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This #EarthMonth, learn to better care for our sha

This #EarthMonth, learn to better care for our shared planet with NYBG. 🌎

Hit the link in our bio to discover how our scientists are advancing research on plants—way down on the molecular level, and way up to the global scale—to protect and restore the natural world. Then explore ways that YOU can do your part in your own community with guides on gardening and nurturing green spaces, creating pollinator gardens, and choosing the right native plants. Together, we can make a difference for the Earth, and for future generations!

#Galanthus

Fleda Griffith—one of the Garden’s early visua

Fleda Griffith—one of the Garden’s early visual documentarians, first made permanent staff photographer in 1932—spent a decade capturing the Garden with her lens, including our very first corpse flower in 1937. 📸

As we close out another inspiring #WomensHistoryMonth, learn more about this trailblazing woman in botanical photography, whose work graced the covers of our 20th-century Journal of The New York Botanical Garden year in and year out, garnering her attention from The New York Times. Not content to create art through a lens alone, she was also an accomplished botanical illustrator!

It’s spring inside as well as out when you visit

It’s spring inside as well as out when you visit ✨The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism✨

While the season’s big show is getting rolling throughout our 250 acres, under the glass of the Haupt Conservatory you’ll find even more floral fabulousness. Come surround yourself with THOUSANDS of orchids in almost every color of the rainbow—the perfect start to a day spent at the Garden in the City’s most beautiful season.

Tickets through link in bio.

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

With @NYBGShop now on Instagram, it’s easy to fi

With @NYBGShop now on Instagram, it’s easy to find the perfect gift from The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism (and it’s still a gift if you give it to yourself!) 🎁🌺

Hop over and give us a follow there to see the best new items from NYBG, including apparel, gardening gear of all sorts, home decor, specialty items from local makers, and of course—stunning live orchids and other diverse houseplants to bring nature into your home.

Even when you can’t make it to the Garden, the Shop’s always open online!

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

Episode 2 of our new season of Plant People is LIV

Episode 2 of our new season of Plant People is LIVE—and this week we’re talking something that’s on everyone’s radar: food. 🎧🍎

Join Dr. Alex McAlvay, Assistant Curator at NYBG’s Center for Plants, People, and Culture, and Dr. John de la Parra, Director of the Global Food Portfolio at the @rockefellerfdn, as they chat about the problems in modern agriculture (like monocrops!) that are threatening our food security worldwide. Together, they'll share some of the ways that historical farming methods might help solve these problems, diversifying our daily menu and making our food system more resilient against climate change.

Hit the link in our bio to listen to our podcast now, and be sure to like and subscribe to get Plant People directly to your device, with new episodes every other Monday.

#PlantPeople

On April 13, we’re all in on spring for Eggstrav

On April 13, we’re all in on spring for Eggstravaganza, an afternoon of seasonal fun for kids and families featuring a meet and greet with @officialpeppa and her brother George!

Bring your camera for a photo op with these beloved characters, then get outdoors to enjoy the colors of the season as a sea of flowers blooms throughout our 250 acres. Take part in an egg rolling competition, face painting and crafts, lawn games, and live music, and don’t miss food available for purchase on Daffodil Hill.

Come spend a day with us during one of the most beautiful times of year with tickets through link in bio.

#Eggstravaganza

This Saturday, March 22, we’re turning the spotl

This Saturday, March 22, we’re turning the spotlight on Orchid Nights—very literally. 🌺🔦

Experience The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism brilliantly lit up after dark, with colorful moments inspired by the Modernist architecture of Luis Barragán, and rare and unique orchid specimens throughout the Haupt Conservatory. Just look for them soaking up the limelight as you explore.

Afterwards, come dance with us! Save 20% on tickets to our March 22 or 29 events with code BLOOM20, and hit the Garden for a 21+ night out with your friends—you deserve it. 💃🍹

#OrchidNights #OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

A new season just dropped and we’re ready for sp

A new season just dropped and we’re ready for spring looks! 🌷🐝

As we celebrate the #SpringEquinox with another winter behind us, we’re only just starting to see the beauty of the season unfold. It starts with purple and white crocuses popping up to say hello, and before you know it, cherry blossoms, magnolias, and more are everywhere you look.

Hit the link in our bio to see the NEW bloom trackers we're rolling out this season, with more collections to come soon. It’s going to be a gorgeous spring bloom in NYC, and you know just where to find the best of it. 👀

#Crocus #Iris #Magnolia #Prunus mume @marlonco.photography

When you enter the Haupt Conservatory, you’ll fi

When you enter the Haupt Conservatory, you’ll find orchids every which way you go. 🧭🌺

During your visit to The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism, leave time to stop and soak in the scenery all throughout the galleries of our landmark glasshouse. The Aquatic House, with its hanging vines and the gentle sound of the fountain, is a favorite for stopping to sit and be present for a bit.

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism #Phalaenopsis

With spring just around the corner, it won’t be

With spring just around the corner, it won’t be long before the Garden is FILLED with color like this! 🌼🌸🌷

From the cherry blossoms throughout our 250 acres, to the unmatched scenery of Daffodil Hill, the Perennial Garden, and Seasonal Walk, NYBG is weeks away from becoming an ocean of flowers. Stay tuned for the launch of this year’s bloom trackers to know exactly when the buds starts popping, and we’ll see you here soon.

See the show that @timeoutnewyork calls one of the

See the show that @timeoutnewyork calls one of the “best things to do in March!” The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism is a can’t-miss hit. 🌺

Our annual celebration of all things orchid is like spending a day in Mexico without even leaving NYC. Come welcome spring among thousands of wildly colorful orchids growing in and around displays that pay homage to the work of architect Luis Barragán.

Bring your camera and wear your best florals (ALWAYS groundbreaking this time of year)!

#OrchidNYBG #MexicanModernism

Plant People Season 2 is a go! In today’s episod

Plant People Season 2 is a go! In today’s episode, we talk NYC’s greenest borough, and the home of NYBG—The BRONX. 🌲🏙

Author and humorist Ian Frazier joins us on mic this week to chat about “Paradise Bronx: The Life & Times of New York’s Greatest Borough,” his new book and a love letter to our neck of the woods. Together we’ll navigate the Bronx’s complex past, from its historical landscapes and development to environmental and municipal neglect—and the resilience and creativity that have helped it bounce back time after time.

Hit the link in our bio to listen to the first episode of Season 2 now, with new episodes dropping every other Monday. And don’t forget to rate and subscribe!

#PlantPeople

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