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Bonsai Museum
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s world-class bonsai collection is displayed in the C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum.
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Woodland Garden
Designed to be a source of inspiration to urban gardeners, the Elizabeth Scholtz Woodland Garden features an open-air walled garden and plants that flourish in shady, relatively dry conditions, like ferns, sedges, and may-apples.
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Water Garden
The Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden is a small wetland and riparian environment with a meandering path that leads visitors past a babbling brook and tranquil pond surrounded by plants that flourish at the water’s edge.
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Shakespeare Garden
More than 80 kinds of plants mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare grow in this English cottage–style garden. Many are labeled with the common or Shakespearean name, the botanical name, a relevant quotation from a poem or play by the Bard, and a graphic illustration of the plant.
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Rose Garden
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Rock Garden
Nestled into the hillside along the western border of BBG just north of the Herb Garden, the Rock Garden features a number of alpine and montane microclimates, home to succulents, heaths, species tulips, and other plants that thrive in rocky, fast-draining soils.
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Plant Family Collection
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Plant Family Collection is a living educational resource and a beautiful working landscape.
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Overlook
The Robert W. Wilson Overlook is an ascending garden shaped by communal gathering spaces that overlook the iconic Cherry Esplanade.
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Osborne Garden
The semiformal Osborne Garden is the first space visitors pass through upon entering Brooklyn Botanic Garden via the Eastern Parkway entrance. This Italianate garden features an emerald lawn framed by wisteria-draped pergolas.
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Native Flora Garden
The Native Flora Garden exhibits plants native to the New York metropolitan area arranged to represent the natural habitats that once flourished here.
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Cherry Esplanade
Cherry Esplanade is a broad green lawn bordered by allées of flowering cherry and red oak trees. The double-flowering ‘Kanzan’ cherries typically bloom at the end of April, one of the highlights of spring.
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GAP Information Session
GAP Information Session
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Pollinators & Beyond: 5 Garden Insects You Should Know
Pollinators & Beyond: 5 Garden Insects You Should Know
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Overlook Audio Highlight (English & Español)
English The Robert W. Wilson Overlook is an ascending garden that immerses visitors in nature as they move along its accessible path. Listen along as Fernanda Incera, Interpretation assistant at BBG, shares the story of this lush and unique space. Your browser does not support the audio element. Read transcript…
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Weed of the Month: Japanese Knotweed
Weed of the Month: Japanese Knotweed
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Fall Plant Sale
Fall Plant Sale
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Making a Play for a Garden
Making a Play for a Garden
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Patrick Costello
Patrick Costello is an artist whose work integrates practices of ecological horticulture, sculpture, printmaking, and performance.
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Discovery Program for Children and Families of All Abilities [WAITLIST ONLY]
Discovery Program for Children and Families of All Abilities [WAITLIST ONLY]
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Pollinator Prix-Fixe Brunch
Pollinator Prix-Fixe Brunch
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Features
Information for Lightscape Visitors
Know before you go: Lightscape ticketholders may find these details useful.
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President’s Circle Event: Will You Bee My Date? Pollinator Night
President’s Circle Event: Will You Bee My Date? Pollinator Night
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Education and Activities
Urban Advantage Backpack Trips
UA middle and elementary school teachers can use a UA class trip voucher to register for a curated experience.
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Fall Trees: Nuts and Berries
Fall Trees: Nuts and Berries
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Lightscape Family Benefit
Lightscape Family Benefit
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Lightscape Lodge Dinners
On select evenings in December, start with dinner at Lightscape Lodge for an extra special Lightscape experience!
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Pollinator Lounge Artist Talk and Mini Tours
Pollinator Lounge Artist Talk and Mini Tours
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Lightscape 21+ Hours
Lightscape 21+ Hours
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Complimentary Admission Programs
Free advance tickets during public hours are offered to the individuals and groups listed below. Valid ID, membership card, or pass is required. Admission is for one unless otherwise noted. Children under 12 are admitted free. Not valid during ticketed or member events and other nonpublic hours unless noted. Check…
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Fall Splendor Tour
Fall Splendor Tour
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Lightscape Sensory-Friendly Early Entry
Lightscape Sensory-Friendly Early Entry
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Water Garden Audio Highlight
The Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden opened in 2016 with a lush design inspired by the wetlands of New York. Gardener Margarita Diaz Poulson thinks of this space as an all-season garden, with something magical to notice any time of year. Listen along as Margarita shares her favorite…
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Rooted in Resilience: An Indigenous Plant Walk for Climate Awareness
Rooted in Resilience: An Indigenous Plant Walk for Climate Awareness
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Plant Spotlight: Sacred Lotus
Plant Spotlight: Sacred Lotus
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Lightscape
Lightscape
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Ashley Thuthao Keng Dam
Ashley Thuthao Keng Dam, Ph.D., is a medical anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and food writer based in the Netherlands. Thao enjoys researching and sharing with others all the interesting ways that plants interact and intersect with our daily lives through their initiative Plant Planet Plate.
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Plants in Bloom
Joe-Pye Weed
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Members’ Fall Mornings
Members’ Fall Mornings
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Kira Louzon-Heisler
Kira Louzoun-Heisler (she/her) is a community herbalist based in Brooklyn. She is a recent graduate of the Terra Sylva School of Community Herbalism and is also the Community Greening Outreach Assistant and Instructor at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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Protect Brooklyn’s Garden: Join the Fight for Sunlight
A proposed compromise would update zoning to preserve sunlight to the Garden’s vital resources and support affordable workforce housing.
