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Recipe: Blue Sunrise Cocktail with Pickled Blueberries
Berries and other summer fruits can be pickled and used in tasty cocktails year-round.
By Michaela Hayes -
Collecting in the Wild
The plants growing in the Native Flora Garden expansion were collected in the wild by BBG horticulturists and botanists along with our partners at the Greenbelt Native Plant Center.
By Uli Lorimer -
Q&A with Darrel Morrison, Designer of BBG’s Native Flora Garden Expansion
A conversation with Darrel Morrison, designer of BBG's Native Flora Garden expansion.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Using Newspaper as Mulch
Newspaper makes an excellent, weed-suppressing mulch and can also be used to keep prolific garden plants in check.
By Sarah Schmidt -
A Fern Grows in Brooklyn
Rare, federally listed hart's tongue fern is growing a BBG storm drain.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Will the Cicadas Hurt Your Plants?
You’ve no doubt heard about the large brood of 17-year cicadas that will soon emerge in New York City.
By Melanie Sifton -
Identifying Flowering Cherry Cultivars
Four cherry trees just south of the torii all look similar—all have a weeping habit and pink flowers which blossom at the same time. But an expert examination found that one was a different cultivar.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Recipe: Strawberry Kanten
Traditional Japanese confections, or wagashi, are beautiful, texturally complex, and subtly flavored.
By Ariel Nadelberg -
Foraging for Wild Ramps
It’s peak ramp-picking time in the Catskills, and my neighbor took us to his favorite spot for a foraging spree.
By Joni Blackburn -
Are the Cherries Blooming?
Around this time of year, inevitably I’ll be out in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden and someone will ask, “When will the cherry trees blossom?”
By Brian Funk
