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Birds of Brooklyn: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
This tiny bird is a pleasure to observe in flight and will come to your home garden if you provide just what it likes.
By Joe Giunta -
Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 4: The Dawn of Flowers
How did flowering plants become so successful? When did they arise? Where did they come from?
By Jamie Boyer -
Keep Mosquitoes and Ticks Out of Your Garden and Off Yourself
Mosquitoes and ticks are part of the ecosystem in New York City gardens, parks and other outdoor spaces. Learn how to keep them at bay and protect yourself from the diseases they carry without giving up precious time outside this summer.
By Archie Oman Egbert -
Eat Local: Snap Peas and Garlic Scape Mint Dip
Sweet, crunchy, juicy snap peas are a special seasonal treat. Grow your own or look for them at the farmers’ market under their French nickname, mange-touts.
By Maureen O’Brien -
Plants, Sunlight, and Buildings
Plants have evolved in a complex world and are very sensitive to particular and subtle cues. Decisions about where we put buildings and how we build them have a much larger impact than we often realize.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Great Moments in Plant Evolution, Part 3: Extinction to Ginkgo
As we continue our journey through geologic time, we will start to see plants that are more familiar to us: plants that reproduce with seeds, such as conifers and ginkgos.
By Jamie Boyer -
Return of the Water-Lilies
The Lily Pools were drained last year for upgrades. Now a brand-new planting of water-lilies and sacred lotuses, both of which bloom throughout summer, is underway.
By Sarah Schmidt -
New Trees Along Flatbush Avenue
Flatbush Avenue will be a leafier, shadier place for years to come thanks to a collaboration between Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the NYC Parks.
By Sarah Schmidt -
See Spring in the Garden Again
After a lonely 2020, flowering cherries, crabapples, late magnolias, and early lilacs are all in bloom once again. Peonies, azaleas, bluebells, and more lilacs coming soon.
By Sarah Schmidt -
Bloom Alert: Daffodil Divisions
The blooms in the Annual Border represent 11 of the 13 daffodil divisions first established in 1908. Cultivars are still classified by flower shape and size, color, and number per stem.
By Sarah Schmidt
