June 1–30, 2024
Onsite & Online
Join us throughout the month of June as we celebrate the history and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community in the botanical world, with a special after-dark celebration among the scenes of Wonderland: Curious Nature, looks back into the significance of flowers to LGBTQ+ history, and more.
June 14; 7–10 p.m.
Celebrate Pride at NYBG with a twilight viewing of Wonderland: Curious Nature, and get into your element with a ballroom class led by Legendary NYC Father Malik Miyake-Mugler accompanied by his amazing house members. Will you serve face? Strut across the runway? We invite you to vogue the house down.
The Rockefeller Rose Garden’s extraordinary collection features roses in nearly every color of the rainbow. In this self-guided Bloomberg Connects tour, explore the history and chemistry of color in roses, from the tragic romantic history of the red rose to the science behind why certain colors of rose are impossible.
Our Teen Explainers are here to show you a fun activity to express yourself and your identity through making your own flower lapel pins, just like famous playwright Oscar Wilde did by wearing a dyed green carnation on his lapel to symbolize his place in the Gay community.
Do you have a food love story, meal you cook together, or shared food memory? In celebration of his work “Lamb’s Quarters: A Love Story,” part of last summer’s exhibition Around the Table: Stories of the Foods We Love, environmental artist and educator Matthew López-Jensen invited LGBTQ+ couples to share their stories.
Learn more about lavender—the color symbolic of LGBTQ+ resistance and empowerment—as well as the plant’s associated cultural and horticultural history. Whether the plant or the color, lavender’s rich symbolism and storied history continue to fascinate and engage a wide range of enthusiasts.
Discover all the colors of the rainbow in the archives of the Steere Herbarium with botanical stories both past and present, now on the Hand Lens.
Discover the life of Dr. James Chester (J.C.) Raulston, a teacher, renowned horticulturist, and Director of the North Carolina State University Arboretum who advocated for the LGBTQ+ community while sharing his love of plants.
Stop by NYBG Shop during your visit to peruse a selection of books centering the LGBTQ+ experience in horticulture and beyond—or shop the collection online!