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Special Series
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When Will Spring Finally Spring?
Our curators give their best guesses on when daffodils, magnolias, tulips, and cherries will blossom.
By Sarah Schmidt -
March Birds: The Heralds of Spring
Despite the chilly spring, birds are singing! Listen and you may hear a catbird meowing or a mockingbird impersonating a car alarm.
By Bradley Klein -
The Children’s Garden at BBG (Video)
Since its founding in 1914, the Children’s Garden has been the cornerstone of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's educational programming.
By BBG Staff -
Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know About Flowering Cherry Trees
Did you know, for instance, that the blossoms change colors—and that some make fruit?
By Brian Funk -
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
