April 1–30, 2024
At the Garden & Online
Join us here at the Garden in celebration of Earth Month, and learn to better care for our shared environment now and all year round. On April 20, NYBG’s Earth Day celebration kicks off with a Science Open House with our globetrotting scientists, along with tours, programs, and workshops that’ll leave you feeling closer to the beauty and wonder of nature. Learn how we leverage our expertise in plants and fungi to protect and restore nature—around the corner and around the world.
Do your part in your own community with NYBG’s guides and best practices on gardening and nurturing green spaces, pollinator gardens, native plants, and more.
Saturday, April 20; 12–4 p.m.
Meet NYBG scientists and learn how their work helps us understand and protect the natural world. Go behind the scenes with special tours and workshops to see what’s happening in our labs and collections.
NYBG’s plant science research is foundational to addressing the dual climate and biodiversity crises. Learn how NYBG is putting its expertise and collections to work to help our planet, from discovering and understanding the plant world to applying science in action.
Tuesday, April 23; 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Ross Hall
In celebration of Earth Month, join us as we celebrate food diversity, scientific advances, and community innovation. Whether you can make it in person or want to join in online, it’ll be an extraordinary morning filled with 30+ luminary speakers and a performance covering topics that improve our understanding of food biodiversity, from molecules to systems.
An initiative of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, Food EDU, The Rockefeller Foundation, the American Heart Association, Alliance of Bioversity International – CIAT, and Food Tank.
Join NYBG in celebration of Earth Month 2024 by becoming a community scientist. You can contribute to scientific research from anywhere by helping botanists interpret herbarium specimens. Train yourself using our online resources and join one of our virtual expeditions today!
You Cannot Put a Fire Out
By Susan Loudermilk
A newly acquisitioned item was recently added to Mertz Library! The limited-edition popup book by printmaker and book artist Susan Lowdermilk addresses the 2018 natural disasters in California and North Carolina. Titled after Emily Dickinson’s poem, it features environmental protection in art, different elements of nature, and promotes dialogue on environmental climate issues.
Read about NYBG scientists’ latest work in the field:
Learn gardening basics from Kadeesha Williams—a former Bronx Green-Up Community Horticulturist/Urban Agriculturist now farming with Iridescent Earth Collective—about sowing seeds, turning in cover crops, incorporating compost, and transplanting in videos shot at Taqwa Farm, one of NYBG’s partner Bronx community farms.
NYBG’s Plant Doctor provides guidance on how to transform your space to restore and foster our local ecosystem with pollinator gardens, native plants, and more.
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Location Throughout Garden Grounds
Location Throughout Garden Grounds