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BBG Gardens & Programs
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Career Tips and Highlights from BBG’s Seasonal Gardeners
Three of BBG's seasonal gardeners share their advice for people interested in careers in horticulture.
By BBG Staff -
Making a Play for a Garden
BBG's artist in residence on queer memory, collective futures, and the relationship between artmaking & gardening.
By Patrick Costello -
An Annual Border with Pollinator Appeal
The 2024 Annual Border highlights some of the fascinating forms plants have evolved to attract various insect pollinators.
By BBG Staff -
A More Accessible, Sustainable Certificate in Horticulture
Students signing up for Certificate in Horticulture classes this fall will access a revised curriculum.
By Erin Eck -
Dr. Suzanne Simard Talks Trees, Climate, and Interconnection
Dr. Suzanne Simard, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Spring Gala honoree, spoke with BBG about facing climate change and connecting with forests.
By BBG Staff -
Summer Destination: A Pollinator Lounge
We chatted with the architects behind this summer’s Pollinator Lounge installation about designing for the more-than-human world.
By Kate Fermoile -
Vanilla Beans Ripen in the Tropical Pavilion
Of 110 vanilla orchid species, Vanilla planifolia is one of the few cultivated for its beans.
By BBG Staff -
What’s With the Bands on BBG’s Trees?
In consultation with Andrew Reinmann, an ecologist and biogeochemist at CUNY, Brooklyn Botanic Garden has installed dendrometers—tools that measure tree growth—on trees around the grounds.
By BBG Staff -
Trees of Little Caribbean: A Reading List
Interested in learning more about Caribbean trees, cuisine, and histories? Check out this reading list from Trees of Little Caribbean cocurator Meera Jagroop.
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Kamala Sankaram Asks What We Mean By “Nature”
We spoke with artist in residence Kamala Sankaram about learning to listen and the blurry line between nature and ourselves.
By BBG Staff
