History & People

Hector Castillo Carvajal Talks Bronx Coffee

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In honor of Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, let's hear more about the South Bronx specialty coffee roaster Don Carvajal Café, and the founder and ... Read More

Hispanic Heritage and Philippine Medicinal Plants: The Personal Story of Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez, Ph.D.

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Plants as Liberation: Suhaly Bautista-Carolina

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"Justice is so central to what we are seeing in the world right now, and solidarity is so critical." Read More

Plants as Liberation: Leah Penniman

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Hear from Leah Penniman, Cofounder and Farm Director of Soul Fire Farm, as she talks with Arvolyn Hill about the pumpkin of Haiti that featured ... Read More

Exploring Food Love Stories with Matthew López-Jensen

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In honor of Pride Month and in celebration of his creation, Lamb’s Quarters: A Love Story, Matthew López-Jensen and the NYBG community invited LGBTQIA+-identifying couples ... Read More

Shades of Lavender: Symbolism, Scent, Sightings, and Species

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In honor of Pride Month, The New York Botanical Garden celebrates lavender—the color symbolic of LGBTQ+ resistance and empowerment—as well as the plant’s associated cultural ... Read More

Plants as Liberation: Journei Bimwala

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In Arvolyn Hill’s latest “Plants as Liberation” interview, meet Journei Bimwala, CEO and Founder of EachOneCarryOne, as she talks about the historic Black connection to ... Read More

Three Cheers for NYBG Volunteers!

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The New York Botanical Garden is not only a place, but also a community of diverse staff, members, patrons, external partners, visitors—and volunteers, who currently ... Read More

Rooted in Plants: Dr. Janaki Ammal

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Janaki Ammal (1897–1984) was the first woman from India to earn a doctorate in botany in America, and with her knowledge in plant breeding she ... Read More

Plants as Liberation: Frances Perez-Rodriguez

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"We're able to work with and depend on plants in ways that we can't depend on our food system, our current healthcare system ... It ... Read More