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If you’re starting out in the workforce, or look

If you’re starting out in the workforce, or looking to swap careers for something that gets you in touch with nature, applications to our School of Professional Horticulture are now OPEN. 🧑‍🌾🌱

In this two-year program, you learn everything you need to know about landscape management, ecological and sustainable practices, and how to network. And with guidance by expert faculty members and professionals in the industry, you get the practical skills you need to address the complex challenges facing our planet.

With a 100% job placement rate after graduation, it’s the country’s premier horticultural training program for a reason. Learn more through link in bio.

This week on #PlantPeople, we put peat in the spot

This week on #PlantPeople, we put peat in the spotlight—and share ways that we can move past this extractive and unsustainable horticultural staple.

Come join Chad Massura, founder of @rosysoil, and Kurt Morrell, VP of Horticulture Operations at NYBG, for a chat about the importance of peat-free soil for a carbon-neutral world. Massura shares the story behind potting products like his that are more sustainable options for home gardening and the industry at large, while Morrell elaborates on eco-friendly practices in horticulture. You’ll leave the conversation with a new tactic in hand to make your own garden greener!

Hit the link in our bio to listen to our podcast now, and don’t forget to rate and subscribe!

The spring scenery’s even better with a glass of

The spring scenery’s even better with a glass of wine, and Spring Uncorked combines the best of both. 🍷🌼🐝

Make it a day at NYBG on Saturday, May 17, and grab a glass for unlimited samples from some of the best wineries of the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and Long Island. We’ll have live music to relax to as you soak up the seasonal color, plus crafts, lawn games, and talks on the science behind making great wines. We’ll even have the @LEGO Botanical Garden flower truck here for a make-and-take experience while supplies last. And be sure to grab lunch for sale from a lineup of local food vendors.

Tickets do sell out, so get yours through link in bio now!

A bouquet is nice, but this Mother’s Day, wouldn

A bouquet is nice, but this Mother’s Day, wouldn’t giving her MILLIONS of flowers be better? 💐🎁

Next weekend, May 10 and 11, treat Mom to our Mother’s Day Garden Celebration for an afternoon of unmatched spring beauty with collections at peak color, plus music, lawn games for the whole family, gift crafting activities, and a lineup of local food trucks and beer and wine for purchase. You can even stop by the @LEGO Botanical Garden Pop-Up to get her a make-and-take rose while supplies last. 🌹

Don’t miss this weekend of flowers and fun! Tickets through link in bio.

#MothersDay

“If we have more green spaces we can breathe bet

“If we have more green spaces we can breathe better. If we have clean soil we can grow more healthy food. It’s symbiotic, we take care of each other. That’s the liberation part.”

As we close out #EarthMonth, join Arvolyn Hill (@arvolyn), Associate Director of our Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, for her latest #PlantsAsLiberation interview with @sherylldurrant. Serving as the Board Director of @justfoodnyc—and an urban farmer, educator, and food justice advocate—Sheryll talks about how she works to connect her community to nature, giving them the skills and sovereignty to grow their own food sustainably.

Watch the full discussion, along with all of our past interviews, through link in bio.

Good news for people who love flowers with extreme

Good news for people who love flowers with extremely poetic names: the tree peonies are blooming. 🌸🌟

With cultivar names like ‘Lotus That Shines in the Sun’ and ‘Smiling in the Thicket’, these fleeting flowers’ artful names match their big, bold blooms—some of the most stunning of spring. They won’t last long, so get to the collection near the Rose Garden soon. 👀

#Paeonia × suffruticosa ‘Lotus That Shines in the Sun’ | ‘Smiling in the Thicket’ | ‘Red Cliffs’

Thanks to photosensitivity, tulips are just as bus

Thanks to photosensitivity, tulips are just as busy during the day as we are. 🌷🏃

As the temperatures rise through morning and into afternoon, tulips open their blooms wide to attract daytime pollinators. And as the day wears on, they wrap up their work—closing again as the sun sets for a well-deserved night’s rest.

Tulips are blooming all around the Garden right now, but they’re especially gorgeous in the Perennial Garden. Get here soon!

#Tulipa ‘Banja Luka’

We’ve reached the FINAL weekend of The Orchid Sh

We’ve reached the FINAL weekend of The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism. There’s no time to waste if you haven’t seen it yet! 🌺👀⏰

Ending this Sunday, April 27, our homage to the Modernist architecture of Luis Barragán welcomes you to a world of color unlike anything in New York City, with thousands of flowers filling the Haupt Conservatory with scenes that’ll make you feel like you’re on a mini vacation in Mexico. Afterward, head outside to explore 250 acres of spring beauty in bloom.

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

The Rock Garden is the perfect escape this time of

The Rock Garden is the perfect escape this time of year, especially for some peace and quiet. 🌷☀️

This secluded collection lights up in spring with swaths of colorful Alpine flowers—miniature gems that invite you to explore a little deeper. Bring a book, find a bench, and soak up some springtime here, and you’ll forget you’re in one of the world’s biggest cities.

#Tulipa 'Annika' | #Narcissus | Tulipa 'Ice Stick'

When you stop by @nybgshop, keep an eye out for ou

When you stop by @nybgshop, keep an eye out for our new @inciardi Mini Print Vending Machine! 🌷🖨

Just plug four quarters into the machine to get a surprise mini linocut, with two custom prints made just for NYBG—an orchid inspired by The Orchid Show, and a design of the Haupt Conservatory—or several other garden-inspired prints available. It’s the perfect keepsake to remember your visit to the Garden at the PEAK of spring color.

Be sure to follow @nybgshop and sign up for emails at nybgshop.org to be the first to hear about new print drops! Learn more through link in bio.

@inciardimachines

Cherry blossoms, daffodils, and poppies are fillin

Cherry blossoms, daffodils, and poppies are filling the Garden with color right now. What's your schedule look like? 🌸🌼🌷

Cap your week with a true highlight of spring in NYC by visiting the Garden at peak color, and surround yourself with the kind of beauty you need to experience to believe. There's such a special magic to our 250 acres this time of year!

#Prunus #Papaver #Narcissus

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.

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