a Nora Ephron romcom, and early fall color like painted gold, this can be SO much more than your average Monday.

#FallOWeen #Cornus florida #FallFoliage #leafing #pumpkins

Fall is the perfect time to visit NYBG, so follow

Fall is the perfect time to visit NYBG, so follow along with Mac (@maccumpian) and Angie (@oneyearinparis), members of our NYBG Cultivators influencer program, as they spotlight the gourdegous pumpkins and views of the Garden this season. 🎃

#nybgcultivators #fallvibes #falloween #autumn #thingstodo

This Saturday we're going head to head to head! (O

This Saturday we're going head to head to head! (Or pumpkin to pumpkin to pumpkin.) It's our Pumpkin Carving Face-Off! 🎃🥇🥈🥉

Back for its fourth year on October 12, this challenge pits three of the country's BEST carvers against each other in a battle to see which jack-o'-lantern reigns supreme—and we're thinkin' it's gonna be stiff competition. With Master of Ceremonies @AdamBierton on mic to host, come cheer on your favorite artist as Sarah Blostein (@ahead.of.the.carve), Lenny Calvin (@lennycalvincreations), and Alan Silva (@theartsylefty) break out their skills to take the podium with a pumpkin inspired by Wonderland: Curious Nature.

Did I mention YOU get to vote on the winner? 🗳️ We'll see you at the ring!

#Jackolantern #PumpkinCarving #FallOWeen #Halloween

Pick a personality, we know all the good fall phot

Pick a personality, we know all the good fall photo spots! 🍁
#pumpkins #personality #fallvibes #fallphotos #halloween #halloweenmovies

Rain or shine, dahlia season POPS in early fall. ☀️🌼🌧️

While we're still getting ready for the season's iconic chrysanthemums, these wildly diverse flowers are catching eyes in the Perennial Garden, Home Gardening Center, and Seasonal Walk—in bright orange discs, fluffy red pom-poms, and everything in between. Come say hi!

#Dahlia #FallFlowers

With the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden in its seco

With the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden in its second bloom, it’s your second chance to treat yourself to this sweet scenery! 🌹

The fall show has flowers in pinks, purples, whites, yellows, and fiery sunset reds, a perfect place to relax while we wait for the colors of fall foliage to step fully into the spotlight. Catch these fragrant wonders while they’re still showing off!

#Rosa #roses

It's ALWAYS a good time to pick up a new plant hob

It's ALWAYS a good time to pick up a new plant hobby or passion. This fall, make time for some self-improvement with NYBG! 📖💐

Whether you're looking to build the skills to pull off the ✨perfect✨ floral centerpiece, or you're ready to take up botany, plant propagation, landscape design, or even botanical illustration, NYBG Continuing Education's slate of fall classes has a huge variety of courses and certificate series to pique your interests.

Make the change of season your time to grow your skillset. Hit the link in our bio to get started now.

#NYBGContinuingEd

The Garden’s most mesmerizing miniature visitors

The Garden’s most mesmerizing miniature visitors—the ruby-throated hummingbirds—are on the move! 🪶💨

As these tiny birds prepare for their migration south for the winter, you’ll currently find them in abundance throughout the Ladies’ Border, Native Plant Garden, and Perennial Garden, where they flit from flower to flower in search of nectar. But don’t wait too long—they’ll have taken flight for warmer climates before you know it.

#hummingbirds #birding @marlonco.photography

It's been a long week—and you seem like you coul

It's been a long week—and you seem like you could use a beer tomorrow. 🍻✨

We get it! Join us this Saturday, September 28 at Bales & Ales to get into the spirit of the season, WITH the spirits of the season—craft beers, ciders, and spiked seltzers on tap (which you get unlimited samples of to enjoy from your cute new NYBG mug). The afternoon only gets better with lawn games, live music, and food trucks at this 21+ outing. Feeling crafty? Learn more about the botanical side of beer with expert harvesting and fermentation demos while you’re here.

This is your day to relax and toast fall. Get your tickets through the link in our bio, and join us for a pour!

#BalesAndAles

What’s fall without a little frightful fun? 🎃

What’s fall without a little frightful fun? 🎃🍁

Fall-O-Ween comes to NYC’s pumpkin headquarters in the Bronx starting September 28, and we’re SO ready to lean into spooky season. Drop into NYBG throughout October for plentiful pumpkins, gourds, colorful foliage, and your favorite fall flowers—plus the return of master carver @AdamBierton! He’ll be here on weekends, hard at work dreaming up funny and fearful creatures in preparation for the big show: Giant Pumpkin Palooza Weekend on October 26 & 27.

Can’t wait? Same! Check out all the #FallOWeen fun coming this fall through the link in our bio.

#halloween #fallfoliage #jackolanterns #spookyszn

No matter HOW you say it, fungi keep the world in

No matter HOW you say it, fungi keep the world in order—because without them, we’d be buried under the remains of every organism that ever lived. 🍄💀

In our latest episode of #PlantPeople with @prxofficial, we sit down with @merlin.sheldrake, biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, to talk fungi. Mushrooms are a culinary sensation, sure, but they’re also lifeforms that we’re still trying to understand. Join in as we learn how the grim work of fungi—death, decay, and “the end” of organic life—is key to the survival of all living things, and far from a foraging fad, mycology is at the root of Earth’s ability to function.

Hit the link in our bio to listen to the last episode of our podcast’s inaugural season, and don’t forget to rate and subscribe!

#mycology #mushrooms #fungus #decay

Go ahead and bail on next Saturday's plans—anyon

Go ahead and bail on next Saturday's plans—anyone will understand choosing Bales & Ales instead! 🍻

This weekend marks the start of fall, and a week from now on Saturday, September 28, we're bellying up to the botanical garden for a day of toasting the season with unlimited samples of local beers, not to mention hard seltzers and ciders from some of our region's favorite brewers. It's the perfect way to ring in these days of bright leaves and crisp air (and breaking out that one chic jacket you can't wait to wear each year).

There's plenty more on offer for Bales & Ales, too! Check it out and get your tickets through the link in our bio.

#BalesAndAles #FallEquinox

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