Spring Cleaning on the Roof

Every year, BBG springs forward by cutting back. Recently, BBG Horticulture staff trimmed the grasses on the Visitor Center’s living roof in preparation for new growth.

By BBG Staff

A Lasting Harvest: A Century of Children’s Education at BBG

In BBG's Children's Garden, over the past hundred years, thousands of young people have tended plots, harvested vegetables, and picked flowers for study.

By Elizabeth Peters

Seven Ways to Wake Up Your Spring Garden

Spring is around the corner. What should you be doing in your garden?

By Leda Meredith

Learn to How to Create a Potager: A French Kitchen Garden

In the French kitchen garden or potager, gardeners have intermingled vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs since medieval times. Learn how to plan and select plants for a beautiful and productive potager.

By Louisa Jones

A Tough Winter for Birds

What's an ant-eating bird like the northern flicker to do for food during a winter as harsh as this one?

By Bradley Klein

Anyone Inside?

Bald-faced hornets' nests are easy to spot in winter's bare trees. Are the hornets still living inside?

By Ashley Gamell

A Winter Woodpecker Superfecta

Even on the coldest winter day there are plenty of birds to observe at BBG. We recently spotted 22 species in a single hour, including four woodpeckers.

By Bradley Klein

How Do Buds Survive Winter?

Spring flowers and leaves have already formed and are hidden inside tree buds. How do these tender plant parts survive sub-freezing temperatures?

By Ashley Gamell

Where Did the Turtles Go?

During the winter, what happens to the red-eared sliders, painted turtles, and koi you see at BBG in the warm months?

By Ashley Gamell

Wonderful Winter Photo Ops

By Blanca Begert