Weekends in Bloom: Saturday, April 26 - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Weekends in Bloom: Saturday, April 26

Weekends in Bloom: Saturday, April 26

Weekends in Bloom

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Weekends from April 26 to May 11, celebrate cherry blossom season and all the spring blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden with casual, pop-up music and dance performances, morning programming for kids and families in the Discovery Garden, and Garden tours.

All programs free with Garden admission. See all weekends.

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Activities

  • Two young girls prepare food in the Children's Garden.

    10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
    Discovery Garden

    Spring Family Discovery Weekends

    Learn and play together in the Discovery Garden. Hands-on stations throughout the garden’s courtyard, meadow, woodland, and marsh encourage families to explore nature alongside our volunteer Discovery Docents and teen garden apprentices.

  • A woman leans forward outdoors, gently inhaling the fragrance of vibrant blooming purple roses.

    11 a.m.–12 p.m.
    Magnolia Plaza

    Recorrido por lo más sobresaliente de la jardín (Seasonal Highlights Tour en español)

    Escubra las plantas y los jardines del Jardín Botánico de Brooklyn que están en pico de floración, así como otros puntos sobresalientes de la estación, en esta caminatagratuita dirigida por guías capacitados del jardín. El recorrido parte de Magnolia Plaza, cerca de las escaleras del edificio.

  • Five women wearing black and red traditional Japanese clothing pose in front of percussion instruments.

    12 p.m.
    Plant Family Collection

    Cobu: Dance Like Drumming, Drum Like Dancing

    This high-energy ensemble performs a mix of American and Japanese choreography.

  • tree peony blossoms

    1–2 p.m.
    Magnolia Plaza

    Seasonal Highlights Tour

    Discover BBG’s plants and gardens in peak bloom and other highlights of the season in this free walk led by trained Garden Guides.

  • A group of 13 people pose in the street holding musical instruments.

    1:30 p.m.
    Roaming; starts in Osborne Garden

    HONK Family Band

    HONK Family Band, a project of House of HONK! New York City, brings the carnival to the party, second-lining across any space with liberatory joy. Expect sizzling solos, samba reggae rhythms, pop classics, and lots o’ sass.

  • A troupe of classical Japanese dancers dressed in red and purple.

    2:30 & 3:30 p.m.
    Plant Family Collection

    Sachiyo Ito and Company

    Celebrate the beauty of cherry blossoms with this graceful Japanese classical dance performance. The program includes a kabuki dance from the 19th century and choreographed works by Sachiyo Ito.

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