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As the trees drop their leaves and winter comes in

As the trees drop their leaves and winter comes in for a landing, the Garden becomes even more of a birder's paradise. 🪶🌲

The bare branches make visiting and resident birds MUCH easier to spot as they go about their daily errands in the canopy. This is all to say: don't forget your binoculars if you've got 'em!

#Birding

By day OR night, the Holiday Train Show is the bes

By day OR night, the Holiday Train Show is the best way to round out this holiday weekend! 🚂🗓

Bring the family or just treat yourself to New York’s favorite seasonal tradition, and shake off that post-Thanksgiving sleepiness among the lively trains and miniature landmarks of our fan-favorite exhibition. With Holiday Train Nights for adults 21+ on the schedule this Friday and Saturday evening (and a #BlackFriday promo available through December 2!), keep the celebration going with us in the colorfully lit Haupt Conservatory—featuring live seasonal tunes, festive treats and cocktails on offer, and a twinkling new perspective on the show to explore.

Grab your tickets for preferred times now through the link in our bio!

#HolidayTrainNights #HTSNYBG

Happy Thanksgiving, all! Just a heads up that we'l

Happy Thanksgiving, all! Just a heads up that we'll be closed Thursday, November 28, but the Holiday Train Show is BACK starting this Friday. 🚂 🦃

And with more 21+ Holiday Train Nights coming up this Friday and Saturday night, there's plenty of opportunity to keep the celebration going all week long. Be sure to grab tickets while you can for these special Nights out at the Garden, where the entire Conservatory lights up for the occasion with an after-dark viewing of the Holiday Train Show, specialty drinks and treats for purchase, and plenty of live holiday tunes to get you in the spirit as we make our way into December.

If you've got Nights tickets, you can arrive as early as 7 p.m. to enjoy music and grab a bite, regardless of your Train Show entry time. See you this weekend!

#HTSNYBG #HolidayTrainNights

It may be late in the leafing season, but there's

It may be late in the leafing season, but there's still fall color to be found as you wander the Garden. 🍁☀️

The Perennial Garden is an especially good spot to sit and savor the all-season color of this unique collection, and dotted throughout our 250 acres are trees still flaunting their fall fashion. What's been your top autumn beauty moment this year?

#FallFoliage

The wait is over! Let our train conductors welcome

The wait is over! Let our train conductors welcome you TOMORROW night for the premiere of Holiday Train Nights. 🍹🎁

See the Holiday Train Show after dark during these special Nights where colorful lighting illuminates our entire Conservatory, and sets the scene as you bop along to holiday tunes, enjoy festive treats and specialty cocktails for purchase, and capture memories at picture-perfect photo ops.

With more availability for later entry times, get your tickets through link in bio while they're still available!

#HolidayTrainNights #HTSNYBG

Looking to get into nature photography this season

Looking to get into nature photography this season? Make sure you hit the trails well-prepared with some tips from the NYBG photo/video team! 🍁📸

Marlon and Kait are the people behind almost everything you see on our feed, and they’re happy to share a little know-how for what to look for, what to shoot, and what to bring with you as you get started. Seeing the Garden through their lens is a great way to learn the early techniques that make for a great shot or clip.

@marlonco.photography #photography #videography #nature

Your time to experience Disney Tim Burton's The Ni

Your time to experience Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail is running out—only two weeks left! ✨

Join Jack Skellington, Sally, and Zero on a walk of wonders as your favorite characters, scenes, and songs from the immortal film come to life amongst the leaves of our enchanting fall forest. But don't wait, because it all vanishes after December 1.

Get your tickets while you can through the link in our bio.

@tnbclighttrail #NightmareBeforeChristmas

We’re not wasting any time raising a toast to th

We’re not wasting any time raising a toast to the season, because Holiday Train Nights start this Saturday! 🍾🥂

Bring your partner or grab your friends for these nights out at the Holiday Train Show, where our train conductors are happy to welcome you to our warm, twinkling Haupt Conservatory. As colorful lighting brings the holiday spirit under glass, you can bop along to holiday classics and Christmas pop favs, snack on sweet and savory bites and a spiked cider cocktail or mocktail for purchase, and enjoy a well-earned holiday celebration after dark on our first 21+ night of the year, November 23.

These nights have been known to sell out—grab your tickets now through the link in our bio.

#HolidayTrainNights

The countdown is OVER (almost). New York’s favor

The countdown is OVER (almost). New York’s favorite tradition—the Holiday Train Show—opens tomorrow! 🗽🎄

It’s the perfect time to don your Santa hat and make your way to NYBG for the grand opening of our most cheerful event of the year. In the warmth of the Haupt Conservatory, there’s an entire miniature city of famous landmarks to wander through, brought to life with model trains busy zipping between miniature Manhattan row houses and iconic museums. And outside, the fun continues with a mountainscape full of twinkling bridges and locomotives.

📸 Be sure to bring your camera—there are PLENTY of great holiday card photo ops. Grab your tickets through the link in our bio.

#HTSNYBG

You hear about climate change quite a bit these da

You hear about climate change quite a bit these days, but what does it really encompass? 🌎

Hear from Dr. @mauriciodiazgranados, NYBG’s Chief Science Officer, as he shares what you need to know about climate change and its impacts to our planet, its biodiversity, and human civilization—and how we’re working to understand and mitigate its effects.

#ClimateChange #COP29

At the Garden, you can just about hear the horn of

At the Garden, you can just about hear the horn of the locomotive coming round the bend. The Holiday Train Show opens THIS weekend! 🚂🏔

Starting this Saturday, November 16, jump headlong into the holidays. Indoors and out, surround yourself with warmly-lit scenes of model trains passing through miniature cityscapes and mountainous displays, with all the energy of NYC during the holidays. And with Holiday Train Nights starting November 23, the show is a can’t-miss experience after dark, too!

This is your chance to embrace this cheerful season—plan your visit and get tickets for opening weekend through the link in our bio.

#HTSNYBG #HolidayTrainNights

While it took 11 months to train these Japanese ch

While it took 11 months to train these Japanese chrysanthemums, Kiku will only be around through Sunday. 🌼👀

Over the course of nearly a year, our expert staff have painstakingly grown, pinched, trimmed, and tied these plants to produce flowers in exact arrangements, creating shapes like these ‘kengai’ (cascade) displays, or the iconic ‘ozukuri’ (thousand bloom) plant that looks like a mountain. And you want to know what’s really wild? Each display emerges from only a SINGLE stem.

Kiku is on view now through November 17 in our Nolen Greenhouses, waiting for your visit.

#Kiku #Chrysanthemum

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