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With the first of the red maple leaves making thei

With the first of the red maple leaves making their star turn, fall is definitely on the move here in the Bronx! 🍂🍁🌤️

Stay tuned as our 250 acres make the big switch to bright swaths of red, orange, and yellow as cozy season continues to settle in here in NYC.

What's flipping on the fall color in your neighborhood right now?

#Acer rubrum 'Scanlon'

Due to inclement weather, Bales & Ales has been mo

Due to inclement weather, Bales & Ales has been moved to this Sunday, October 1. Advanced tickets are now SOLD OUT.

Spooky season is upon us and a chill is in the air

Spooky season is upon us and a chill is in the air! 👻🎃

We challenge you to share your coziest couch fits and spooky fashions with NYBG Trustee Sigourney Weaver. Use #SigourneySeason for a chance to win an NYBG gift bag full of your own Garden looks…if you have the guts!

#OOTD #FallOWeen #Halloween #SpookySeason #CozySeason

UPDATE: Due to the weather, Bales & Ales has been

UPDATE: Due to the weather, Bales & Ales has been rescheduled to Sunday, October 1, 12–5 p.m. Tickets are now SOLD OUT.

Bales & Ales is this weekend, and tickets are selling fast! 🍻☀️🍁

Say cheers to the season while you fill up your souvenir sampling cup with unlimited samples of craft beers, ciders, and spiked seltzers. Explore what's on tap from local breweries, such as @soulbrewingcompany, @kcbcbeer, and @drinklunar. The perfect fall afternoon continues with lawn games, live music, and light bites. And don't miss the harvesting and fermentation demos with our visiting brewers.

Make sure to get your tickets for this much-loved event—before they sell out! Hit the link in our bio to get yours now.

#BalesAndAles #FallOWeen

We’re dreaming about crisp air, cozy coats, jack

We’re dreaming about crisp air, cozy coats, jack-o’-lanterns, and all the colorful leaves to come. Fall starts this Saturday! 🍂

As your Pumpkin Headquarters, the Garden is decked out in hues of orange, red, and yellow, with grinning gourds setting the scene. Watch master carver @adambierton create fearsome jack-o'-lanterns every weekend until the end of October, and use the creativity he inspires on one of the live pumpkins you can buy at NYBG Shop to take home and carve. Be sure to get your tickets for Bales & Ales later this month, where you can enjoy craft beers, lawn games, and live music. And there's plenty to do for the little ones, too, including Spooky Garden Nights, where they'll don their Halloween costumes for an after-dark adventure along our winding trails.

Don't miss the beauty and excitement of New York City's most beautiful landscape in this season of change—visit the link in our bio to get your tickets!

#FallOWeen #BalesAndAles #SpookyGardenNights

This white ash is not only notable for its size, b

This white ash is not only notable for its size, but for its regional rarity—making it a shoe-in for NYC’s Great Tree Search. 🌳

Last held all the way back in 1985, @nycparks’ Great Tree Search invited locals across the five boroughs to nominate trees of unusual size, interesting or rare species, unusual form, or historical significance, with the winning trees receiving special recognition for their importance to our City. Now, after over 35 years, it’s time to create a new list—and this time, the trees will be featured in an interactive city-wide map representing the incredible diversity and scale of NYC’s urban forest.

Hit the link in our bio to hear from Melissa Finley, our Thain Curator of Woody Plants, as she shares some of HER favorite NYBG trees and why they’re worth nominating, as well as how to cast your vote in honor of our leafy friends (whether they’re in a garden or on your street)!

#Fraxinus americana #GreatTreeSearch #plantlove

Over the next few weeks at NYBG, join us for a cel

Over the next few weeks at NYBG, join us for a celebration of cultural traditions and botanical heritage during Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month! 💐

You’ll enjoy a lively variety of on-site and digital programs—to spotlight the important contributions and histories of the plants and people making up this diverse community—with educators, gardeners, community partners, and plant tours.

Visit the link in our bio to see everything happening in-person and virtually this year!

#Dahlia #HispanicLatinxHeritageMonth #plantlove

Spooky season fanatics, your time is now: Fall-O-W

Spooky season fanatics, your time is now: Fall-O-Ween comes to NYBG this weekend! 🎃🍁

The Garden is your pumpkin headquarters starting this Saturday, September 16, kicking off with appearances by master pumpkin carver @AdamBierton EVERY weekend from now through the end of October. See him transform pumpkins of all shapes and sizes into frightening and fantastical beasts just like these as he works his way up to carving one of the GIANT pumpkins arriving in late October.

From free mini pumpkins to decorate here and take home; to evening events for kids and families during Spooky Garden Nights; a pumpkin patch to purchase your future jack-o’-lantern; and the arrival of fall foliage on the horizon, there’s plenty for all ages to enjoy this fall at NYBG. Hit the link in our bio to learn more and grab your tickets.

#FallOWeen

Holiday Train Show and NYBG GLOW tickets are NOW o

Holiday Train Show and NYBG GLOW tickets are NOW on sale—and with cool weather just around the corner, don’t wait! 🚂❄️

The Holiday Train Show returns bigger than ever with an ALL NEW outdoor train display!! You can watch trains zip past iconic New York landmarks in the warmth of the Conservatory, or head outside onto the lawn to capture your perfect holiday photos at our outdoor mountainscapes. After dark, join us for NYBG GLOW and discover the beauty of our landscape and historic buildings, illuminated across the grounds. And don’t miss the return of our fan-favorite Bar Car Nights, 21-and-over evenings featuring the Holiday Train Show and curated cocktails.

Visit the link in our bio to get tickets for your preferred dates now—they have been known to sell out!

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow #BarCarNights

If you haven’t been to the LuEsther T. Mertz Lib

If you haven’t been to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, you’re missing one of the greatest botanical book collections on Earth. 📚🌱

And that’s just one element of the amazing archives to be found there. With over 750,000 books, centuries of historic manuscripts, cookbooks, kid’s activities, and so much more to discover, it’s a destination no plant lover should miss. Get to know our Mertz Library staff—then visit the link in our bio to learn more.

#MertzLibrary #libraries #botany

As we wait for fall’s cool, crisp air, there are

As we wait for fall’s cool, crisp air, there are few places at the Garden like the Thain Forest to beat the heat. 🌲🍃

Miles of trails wind through this 50-acre woodland—the largest remaining tract of old-growth forest in NYC, and the perfect chance to see what the five boroughs looked like before the City existed. And with tours ranging from botanical explorations of the Forest’s tree species, to Indigenous perspectives on these age-old spaces, and the relaxing meditations of forest bathing, there’s plenty to discover as you walk these shady, sun-dappled paths.

Hit the link in our bio to learn more about upcoming Forest tours at NYBG.

#ThainForest #plantlove

Hummingbird alert! For all of you asking when we’d see them this year, the time is now. 🚨🐦

The ruby-throated hummingbirds that take lunch at the Garden in late summer and early fall have been elusive—at least until this week. Look for these hovering green puffs of energy throughout our collections, and especially in the Perennial and Native Plant Gardens.

Have the hummingbirds made it to your neck of the woods yet? Let us know in the comments!

#hummingbirds