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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 ... Read More

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Fall is in Full Swing at NYBG

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What’s Beautiful Now: Thain Forest in Summer

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What gets you in the holiday spirit? 🛤🌲✨

What gets you in the holiday spirit? 🛤🌲✨

Share your favorite holiday activity here in the comments and tag a friend for a chance to win four All-Garden Pass tickets to this year’s Holiday Train Show, plus four round-trip tickets on @MetroNorth—the fastest and greenest way to get to the Garden.

Sound off with your favorite traditions by December 2 and make sure to follow @nybg and @MTAaway to enter to win. We’ll see you at New York City’s most beloved holiday experience!

#MTAAway #HTSNYBG

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The holiday season is HERE and it's time to lock d

The holiday season is HERE and it's time to lock down your plans to visit the Holiday Train Show and NYBG GLOW. Whether spending it with family, friends or loved ones–check out the ultimate holiday experience, and the only holiday light show where you can also see a train show! ✨🚂

By day, explore New York's most famous (miniature) landmarks inside the Haupt Conservatory at the Holiday Train Show. At night, NYBG GLOW awaits you with choreographed light and sound installations, along with ice carving and great food from @bronxnightmarket. Secure your ticket to NYC's most beloved tradition NOW – tickets sell out fast. Your iconic holiday experience is a click away. Link in bio.

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow #plantlove

Make the evening bright at NYBG GLOW, NYC's larges

Make the evening bright at NYBG GLOW, NYC's largest outdoor holiday light experience. 💡❄️💫

The Garden will be radiant with choreographed lights, sound, and fun food options during these after-dark events—making for the perfect holiday outing. Reserve GLOW + Holiday Train Show combination tickets and marvel at model trains zipping around enchanting displays inside the Conservatory after dark.

Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets, but don't wait—dates do sell out!

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow #plantlove

With over 190 landmark replicas in this year's Hol

With over 190 landmark replicas in this year's Holiday Train Show, the Haupt Conservatory is a history of New York in miniature! And this week, we're spotlighting our friends at @thejewishmuseum.

Perhaps you've seen this Manhattan icon rendered in plant parts in the exhibition, with its warmly lit windows and unmissable gray-green rooftop. The original, first built as a family home for the Warburgs in the early 20th century, was designed by Charles Pierrepont Henry Gilbert—a renowned architect of mansions and townhomes in NYC at the time—and donated in 1944. It reopened as The Jewish Museum in 1947, and to this day, the galleries inside retain the original plaster moldings, intricate wood paneling, and elegant light fixtures that greeted Felix and Frieda Warburg upon their first arrival in 1908.

Stay tuned this holiday season as we share more of our museum friends featured in this year's show, and hit the link in our bio to get tickets to see them for yourself!

#HTSNYBG #plantlove

From everyone here at The New York Botanical Garde

From everyone here at The New York Botanical Garden, here's wishing the happiest of holiday seasons to each of you, with hopes for the company of friends, family, and loved ones, and a beautiful winter to come! 🦃❄️

We're closed for today, but we'll be open again tomorrow and throughout the weekend with The Holiday Train Show, NYBG GLOW, and 250 acres of late fall to explore here in the Bronx.

#NYBGglow #HTSNYBG

Breaking news! We're announcing our all-new Spring

Breaking news! We're announcing our all-new Spring/Summer exhibition for 2023—and this is one you’re not going to want to miss!

Experience the Garden through the eyes of one of today’s leading artists. This spring, celebrated visual artist Ebony G. Patterson will access our collections to create new, site-specific work at NYBG.

Patterson’s dynamic, colorful sculptures of birds and extinct plants set among flowers and planted environments will be installed throughout the grounds. These works will explore the beauty and utility of what we might consider “undesirable” elements of the natural world, asking us to question our own assumptions about gardens in unexpected and provocative ways.

Hit the link in our bio to learn more and sign up for exhibition updates and ticket alerts.

