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In today’s episode of #PlantPeople, NYBG’s VP

In today’s episode of #PlantPeople, NYBG’s VP for Horticulture and Living Collections, Todd Forrest, joins us to share the redemption arc of the Bronx River. 💧🌲

As NYC’s only freshwater river, and one of the highlights of the Garden’s landscape, this body of water that used to be known as an “open sewer” is now a hotspot for plants, animals, and the local community—and getting better every year. Come discover how the Bronx River Watershed is ecologically important not only to the Garden, but to The Bronx and the City at large.

Hit the link in our bio to listen now, and be sure to rate and subscribe.

We’re OPEN today as we enter the final days of T

We’re OPEN today as we enter the final days of The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism. 🌺🎟

See the show everyone is talking about in its final week, before it disappears this coming Sunday, April 27. So many people have told us it’s our “best Orchid Show ever!” that you don’t want to be left with FOMO.

Spring is in swing indoors AND out right now, with our 250 acres looking gorgeous. Now’s the time to make your visit to NYBG! 🌿🌸

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

We’re open for Easter weekend AND this coming Mo

We’re open for Easter weekend AND this coming Monday, just in time for you to see the daffodils POPPING. 🌼💯

Peak color comes but once a year for these beauties, and now's the best time to experience them here in NYC's most beautiful spring landscape. We've spent the past several years planting more and more #Narcissus bulbs, too—meaning there are now close to a MILLION flowers to immerse yourself in, whether it's on Daffodil Hill, in the Liasson Narcissus Collection, or in pockets of bright yellow and white flowers blooming all around NYBG.

Grab tickets through link in bio!

Catch The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism before it

Catch The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism before it disappears! 🌺💨

The show ends on April 27, so we're into the TEN DAY COUNTDOWN before it's gone—and with Members calling this exhibition one of the BEST Orchid Shows ever, there's no reason to leave your future self disappointed! Plus, with spring in full bloom, now’s the time to see the flowers of the season indoors AND out.

Join us for a relaxing weekday visit with tickets through link in bio.

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

See the cherry blossoms at their most MAGICAL as #

See the cherry blossoms at their most MAGICAL as #SpringBreak week at NYBG continues. 🌸💯

Along Seasonal Walk, in Cherry Valley, and all throughout the Garden you’ll find the cherries looking their best—and with lovely springtime weather finally in town, now’s the time to stop by. Treat yourself to a visit this week and enjoy some fairytale scenery!

Tickets through link in bio. ✨

#Prunus

As we kick off #SpringBreak week in NYC, there’s

As we kick off #SpringBreak week in NYC, there’s now under TWO WEEKS left to experience one of our most highly reviewed Orchid Shows EVER. Come explore a world of colorful flowers and scenery inspired by the vivid designs of Modernist architect Luis Barragán. And while you’re here, lose yourself among thousands of flowers in bloom across NYBG’s 250 acres.

With the kids out of school this week, it’s the perfect family outing. Hit the link in our bio to get tickets now and save.

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

When you get here for opening weekend of Van Gogh'

When you get here for opening weekend of Van Gogh's Flowers on May 24, be sure to make your way to the @LEGO Botanicals flower truck! 🛻💐

Add some extra joy to your visit with a stop at the LEGO® Botanical Garden pop-up, and explore the power of connection and creativity with a hands-on, make-and-take experience including a mini Vincent van Gogh sunflower.

This activation is first-come, first-served and while supplies last, so get your tickets for our Van Gogh's Flowers opening weekend celebration ahead of time through the link in our bio.

#LEGO #VanGoghsFlowers #VanGogh

The painted world of one of history’s most belov

The painted world of one of history’s most beloved artists comes to life during Van Gogh’s Flowers—by day AND night. 🎨✨

Opening May 24, surround yourself with the natural scenery that inspired Van Gogh’s masterpieces as you wander through monumental floral displays and large-scale art created by @graphic_rewilding, @amiej_art, and @town.and.concrete. After dark, the show comes aglow on select dates for Starry Nights, where you can relax to live bistro music and sip a cocktail for purchase, enjoy live performances, and join us on the lawn for an illuminated drone show in the sky above the Garden—the first of its kind at a cultural institution in New York City—celebrating “Starry Night” and other iconic works.

Hit the link in our bio to explore everything coming this May and get your tickets to see Van Gogh set free from the museum!

#VanGoghsFlowers #VanGogh #StarryNights

Our latest episode of #PlantPeople is LIVE with au

Our latest episode of #PlantPeople is LIVE with author and poet @camilledungy, who sees gardening as a tool for change. 🪴

With insight from her new book, “SOIL: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden,” she shares how gardening can be another form of storytelling. We talk about environmental advocacy and stewardship—and the ways nature and narrative are more intertwined than you might think.

Hit the link in our bio to listen to Season 2 now, with new episodes every other Monday. And don’t forget to rate and subscribe!

You can NOW get your tickets for this year’s upc

You can NOW get your tickets for this year’s upcoming exhibition, Van Gogh’s Flowers—and discover the beauty of the natural world that inspired his work. 🌻🎨

You’ve seen the paintings, now see them come to life in a way that only NYBG can deliver. Experience Vincent van Gogh’s masterpieces bloom in living recreations, wander through a field of monumental sunflowers, and immerse yourself in botanical displays and large-scale art.

Stay tuned for more exciting announcements as we get closer to opening day! Get your tickets through link in bio.

#VanGoghsFlowers #VanGogh

This #EarthMonth, learn to better care for our sha

This #EarthMonth, learn to better care for our shared planet with NYBG. 🌎

Hit the link in our bio to discover how our scientists are advancing research on plants—way down on the molecular level, and way up to the global scale—to protect and restore the natural world. Then explore ways that YOU can do your part in your own community with guides on gardening and nurturing green spaces, creating pollinator gardens, and choosing the right native plants. Together, we can make a difference for the Earth, and for future generations!

#Galanthus

Fleda Griffith—one of the Garden’s early visua

Fleda Griffith—one of the Garden’s early visual documentarians, first made permanent staff photographer in 1932—spent a decade capturing the Garden with her lens, including our very first corpse flower in 1937. 📸

As we close out another inspiring #WomensHistoryMonth, learn more about this trailblazing woman in botanical photography, whose work graced the covers of our 20th-century Journal of The New York Botanical Garden year in and year out, garnering her attention from The New York Times. Not content to create art through a lens alone, she was also an accomplished botanical illustrator!

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