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Japanese Garden in Spring (Video)
Take a closer look at the Japanese Garden on a sunny spring day.
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Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 1: Plants Invade the Land
The history of life on Earth can be unbelievably daunting to comprehend. Paleobotanist Jamie Boyer explains plant evolution by focusing on a few key points. First, a look at the humble origins of plants and their incredible transition from water to land.
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Desert Pavilion at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Video)
Watch as Desert Pavilion curator Caitlin Ndoye introduces us to BBG’s unique and important collection of plant specimens from the world’s desert and arid regions.
By Michael Stewart -
Garden Plants in Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March had gardens as different as their personalities. Which of their plant choices would suit you?
By Alvina Lai -
Plant Propagation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Video)
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how plants are reproduced at the Garden.
By Michael Stewart -
New Overlook Now Open
The ascending garden includes a switchback pathway that leads visitors through a landscape of native grasses and perennials as well as late-summer blooming crape-myrtles.
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Bloom Alert: Autumn Color Along Belle’s Brook
Look down and around. It’s not just tall trees that change color in the fall. Small shrubs and herbaceous plants also go from green to reds, oranges, and yellows. Along Belle’s Brook, you'll find wonderful autumn color, especially red, at eye level and at your feet.
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Preserving Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Hybrid Oak
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is working to preserve the beloved hybrid oak tree on Daffodil Hill. The tree was damaged in August and needs extra support so that a three-foot crack in its trunk doesn’t split and give way.
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Bloom Alert: Belle’s Brook
Lovely flowers in a wide variety of colors and forms bloom throughout summer along Belle’s Brook.
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Talking with Artist Adrienne Adar
What does a cactus sound like when you pluck its spines? Or tap its stem? What would make you even try to find out? Artist Adrienne Adar talks about her work Sonic Succulents.
By Sarah Schmidt
