Plant Talk

NYBG Holiday Celebrations Through the Years

Posted in History & People

The holidays are a special time at NYBG. The magic of the season spreads as frost covers the landscape and the falling snow makes the ... Read More

Erblichia’s a Flower, But Only So an Hour

Posted in Inside our Collections, What's Beautiful Now

If there isn’t a txt-speak acronym for “fear of missing out on a phenophase,” there ought to be one. Read More

Restored Watercolors Return to Garden Archives

Posted in History & People, Inside our Collections

The Lord & Burnham Company was the premier builder of glasshouse structures in North America during the 19th and 20th centuries. The firm’s largest project ... Read More

What’s Beautiful Now: The Haupt Conservatory Reopened

Posted in What's Beautiful Now

With the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory reopened to the public, make a weekend trip to rediscover our botanical escape in New York City. Read More

Soaring Over the Haupt Conservatory

Posted in What's Beautiful Now

Our essential staff caring for our collections on grounds were lucky to capture this shot of today's flyover in honor of New York City's frontline ... Read More

Watch the 2019 Corpse Flower Bloom in an Instant

Posted in Behind the Scenes, Videos

This year’s corpse flower bloom was yet another spectacular display of what the world’s largest inflorescence—Amorphophallus titanum—can do. Check out this time lapse to see ... Read More

Beginning the Haupt Conservatory’s Palm Dome Restoration

Posted in Garden News

Starting April 29, the iconic dome of the 117-year-old, glass-and-steel Enid A. Haupt Conservatory will undergo restoration in accordance with routine maintenance and operations of ... Read More