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Plants as Liberation: Joshua Bennett

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Our Plants as Liberation Series continues this #BlackHistoryMonth with an interview featuring renowned poet Joshua Bennett, whose "The Bond of Live Things Everywhere" poetry exhibit ... Read More

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The Bond of Live Things Everywhere Youth Poetry Contest Winning Submissions

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The New York Botanical Garden presented a Poetry Contest for kids in elementary, middle, and high school who live or study in New York. This ... Read More

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The Bond of Live Things Everywhere with Joshua Bennett

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"This project started as a dream, well over a decade ago ... I've been writing for about that long about what I've called the Black ... Read More

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One of the absolute highlights of late spring at t

One of the absolute highlights of late spring at the Garden is the return of the NYBG Farmers Market! 🥬🍓🥕

Be sure to stop by tomorrow from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. and each Wednesday throughout summer and into fall as the market returns weekly until October 25, featuring the best of local, seasonal produce, artisanal goods from makers in our area, fresh-baked breads and desserts, and so much more. With our rotating list of weekly vendors, you're sure to find something excellent to cook up for dinner.

Hit the link in our bio to check out some of the visiting vendors joining us in 2023, and be sure to bring your reuseable bag.

#NYBGFarmersMarket #plantlove

A young green frog lazes the day away among aquati

A young green frog lazes the day away among aquatic plants in the Native Plant Garden, soaking up the late spring rays as it waits for lunch to pass by. 🐸🪰

The blooming flowers and rich green foliage of the Garden this time of year also invites a wide variety of wildlife to enjoy the weather and scenery. What have YOU seen lately on your journeys around the Garden, whether it's feathered, finned, furred—or froggy?

#wildlife #plantlove

See the Garden exhibition that @timeoutnewyork cal

See the Garden exhibition that @timeoutnewyork calls “powerful” and “stunning” as “…things come to thrive…in the shedding…in the molting…” continues this weekend.

Unlike any NYBG show before it, contemporary artist Ebony G. Patterson brings her signature style to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, as well as the Garden’s landscape and galleries, with provocative mixed media installations and thought-provoking displays that invite you to dig deeper into the very idea of a garden—to discover the secrets hidden beneath.

Get a sneak peek at the moments you’ll soon explore—from ghostly sculptures of now-extinct plants to swarms of glitter-encrusted vultures—as the exhibition continues through September 17. Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets today.

#EbonyGPatterson #EbonyGPattersonNYBG #plantlove

Happy #Pride Month from all of us here at NYBG! 🌈🪴

Join us throughout the month of June as we celebrate the history and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community in the botanical world—and take part in hands-on activities, hear stories from activists in our field, learn about the cultural significance of fascinating botanical specimens in our collection, and more.

Be sure and grab your tickets for our June 10 celebratory Pride event at the Garden featuring live music, DJ sets, and a runway show presented by @BronxFashionWeek—we can't wait to see you! Hit the link in our bio to learn more and get yours today.

#NYBGpride #PrideMonth #plantlove

Have you stopped and smelled the roses yet this se

Have you stopped and smelled the roses yet this season? How about THOUSANDS of roses? 🌹🌹🌹

Leave the stresses of the work week behind this Saturday and Sunday, June 3 & 4, during our Rose Garden Weekend as you immerse yourself in over 500 varieties of classic beauties in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden! With this historic collection now at peak color as we make our way into June and the final weeks of spring, this weekend is the perfect time to join us for a tour among clouds of incredible floral fragrance.

Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets as we celebrate summer in bloom at NYBG.

#RoseGardenWeekend #plantlove

This week, our second edition of "Presently" lines

This week, our second edition of "Presently" lines up with a special time at NYBG: the transition from spring to summer. 🍃🌴☀️

With "...things come to thrive...in the shedding...in the molting..."—Ebony G. Patterson's provocative new NYBG exhibition—now on view to the public, and the weather bringing us warm and sunny days, it's the perfect time of year to plan your visit. An abundance of bright and blooming plants have come into their own across our collections, including the hundreds of varieties of roses flourishing in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden—just in time for this Saturday & Sunday's Rose Garden Weekend celebration, June 3 & 4! And in the Native Plant Garden, you'll even find one of our rarest treasures blossoming: the otherworldly green flowers of Frasera caroliniensis.

