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At Orchid Nights, spring in New York City has neve

At Orchid Nights, spring in New York City has never looked better! 💃🍸🌺

This Friday and Saturday, April 3 and 4, our after-dark celebration in The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic’s Concrete Jungle becomes the hottest ticket in town as we turn down the lights and turn up the beats. Join in for a night of dancing and drinks among thousands of colorful flowers, with @djaprilhunt providing the tunes.

Grab tickets now through link in bio, and treat yourself to the perfect night out!

#OrchidNights #OrchidNYBG #ConcreteJungle

In our latest episode of #PlantPeople, listen in a

In our latest episode of #PlantPeople, listen in as we talk all things pitcher plants—the carnivorous botanical oddities that leave cunning traps for insects!

Host Jennifer Bernstein, NYBG President and CEO, is joined by NYBG’s Dr. Rob Naczi, who shares how pitcher plants aren’t so exotic as they might look—there’s even a species native to New York that you can find in our Native Plant Garden in summer. Come explore why these important plants still have much to teach us, and the environmental threats they currently face.

Hit the link in bio to tune in, with new episodes every other Monday!

We’re open through Monday, March 30, for a long

We’re open through Monday, March 30, for a long weekend of gorgeous spring color—indoors and out! 🌈🌺

As the season begins, it’s the PERFECT time to come see our tropical take on NYC at The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic’s Concrete Jungle, where every turn reveals new floral beauty in a rainbow of hues. And outdoors, spring’s blooms are only just getting started, with crocuses, hellebores, and the earliest daffodils peeking out around the Garden.

Looking for something to do after dark? Don’t forget that Orchid Nights return this Saturday, March 28, with drinks and dancing as we turn down the lights and turn up the beats. Tickets through link in bio!

#OrchidNYBG #ConcreteJungle #OrchidNights

Orchid Nights are only just getting started, with

Orchid Nights are only just getting started, with our next one turning up the music this Saturday as the sun sets! 🪩🍹🌺

Bring the group chat for a night out as we turn down the lights on The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic’s Concrete Jungle, with @DJAprilHunt on the decks joined by @DJMondayBlue and artist @yashuared. It’ll be a lively time on the dance floor, with specialty cocktails, mocktails, and light bites for purchase—and the most dazzling evening experience among thousands of orchids.

Get your tickets through link in bio!

#OrchidNights #OrchidNYBG #ConcreteJungle

It’s the first day of spring! And while seasonal

It’s the first day of spring! And while seasonal color is just starting to perk up around our 250 acres, some of our favorite flowers—the snowdrops—are blooming all about. 🌿

Hear from Chris Elliott, NYBG’s Associate Curator, as he shares how these winter-to-spring beauties survive snow and ice to share their bright blooms before any other flower. Then find them yourself before they disappear for another year (the Azalea Garden and Rock Garden are prime spots to see them)!

#Galanthus #SpringEquinox

THIS Saturday, Orchid Nights return to ring in spr

THIS Saturday, Orchid Nights return to ring in spring, bringing drinks and dance to The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic’s Concrete Jungle! 🌺🍹

Like a block party at the botanical garden, @djaprilhunt—joined by @chanonjudson and @avilasanto—turns up the beats with Mixtape Gives You Flowers, a nightly blend of DJs and music sure to get you moving with all the energy of NYC after dark.

Grab your tickets for our very first night—March 21—and future dates through link in bio!

#OrchidNights #OrchidNYBG #ConcreteJungle

One of America’s most captivating flowers, the g

One of America’s most captivating flowers, the ghost orchid has captured the imaginations of botanists, authors, and even poachers—and now, work is underway to save it.

In this week’s episode of #PlantPeople, host Jennifer Bernstein, NYBG CEO & President, is joined by Dr. Melissa Abdo, Sun Coast Regional Director of the @npcapics. Together they discuss this rare flower native to the swamps of Florida, the passion and obsession it inspires, and the ways conservationists like Abdo are pushing for its protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Listen for yourself through link in bio, and don’t miss The Orchid Show at NYBG, on through April 26!

#GhostOrchid #OrchidNYBG

Can you tell? Spring is in the air! And even thoug

Can you tell? Spring is in the air! And even though we’re exactly a week out from its official start, you can already find flowers popping up for the occasion. 🌸

Join us this weekend for a day out in nature as the weather begins to warm, where you’ll find delicate crocuses, wispy witch-hazels, and the first hellebores of the year making their debut. Then head over to The Orchid Show for some tropical color in our floral homage to NYC!

Tickets through link in bio.

#Crocus #Hamamelis #Helleborus #spring

Kicking off March 21, The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfa

Kicking off March 21, The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic’s Concrete Jungle lights up for Orchid Nights! Join @DJAprilHunt for Mixtape Gives You Flowers—and come ready for the dance floor as the lushest bar in town returns. 🌺🍹

With a rotating cast of DJs bringing house party vibes to the Garden, and cocktails, mocktails, and light bites for purchase, it’s the best way to leave winter behind and party into spring!

Get tickets for March 21 and future dates through link in bio.

Soundtrack by DJ April Hunt

#OrchidNights #Mixtape #OrchidNYBG

Spring is in the air, warmth is FINALLY here, and

Spring is in the air, warmth is FINALLY here, and the colors of The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic’s Concrete Jungle are popping in the sunshine! ☀️🌺

With this week’s forecast looking perfect for getting out and about, you can leave winter in the rearview for a day out in NYC’s most fabulous flower show, where familiar street scenes burst into brilliant bloom. Thousands of orchids are waiting right here in the Haupt Conservatory!

The Orchid Show continues Tuesdays through Sundays until April 26. Get your tickets through link in bio, and we’ll see you here.

#OrchidNYBG #ConcreteJungle

TAXIIII! There are nearly 14,000 taxis in New York

TAXIIII! There are nearly 14,000 taxis in New York City, but none are quite like the one here at The Orchid Show: @mrflowerfantastic's Concrete Jungle. 🚕👀

With warmer weather moving in, make time to see our botanical yellow cab, along with plenty of other metropolitan moments made fantastically floral, right here in the Haupt Conservatory—where the colors of spring are already here!

Grab your tickets through link in bio.

#OrchidNYBG #ConcreteJungle

The forecast is warming up over the next few days

The forecast is warming up over the next few days as spring weather moves in, making it an ideal time to get outdoors for some birding! 🪶

There are plenty of feathered friends to sight throughout our 250 acres, whether you’ve got your binoculars or not. Listen for the woodpeckers hammering away like forest contractors, look for bright red cardinals floofed up among the branches, and spot mallard pairs in the Native Plant Garden.

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