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“From Here to Infinity” with Olivia, Rose, and Jose

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Together with NYBG Teen Explainers Olivia, Rose, and Jose, kids can learn about Yayoi Kusama's artistic inspirations—and use their own to make art themselves. Read More

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From Tree to Sea

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Kids can join NYBG Explainer Leah for a reading of From Tree to Sea by Shelley Moore Thomas. Read More

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Con Edison STEM Days Out Return to The New York Botanical Garden

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In 2020, Con Edison gave generously to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs that inspire students to imagine, invent, and engineer. Read More

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Tree Time with Mama Miti and the NYBG Explainers

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Kids can join our NYBG Explainers from home for an activity inspired by Donna Jo Napoli's beautifully illustrated "Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees ... Read More

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Discover Evergreens & Make Your Own Swag

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Kids can discover what makes the pines, junipers, and hollies of winter truly evergreen. Read More

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Painting with Plants

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Kids can make their own watercolor paintings with plant materials found in your yard or kitchen. Read More

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Get to Know Cattails

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Cattails are a familiar summer sight in wetlands—and they're full of unique adaptations for kids to discover. Read More

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Creating Leaf Rubbings

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Kids can discover the artistry of nature in a single leaf—and explore their creativity as they learn about the Pan-African Flag. Read More

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Life Under a Log

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Kids can find complex natural worlds all around them—even under a log! Read More

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Kids Learn to Observe Like Scientists

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What can your kids see when they look at the plants around your home? Read More

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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!

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow

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

This weekend is your last chance to experience @Si

This weekend is your last chance to experience @SirJoshBennett's “The Bond of Live Things Everywhere.” Join us for a celebration featuring reflections on the installation and its works, live music, poetry readings from the winners of our young poets' competition, and an opportunity to meet the curator and other participants for a picnic under the fall trees of NYBG.

Don't miss this lauded presentation of verse in our beautiful 250 acres, along with a special talk between Joshua and our own @arvolyn, Manager of the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. Bring your lunch and we'll see you there this Sunday, November 6!

#BondOfLiveThings #poetry #plantlove

In just TWO weeks, when the falling leaves turn in

In just TWO weeks, when the falling leaves turn into thoughts of falling snow, NYBG will be transformed into a winter wonderland with the whimsy and magic of the Holiday Train Show, with model trains zipping through an enchanting display of more than 190 New York landmark replicas, each carefully handcrafted from natural materials. 🚂🌟

And the holiday cheer doesn’t stop there! Join us after dark for NYBG GLOW, New York City’s largest outdoor holiday light experience, featuring enchanting illuminated installations throughout the landscape made even livelier with music and festive food and drink offerings.

Tickets are on sale now! With the exhibition opening so soon (time flies!), grab yours today for your preferred dates and times. Hit the link in our bio to get started.

#HTSNYBG #NYBGglow #plantlove

🍂 Find your fall in the Bronx! 🍁 Like the s

🍂 Find your fall in the Bronx! 🍁

Like the season flipped a switch, the Garden’s foliage is suddenly a sea of bright reds and golden yellows, inviting long outdoor adventures with eye candy around every corner. Don’t let this moment pass you by—come visit!

#plantlove