New York Botanical Garden

Are you new to the green industry and looking to network? Hortie Hoopla is just around the corner! Join our School of Professional Horticulture next week, July 17, for its free annual field day for interns, seasonal employees, and aspiring horticulturists. Kick things off with coffee and tea before we set off into the Garden's collections to talk to horticulture curators and experts, get insight on our program offerings during a SoPH Open House, and wrap the day up with a barbecue, games, and prizes. It's a great opportunity to see what awaits you in this gratifying career field! Get registered: https://lnkd.in/eJU3uMiP

If you're looking to get started on propagating plants in your home (or you've tried and couldn't quite figure it out), Hilton Carter is here to help. On August 13, join Carter—a plant and interior stylist, best-selling author, and artist—for a night of learning how to turn YOUR home into the living and lush interior space you've always dreamed of. He'll dig into the best methods, necessary tools, and approaches to propagating depending on plant type. Join for insights from his latest book, The Propagation Handbook, and demos of techniques for you to take home and try. Come learn from the master here at NYBG.

Our 4th episode of Plant People is live, and we’re tackling invasive plants, along with ways that YOU can help protect local ecosystems. 🌾 This week, NYBG President Jennifer Bernstein chats with Dr. Evelyn Beaury, an invasive plant and global change ecologist soon to join NYBG's team of curators. Together they explore the greatest threats to the well-being of our native ecosystems, and how changing climates and land use patterns can speed up the spread of invasive species. From knotweed in the northeast U.S. to kudzu in the south and cheatgrass in the west, hear how these species can overwhelm native plants and habitats—and discover ways that each of us can make a difference to stop them. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review our new podcast with PRX! https://brnw.ch/21wL43e

The latest episode of our new podcast #PlantPeople with PRX digs into the current state of wildfires in our changing climate—and the tried and true Indigenous forestry techniques that, ignored for so long, may be a big help in solving the problem of massive blazes. Want to dig a little deeper? After you’ve listened to Episode 3 with Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Michael Dockry (try “Hey Siri, play the Plant People podcast!”), check out Plant Talk for a deeper dive into some of the topics covered, including misguided 20th-century attempts to stamp out these fires entirely, and what we’re doing now to recover lost time.

Free and open to the public, join us this Saturday, June 29, for a screening of the widely acclaimed documentary Farming While Black (2023), which examines the historical plight of African American farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their ownership of land and reconnecting to their ancestral roots. The screening will be followed by a lively conversation between writer and director Mark Decena and NYBG trustee Karen Washington, one of the film’s main characters. RSVP here.

On #Juneteenth—and indeed ALL year round—community gardeners like DK Kinard are growing plants that celebrate their ancestors, along with the contributions of the Black diaspora to the ways we come together around food the world over. 🥬 In the latest installment of “Plants as Liberation” with NYBG’s Arvolyn Hill, she talks with DK about her work with GrowNYC Gardens At NYCHA, New Roots Community Farm, and what it means to spotlight the diaspora each and every day. Check out the full interview here!

Last summer, instead of stopping to smell the roses, we were indoors avoiding wildfire smoke. But fighting fire with fire may be our best way to avoid more of the same. 🌳 In episode 3 of our hit podcast #PlantPeople with PRX, Michael Dockry, Assistant Professor of Forestry Studies at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, explores the state of our forests—and the increased threat of wildfires in today’s climate, like the Canadian fires that covered NYC in smoke in Summer 2023. He’ll explain how controlled burns, long an Indigenous method of encouraging new growth and preventing the buildup of dry fuel, are key to tackling raging wildfires that are only projected to grow more intense from here. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review! https://lnkd.in/ePu6Pph6

Last week we hosted our most anticipated gala of the year—The Conservatory Ball. As the sun set on June 6, guests made the scene in their most fabulous outfits for an evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing their way down the rabbit hole during this toast to our latest exhibition, Wonderland: Curious Nature. We’re thrilled to announce that we raised nearly $2,000,000 in support of the Garden’s initiatives to protect global biodiversity and foster meaningful partnerships with our local communities here in the Bronx. Our thanks to everyone who joined us this year, and to our supporters who make NYBG’s mission possible. Be sure to save the date for next year’s Ball—May 29, 2025!

This Thursday in the Mertz Library, we welcome Polly Nicholson, an organic flower grower, holder of the National Collection of Tulipa (Historic), and owner of Bayntun Flowers in Wiltshire, UK. She’s cultivated a horticultural empire on her countryside estate, consisting of a series of walled gardens and a one-acre field dedicated to a variety of extinct flower varieties that once bloomed centuries ago—and you’re invited to attend as she joins garden designer Lindsey Taylor for a conversation exploring her passion for tulips. There are a few seats left for the talk as well as Nicholson's "Potting Spring Bulbs" workshop after the discussion. Don't miss it!

It was a beautiful afternoon for high fashion this week as Oscar de la Renta hosted their Pre-Spring 2025 show at the Garden, debuting new looks for an audience in the Haupt Conservatory Courtyard. If you weren't able to catch the event live on Instagram, enjoy Monday's runway moment here. https://brnw.ch/21wKEKK