Experience the drama of all four seasons in just over two minutes! Witness trees blossoming, flowers blooming, plants growing, and the seasons changing in this time-lapse video taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Read Change in the Garden (Video)
Experience the drama of all four seasons in just over two minutes! Witness trees blossoming, flowers blooming, plants growing, and the seasons changing in this time-lapse video taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Read Change in the Garden (Video)The Discovery Garden is closing for construction soon, so be sure to make time for one last visit. Read Good-bye to the Discovery Garden…for Now
What's BBG's secret to resilient, sustainable, chemical-free lawns? Read Healthy Lawns
What happens to all of the beautiful produce grown in BBG's Herb Garden? Read Herb Garden Harvest
Wild bird populations are threatened by habitat loss, global warming, collisions with buildings, and much more. You can help ease their plight by turning your city garden, or a portion of it, into a pesticide-free bird sanctuary. Read A Bird Habitat Garden—Plant Choices and Design Tips
This simple French vegetable stew is delicious with crumbled goat cheese on pasta, alongside roasted chicken, or accompanying a fresh baguette. Read Recipe: Easy Summer Ratatouille
What’s blue, sweet, healthy, and native to Brooklyn? Highbush blueberries! Vaccinium corymbosum is beautiful and bears delicious fruit bursting with nutrients. Read Making Brooklyn Blue
Last spring, I helped launch North Brooklyn Farms (NBk) on the grounds of the defunct Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg. Once a weedy symbol of lost industry, it’s now a showcase for how to grow a variety of edibles. Read Saving Seed for a Stronger City
Tiny nematode worms kill black vine weevils without pesticides Read Using Beneficial Parasites to Attack Garden Pests
Malabar spinach is an easy-to-grow green that grows more easily in hot weather than true spinach—and it's gorgeous. Read Summer Spinach