Plant Talk

Flora de Filipinas

Posted in Inside our Collections

Flora de Filipinas is a monument to the magnificent botanical heritage of the Philippines. Read More

Brookshaw’s Beauties

Posted in History & People, Inside our Collections

George Brookshaw’s (1751–1823) Pomona Britannica, a masterpiece of the printing arts, is widely considered one of the finest color plate natural history works ever produced. Read More

Yokohama Nursery Catalogs

Posted in Inside our Collections

Yokohama Nursery was founded in 1890 by Uhei Suzuki and three other nurserymen in Yokohama as a pioneer in modern horticulture in Japan. That same ... Read More

Explore Black Botany: The Nature of Black Experience

Posted in History & People, Inside our Collections

Explore our online exhibit, Black Botany: The Nature of Black Experience, which seeks to acknowledge the complex relationship between enslaved Black people, nature, and the ... Read More

The Hand Lens Explores Black Botany

Posted in History & People

Throughout Black History Month, The Hand Lens—a home for the many stories told by NYBG's historic collections in the Steere Herbarium and beyond—has hosted a ... Read More

Historical Species & Ecosystems Study: LuEsther T. Mertz Library Collections

Posted in Inside our Collections, Plant Science

Materials held in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library are extremely important resources for research related to climate change, especially those related to species distribution and ... Read More