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Restorative Gardening on Brooklyn’s Coast
From the overflowing window boxes of Bay Ridge to the patchwork of urban farms in East New York, gardening in Brooklyn means tradition, therapy, discipline, beauty, and can-do resilience. But when the second spring since Sandy came this year, many gardeners in coastal Brooklyn did not see the buds and blooms they were used to.
By Claudia Navas -
Trees are for Kids!
Young gardeners learn best by doing, and street trees could use their help! Here are some tree-rific tips to get started:
By Maureen O’Brien -
Market Day in the Children’s Garden
Look what young farmers brought to market in the Children's Garden the summer!
By Greta Pemberton -
Quiz: What Is This Plant Called?
Try to guess the food- and animal-inspired names of some of the plants in the Annual Border.
By BBG Staff -
Young Hawks Learn to Fly
The two young red-tailed hawks that hatched at BBG earlier this spring have fledged.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Weed of the Month: Mugwort
Mugwort is a common weed with bittersweet-smelling leaves that was once believed to guard against evil spirits. It's a close relative of wormwood, an ingredient in absinthe.
By Saara Nafici -
The Roses Are in Bloom
Don’t miss the Cranford Rose Garden at peak bloom this week.
By BBG Staff -
These Herbaceous Peonies Smell as Good as They Look
BBG's north section Plant Family Collection curator, Michael Mauro, suggests that visitors keep a special eye out over the next couple of weeks for yellow or yellow-orange blooms, indicating some of the more rare cultivars of herbaceous peonies.
By Morrigan McCarthy -
Weed of the Month: Dandelion
Most gardeners think of dandelions as a nuisance, but they are also a pretty interesting plant. Did you know that European settlers brought them to North American intentionally?
By Saara Nafici -
At Last…May Flowers
April showers finally yield to May flowers.
By Sarah Schmidt
