Press Room
Welcome to the online Press Room for The New York Botanical Garden. The Public Relations staff is happy to assist with stories, on-site visits, interviews, access to experts, photos, and more. For assistance, please email Public Relations at pubrel@nybg.org.
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Contact
General Public Relations Inquiries
pubrel@nybg.org
Melinda Manning
Vice President for Communications
mmanning@nybg.org
Nick Leshi
Senior Director of Communications
nleshi@nybg.org
Stevenson Swanson
Associate Director of Public Relations
sswanson@nybg.org
Patricia Sullivan
Associate Manager of Public Relations
psullivan@nybg.org
Recent Releases
June 14, 2024 –
NYBG opens the African American Garden | Diaspora: Same Boat Different Stops on June 15, 2024
May 28, 2024 –
May 22, 2024 –
Intriguing Array of Continuing Education Classes Complement
Wonderland: Curious Nature at NYBG
May 22, 2024 –
May 15, 2024 –
Wonderland: Curious Nature at The New York Botanical Garden, May 18 through October 27, 2024
May 13, 2024 –
April 24, 2024 –
April 23, 2024 –
April 3, 2024 –
NYBG Announces Recipient of 2024’s Larry Lederman Photography Fellowship
March 28, 2024 –
March 6, 2024 –
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March 1, 2024 –
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February 14, 2024 –
The Orchid Show: Florals in Fashion Runs February 17 through April 21, 2024
February 2, 2024 –
Tickets for Wonderland: Curious Nature on Sale Now
January 26, 2024 –
The New York Botanical Garden Launches NYBG Plant Studio
January 12, 2024 –
Tickets for The Orchid Show: Florals in Fashion at NYBG on Sale Now
December 22, 2023 –
November 16, 2023 –
October 19, 2023 –
October 10, 2023 –
October 10, 2023 –
NYBG Celebrates Native American Heritage Month throughout November
October 6, 2023 –
9/27/2023 –
9/18/2023 –
9/15/2023 –
9/15/2023 –
NYBG Announces Call for Applicants for the Second Year of the Larry Lederman Photography Fellowship
9/14/2023 –
Tickets for The New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show® On Sale Now
9/6/2023 –
NYBG Announces Wonderland: Curious Nature, an All-New, Garden-Wide Exhibition for 2024
8/17/2023 –
7/25/2023 –
NYBG’s Holiday Train Show® Returns Bigger Than Ever, November 18, 2023, through January 15, 2024
Photo Policy
Photo Policy
Media professionals interested in taking pictures or shooting video for editorial coverage of The New York Botanical Garden should contact our Public Relations office directly at pubrel@nybg.org.
Influencers interested in access to NYBG for marketing opportunities should contact marketing@nybg.org.
For Commercial, Wedding, and other Special Event photography and video shoot inquiries, please click here.
For other inquiries from the general public about photo/video policy, please click here.
In the News
“New York Botanical Garden Highlighting African Diaspora in America”
—CBS News New York
“‘Wonderland’ Exhibition Opens at New York Botanical Garden”
—Spectrum News NY1
“A ‘Wonderland’ Adventure in the Bronx”
—The New York Times
“Cherry Blossom Season Arrives at The New York Botanical Garden”
—News 12 The Bronx
“New York Botanical Garden Brings Horticulture Courses Online for Anyone to Access Anywhere for the First Time”
–Homes & Gardens
“Plant Studio: The New York Botanical Garden’s New Online Classes for the ‘Plant-Curious’”
–Gardenista
“The Orchid Show After Dark, Where Green Thumbs and Plant Killers Mingle”
—The New York Times
“Orchids as Muse: Flowers and Fashion Mix Inside the NY Botanical Garden’s Conservatory”
–Associated Press
“Inside The New York Botanical Garden”
—CNN International’s Quest Means Business
“Orchids, Snails, and Wolves: The Ongoing Benefit of The Endangered Species Act”
—Science Friday
“Affordable Senior Housing Development Opens Next to New York Botanical Garden”
—News 12 The Bronx
“Mauricio Diazgranados Is a Botanist in a Hurry”
—The New York Times
“Bronx Beat: The New York Botanical Garden”
—YES Network
“This Nearly Lost Grain Tradition Could Be the Future of Farming”
—Atlas Obscura
“Answers to These Botanical Mysteries Could Help a Climate-Stressed World”
—National Geographic
“A Museum of Plants: Centuries of Dried Flora and Fungi at The New York Botanical Garden’s Herbarium”
—Gardenista
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