#EbonyGPatterson #EbonyGPattersonNYBG #plantlove

Image courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery
Photo: Frank Ishman

While you’re celebrating this week’s feasting

While you’re celebrating this week’s feasting and festivities, spend some time resetting in New York City’s most beautiful 250 acres. 🚂🌲🦃

Now that the Holiday Train Show and NYBG GLOW are on view, the Garden is the place to be for family activities this holiday season! We’ll be open through Wednesday night this week, and reopened on Friday for you to experience this beloved tradition in the Haupt Conservatory all weekend long, with trains zipping among an extraordinary collection of familiar landmark replicas made from botanical materials. And be sure to stop by after dark to experience the wonder of NYBG GLOW this Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and select nights into January 2023, featuring choreographed lights and sound in NYC’s largest outdoor holiday lighting experience.

The Garden is the place to be for the holidays, indoors and out—hit the link in our bio to get your tickets!

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It's GLOW time! 💫💡 This weekend marks the

It's GLOW time! 💫💡

This weekend marks the opening of the Holiday Train Show and NYBG GLOW. Inside the Haupt Conservatory, see trains pass through charming miniatures of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and more—each one made from botanical materials. And with GLOW back for its third smash year, featuring choreographed lights and sound that expand across even more of the grounds, the Garden is your destination for the perfect holiday nights out.

Your first two chances to experience GLOW are this Friday & Saturday, November 18 & 19, with sparkling displays, festive music, and delicious bites from the @BronxNightMarket! Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets while they last.

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow

Are you as excited as we are for the grand opening

Are you as excited as we are for the grand opening of the Holiday Train Show and NYBG GLOW this weekend? Discover the Garden after dark with increased choreographed lights and sound, more illuminated botanical displays inspired by the centuries of history in our Steere Herbarium, and so much else to explore. 🚂🌟

Can you tell which tree species this is lighting up our Library Building? Share your answers in the comments!🌲

The ultimate holiday nights out are right here in the Bronx, with thousands of energy-efficient lights, picture-perfect installations to discover, and the beloved Holiday Train Show inviting you into a twinkling world of landmark replicas and zipping model trains. Stay tuned for more as we kick off the largest outdoor holiday light experience in NYC, and hit the link in our bio to get your tickets!

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow #plantlove

Branch out from the ordinary this holiday with a v

Branch out from the ordinary this holiday with a visit to New York’s favorite seasonal escape! 🚂🎄💫

The Holiday Train Show returns in just ONE WEEK, bringing with it more than 190 enchanting replicas of New York landmarks, trains zipping overhead, and all the magic that’s made it a beloved holiday tradition for over 30 years. And with NYBG GLOW back for its third smash year—the city’s largest outdoor holiday light experience, featuring dazzling displays and spectacular light installations across the Garden’s magnificent collections plus food, music, and more—there’s no better place to celebrate the holidays than NYBG.

Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets for these must-see holiday outings as we near opening day on November 19. See you then!

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow #plantlove

With the sun setting earlier and earlier, it's jus

With the sun setting earlier and earlier, it's just a bit easier to catch that golden, late afternoon light in the Home Gardening Center. The dahlias couldn't be happier. 🌅

#Dahlia #plantlove #FallFlowers

This weekend we're hitting the winding trails of t

This weekend we're hitting the winding trails of the Thain Forest, New York's largest old-growth woodland, for two days of festive fun among the falling leaves—and the more the merrier!

Join in the fun during Fall Forest Weekend, November 12 & 13, with hands-on crafts like foliage woodblock printing, demo tables by NYBG staff sharing insights into tree identification and more, and tours revealing the natural history of the Forest, along with its most significant trees and the many bird species that call it home. And don't miss an all-new visual tour created by Chenae Bullock, featuring some of the useful and edible plants used by the Indigenous peoples of the Northeast in woodlands like this one.

Hit the link in our bio to learn more as this 50-acre treasure reaches peak fall color!

#FallForestWeekend #plantlove