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When you get here for opening weekend of Van Gogh'

When you get here for opening weekend of Van Gogh's Flowers on May 24, be sure to make your way to the @LEGO Botanicals flower truck! 🛻💐

Add some extra joy to your visit with a stop at the LEGO® Botanical Garden pop-up, and explore the power of connection and creativity with a hands-on, make-and-take experience including a mini Vincent van Gogh sunflower.

This activation is first-come, first-served and while supplies last, so get your tickets for our Van Gogh's Flowers opening weekend celebration ahead of time through the link in our bio.

#LEGO #VanGoghsFlowers #VanGogh

The painted world of one of history’s most belov

The painted world of one of history’s most beloved artists comes to life during Van Gogh’s Flowers—by day AND night. 🎨✨

Opening May 24, surround yourself with the natural scenery that inspired Van Gogh’s masterpieces as you wander through monumental floral displays and large-scale art created by @graphic_rewilding, @amiej_art, and @town.and.concrete. After dark, the show comes aglow on select dates for Starry Nights, where you can relax to live bistro music and sip a cocktail for purchase, enjoy live performances, and join us on the lawn for an illuminated drone show in the sky above the Garden—the first of its kind at a cultural institution in New York City—celebrating “Starry Night” and other iconic works.

Hit the link in our bio to explore everything coming this May and get your tickets to see Van Gogh set free from the museum!

#VanGoghsFlowers #VanGogh #StarryNights

Our latest episode of #PlantPeople is LIVE with au

Our latest episode of #PlantPeople is LIVE with author and poet @camilledungy, who sees gardening as a tool for change. 🪴

With insight from her new book, “SOIL: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden,” she shares how gardening can be another form of storytelling. We talk about environmental advocacy and stewardship—and the ways nature and narrative are more intertwined than you might think.

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

You can NOW get your tickets for this year’s upc

You can NOW get your tickets for this year’s upcoming exhibition, Van Gogh’s Flowers—and discover the beauty of the natural world that inspired his work. 🌻🎨

You’ve seen the paintings, now see them come to life in a way that only NYBG can deliver. Experience Vincent van Gogh’s masterpieces bloom in living recreations, wander through a field of monumental sunflowers, and immerse yourself in botanical displays and large-scale art.

Stay tuned for more exciting announcements as we get closer to opening day! Get your tickets through link in bio.

#VanGoghsFlowers #VanGogh

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

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