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History & People, Videos
Plants as Liberation: Leah Penniman
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Hear from Leah Penniman, Cofounder and Farm Director of Soul Fire Farm, as she talks with Arvolyn Hill about the pumpkin of Haiti that featured ... Read MoreHistory & People
Exploring Food Love Stories with Matthew López-Jensen
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In honor of Pride Month and in celebration of his creation, Lamb’s Quarters: A Love Story, Matthew López-Jensen and the NYBG community invited LGBTQIA+-identifying couples ... Read MoreHistory & People
Shades of Lavender: Symbolism, Scent, Sightings, and Species
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In honor of Pride Month, The New York Botanical Garden celebrates lavender—the color symbolic of LGBTQ+ resistance and empowerment—as well as the plant’s associated cultural ... Read MoreHistory & People, Videos
Plants as Liberation: Journei Bimwala
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In Arvolyn Hill’s latest “Plants as Liberation” interview, meet Journei Bimwala, CEO and Founder of EachOneCarryOne, as she talks about the historic Black connection to ... Read MoreVideos, What's On at NYBG
Juneteenth Celebration at NYBG!
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The weather forecast this holiday weekend calls for clear skies and comfortable afternoons—perfect for celebrating Juneteenth with us here in the Bronx! Read MoreBehind the Scenes, Videos
Starting June 4, Your Table Is Waiting at NYBG!
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We're just around the corner from the kick-off of our next major summer exhibition, Around the Table: Stories of the Foods We Love. Read MoreHistory & People
Three Cheers for NYBG Volunteers!
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The New York Botanical Garden is not only a place, but also a community of diverse staff, members, patrons, external partners, visitors—and volunteers, who currently ... Read MoreBehind the Scenes, Inside our Collections, What's Beautiful Now
Perspective
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Inside our Collections, What's Beautiful Now
Lenses are some of the most exciting aspects of photography. If one thinks of a camera as a blank canvas, lenses are the paintbrushes, where ... Read MoreHistory & People, Videos
Rooted in Plants: Dr. Janaki Ammal
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Janaki Ammal (1897–1984) was the first woman from India to earn a doctorate in botany in America, and with her knowledge in plant breeding she ... Read MoreHistory & People, Videos
Plants as Liberation: Frances Perez-Rodriguez
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"We're able to work with and depend on plants in ways that we can't depend on our food system, our current healthcare system ... It ... Read MoreSUBSCRIBE
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