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Drop-In Japanese Woodblock Printing
Drop-In Japanese Woodblock Printing
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Japanese Garden Mini Tours
Japanese Garden Mini Tours
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Community Greening
Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2024
2024 Contest Winners Congratulations to all participants! #GreenestBlockInBrooklyn Learn More About the Contest › 2024 Residential Participants View all the residential blocks that participated in the 2024 Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. Click the map points to see the names of the registered block associations. 2024 Residential Category …
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Greenest Block Best Window Box 2024
Greenest Block Best Window Box 2024
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Greenest Block Best Community Garden Streetscape 2024
Greenest Block Best Community Garden Streetscape 2024
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Greenest Block Street Tree Beds Winners 2024
Greenest Block Street Tree Beds Winners 2024
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Greenest Block 2024 Storefront
Greenest Block 2024 Storefront
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Greenest Block Media Darling Award 2024
Greenest Block Media Darling Award 2024
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Greenest Block Rookie of the Year 2024
Greenest Block Rookie of the Year 2024
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Greenest Block National Grid Leadership in Sustainable Practices Award 2024
Greenest Block National Grid Leadership in Sustainable Practices Award 2024
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Poet Laureate Ada Limón on Rewriting Our Relationship to Nature
Poet Laureate Ada Limón on Rewriting Our Relationship to Nature
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Greenest Block Residential 2024
Greenest Block Residential 2024
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Jessica Jacolbe
Jessica Jacolbe is a freelance journalist and researcher from Brooklyn and an adjunct faculty member at CUNY Craig Newmark School of Journalism.
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Plants in Bloom
Lobster Claw
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An Annual Border with Pollinator Appeal
An Annual Border with Pollinator Appeal
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Living Land Acknowledgement
Brooklyn Botanic Garden occupies part of the unceded homeland of the Lenape people. We acknowledge today’s Lenape communities. Informed by their knowledge, we seek to educate ourselves and the public in a way that challenges the dominant colonial worldview of science, botany, and horticulture.
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Barbara Kurland
Barbara Kurland is BBG’s director of Learning and Partnerships, where she manages school programs and teacher-training programs as well as partnerships with other institutions. She holds a BA from Vassar College and an MA from Lehman College, CUNY, both in biology, and before joining the Garden in 1989, she taught…
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Benefit Events
Learn about opportunities to support Brooklyn Botanic Garden while attending fun and glamorous events.
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Dodo Loechle and Fabio Andrés Ávila Castillo
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Who Are You Calling a “Pest?”
Who Are You Calling a “Pest?”
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Lightscape Benefit Evening 2023
Lightscape Benefit Evening 2023
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Technical Difficulties
Our ticketing system is down at the moment. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Natural Perfume Blending
Natural Perfume Blending
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Dodo Loechle
Dodo Loechle teaches classes in botany and gardening throughout New York City, including certificate courses in horticulture, plant identification, rooftop gardening, native plants, and proper plant usage. She has also worked at various botanic gardens and estates, including Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa. In addition to…
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Bethany Brookshire
Bethany Brookshire is an award-winning science journalist and author of the book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and other outlets.
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Ask a Gardener: How Do I Improve My Soil Without Fertilizer?
Ask a Gardener: How Do I Improve My Soil Without Fertilizer?
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Plants of Little Caribbean
Plants of Little Caribbean
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Designing With Autumnal Blooms
Designing With Autumnal Blooms
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Winterizing Your Home and Office Plants
Winterizing Your Home and Office Plants
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Terrarium Ornaments
Terrarium Ornaments
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Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter
Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter
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Natural History Illustration in Graphite and Color Pencil: Drawing Butterflies and Moths
Natural History Illustration in Graphite and Color Pencil: Drawing Butterflies and Moths
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Gregory Frux
A native of Brooklyn, artist Gregory Frux draws inspiration from both urban and wilderness landscapes. His cityscapes explore parks and gardens as well as industrial sites, and his wilderness work derives from are a lifetime of trekking internationally. He has been artist in residence in four national parks and worked…
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Kokedama
Kokedama
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Introduction to Watercolor
Introduction to Watercolor
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Intermediate Floral Design Series
Intermediate Floral Design Series
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Asae Takahashi
Asae Takahashi is a Tokyo native with a deep appreciation for art and history. As a certified instructor of the Ohara School of Ikebana and president of the Ohara School of Ikebana NY Chapter, Asae is renowned for offering exceptional ikebana experiences at various events and venues. With a delicate…
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Ikebana Workshop
Ikebana Workshop
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Herbal Gift Giving
Herbal Gift Giving
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How Not to Kill Your Houseplants
How Not to Kill Your Houseplants
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Garland-Making Workshop
Garland-Making Workshop
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Chinese Brush Painting
Chinese Brush Painting
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End of Summer and Fall Plant Care
End of Summer and Fall Plant Care
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A More Accessible, Sustainable Certificate in Horticulture
A More Accessible, Sustainable Certificate in Horticulture
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Education and Activities
Certificate in Horticulture
Level up your horticulture skills—whether you are growing a career or cultivating a backyard garden.
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Community Greening
Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2024 Contest Semifinalists
Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to every block in our annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest for sowing the seeds of greener, healthier communities! Semifinal judging is July 10–18. The final round is held the week of July 22. Blocks listed below will be moving on to the second round of…
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Plant Spotlight: The Pinkster Azalea
Plant Spotlight: The Pinkster Azalea
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Garden Ceremonies
Wedding ceremonies at Brooklyn Botanic Garden are affordable, intimate, and magical early-morning affairs. Couples and their guests get to experience a side of the Garden that few see—the quiet beauty of the grounds early in the day. Ceremonies must begin at 9 a.m. and be completed by 10 a.m.