Plant Talk

NYBG Welcomes Bronx Community Gardeners into the Herbarium as Knowledge-Holders in Ecological Stewardship

Posted in History & People, Inside our Collections

This spring, I helped launch a new initiative at NYBG to collaborate with Bronx-based community gardeners on local biocultural research and preservation. Read More

Discovering the Art of ‘Flora Cubana’ in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Posted in History & People, Inside our Collections

Since starting as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Garden’s Humanities Institute in September, I’ve worked almost entirely remotely, relying on the Garden’s excellent ... Read More

“Mournful Relics” through Foreign Eyes: Envisioning Land Degradation on Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Coffee Fazendas

Posted in History & People

In 1883, as C. F. van Delden Laërne steamed through Rio de Janeiro province aboard the Estrada de Ferro Dom Pedro II locomotive, he was ... Read More