Weekends in Bloom: Sunday, May 5 [Canceled] - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Weekends in Bloom: Sunday, May 5 [Canceled]

Weekends in Bloom: Sunday, May 5 [Canceled]

Weekends in Bloom

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Today's programs are cancelled due to predictions of rain.

Weekends from April 27 to May 12, celebrate cherry blossom season and all the spring blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden with casual, pop-up music and dance performances, morning programming for kids and families in the Discovery Garden, and Garden tours.

All programs free with Garden admission. See all weekends.

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Activities

  • Two young girls prepare food in the Children's Garden.

    10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
    Discovery Garden

    Spring Family Discovery Weekends

    Learn and play together in the Discovery Garden. Hands-on stations throughout the garden’s courtyard, meadow, woodland, and marsh encourage families to explore nature alongside our volunteer Discovery Docents and teen garden apprentices.

  • Performers doing Japanese traditional Taiko drumming.

    12 & 2 p.m.
    Lily Pool Terrace

    Cobu: Dance Like Drumming, Drum Like Dancing

    This high-energy, all-female ensemble performs a mix of American and Japanese choreography.

  • Stuntman wearing straw hat and loosely buttoned shirt swallowing sword.

    12–4 p.m.
    Roaming; Fragrance Garden, Plant Family Collection lawn and paths, Water Garden

    Coney Island USA

    Coney Island sideshow performers Adam RealMan, Adam Cardone, and Megumi Yamada amaze and delight visitors throughout the Garden.

  • A view of a bridge in the Japanese garden.

    1–2 p.m.
    Magnolia Plaza

    Seasonal Highlights Tour

    Discover BBG’s plants and gardens in peak bloom and other highlights of the season on this tour led by a Garden Guide. Meet on Magnolia Plaza by building steps.

  • Band of clarinet players posing.

    1 & 3 p.m.
    Alfred T. White Memorial Amphitheater

    Reed Basket

    Take a journey from jazz to classical with this all-clarinet quartet that plays originals plus works by composers including Schubert, Jelly Roll Morton, Lou Reed, Thelonious Monk, and Brahms. Featuring Andy Biskin, Peter Hess, Mike McGinnis, and Sam Sadigursky.

Support

Art in the Garden is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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