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Pruning Simplified
Posted in Inside our Collections
Pruning Simplified: A Step-by-Step Guide to 50 Popular Trees and Shrubs (2018) is a helpful new book from Steven Bradley for Timber Press. Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation, Garden News
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A New Global Assessment by the United Nations
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Garden News
Before this week, most readers probably had not heard of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), but they certainly will know ... Read MoreHistory & People
Celebrating the Works of Women at NYBG
Posted in History & People
Women’s History Month is underway, and here at NYBG we’re celebrating countless contributions to the Garden’s missions in science, art, horticulture, and so much more ... Read MorePlant Science
Oprah Joins the World of Lichens
Posted in Plant Science
Dolly Parton isn't the only public figure to have a new species of lichen named after her by NYBG scientists. Following precedent in naming discoveries ... Read MorePlant Science
The Botany Bill: Proposed Legislation Highlights Importance of Native Plants on Federal Lands
Posted in Plant Science
Proposed legislation has been introduced in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives with the rather formidable title “Botanical Sciences and Native Plant ... Read MoreHistory & People
#plantlove: Rocky Douangchanh, Public Education Coordinator
Posted in History & People
As part of #plantlove at NYBG, we're talking with people from all over the Garden about what inspires their passion for plants. Today, meet Rocky ... Read MoreHistory & People
#plantlove: Kristine Paulus, Plant Records Manager
Posted in History & People
As part of #plantlove at NYBG, we're talking with people from all over the Garden about what inspires their passion for plants. Today, meet Kristine ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation, Garden News
NYBG Receives New York’s First All-Electric Truck
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Garden News
In September 2017, the New York State Attorney General announced that four non-profit organizations had been selected to demonstrate the benefits of battery-powered electric delivery ... Read MoreEnvironment & Conservation
On Becoming a NYBG Urban Naturalist
Posted in Environment & Conservation
In Oaxaca Journal, renowned neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, M.D., remarks on the contributions that amateurs provide to field science: “A special power of observing ... Read MoreGarden News
Q&A with NYBG CEO Carrie Rebora Barratt
Posted in Garden News
On July 1, 2018, Carrie Rebora Barratt, Ph.D., became the ninth CEO and President of The New York Botanical Garden and the first woman to ... Read MoreSUBSCRIBE
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