Hit the link in our bio to hear more about @marlonco.photography’s adventures through our 250 acres over the last week as we enter the final month of spring, and get your tickets for these exciting events!

#Frasera caroliniensis #RosaFlamenco #Clematis #PresentlyAtNYBG #plantlove

Each Monday in the Edible Academy, we welcome vete

Each Monday in the Edible Academy, we welcome veterans of all ages from the James J. Peters VA Medical Center for a day among nature—where they take part in hands-on gardening, working with plants to ease depression and anxiety, promote healing, and engage in activities for friendship and community building.

“There are so many different ways to express yourself and to grow, and I think that the THRIVE program is a wonderful opportunity to do that with other veterans,” said one participant. As we celebrate Memorial Day, hit the link in our bio to hear from some of our regular VA visitors on the ways THRIVE at NYBG—running since 2020—has brought them together through a mutual love of plants and the natural world we share.

#MemorialDay #THRIVEatNYBG #plantlove

Your interest may be piqued by peonies, or your jo

Your interest may be piqued by peonies, or your joy revved up by roses, but for some of us here at NYBG, the delicate, papery leaves of the poppies make our hearts patter. 🧡✨

If you’re looking for these simple, stunning, vividly colored flowers this time of year, you can’t go wrong with the Perennial Garden!

#Papaver orientale ‘King Kong’ #plantlove

The vultures have landed… and here’s a sneak p

The vultures have landed… and here’s a sneak peek at just a few of the many visitors making themselves at home ahead of the public opening of Ebony G. Patterson’s long-awaited NYBG debut, “…things come to thrive…in the shedding…in the molting…”—kicking off this Saturday, May 27.

Join us for the exciting first weekend of this major site-specific exhibition to explore provocative garden-inspired installations and exotic flora—from a monumental peacock sculpture to swarms of these glitter-encrusted scavengers—in works that examine the secrets to be found buried just beneath the garden as you know it.

We’ll be open through Monday for a long weekend in celebration of this captivating moment in NYBG’s history by one of the most exciting contemporary artists of our time. Hit the link in our bio to get your tickets and experience the show for yourself.

#EbonyGPatterson #EbonyGPattersonNYBG

Did you know that NYBG has a pickle room? Don’t

Did you know that NYBG has a pickle room? Don’t get too hungry — they aren’t exactly for eating. 🥒🫙🔬

Take a peek behind the scenes at some of the fascinating ways we study plants at our Pfizer Plant Research Lab with the help of Leeann Dabydeen, our Laboratory Manager. #plantlove

In this new showcase of our top images each week,

In this new showcase of our top images each week, highlighting our appreciation and connection to plants and the natural world, join NYBG Photographer Marlon Co as he shares his favorite moments from his journeys around the Garden. 📸🪷🌞

Spring is always an active time at NYBG, and on any stroll through our 250 acres you'll experience signs of life blooming all around you. Even now, as the season again turns over a new leaf, you can witness the lushness of plant life filling the Garden. The returning laughter of school groups matched in intensity with nearby bird songs, a water lily in bloom, and roses making their earliest appearance are just a few of the things happening here right now. The evidence is clear: Summer is on the horizon, but for now here's what we enjoyed this week.

Check out the first installment of “Presently at NYBG” through the link in our bio.

#Nymphaea #Paeonia #plantlove #PresentlyAtNYBG

There's no better pairing for a glass of rosé tha

There's no better pairing for a glass of rosé than a day out in New York's most beautiful spring landscape! 🍷🌿

This Saturday and Sunday, May 20 & 21, sip and savor the season during Spring Uncorked at NYBG, a weekend for wine lovers featuring the best of regional wineries from the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and Long Island—with samples to taste and a wide selection of bottles to purchase. The flowers and foliage of the season set the scene for you to relax to live music, learn the science behind the vintner's craft, and kick back with a variety of crafts and lawn games while enjoying delicious lunch options from our friends at the @BronxNightMarket.

This once-a-year event is coming up quickly, so don't wait—hit the link in our bio to get your tickets while they last!

#SpringUncorked