In BBG's Children's Garden, over the past hundred years, thousands of young people have tended plots, harvested vegetables, and picked flowers for study. Read A Lasting Harvest: A Century of Children’s Education at BBG
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A Lasting Harvest: A Century of Children’s Education at BBG
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Seven Ways to Wake Up Your Spring Garden
Spring is around the corner. What should you be doing in your garden? Read Seven Ways to Wake Up Your Spring Garden
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Learn to How to Create a Potager: A French Kitchen Garden
In the French kitchen garden or potager, gardeners have intermingled vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs since medieval times. Learn how to plan and select plants for a beautiful and productive potager. Read Learn to How to Create a Potager: A French Kitchen Garden
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A Tough Winter for Birds
What's an ant-eating bird like the northern flicker to do for food during a winter as harsh as this one? Read A Tough Winter for Birds
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Anyone Inside?
Bald-faced hornets' nests are easy to spot in winter's bare trees. Are the hornets still living inside? Read Anyone Inside?
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A Winter Woodpecker Superfecta
Even on the coldest winter day there are plenty of birds to observe at BBG. We recently spotted 22 species in a single hour, including four woodpeckers. Read A Winter Woodpecker Superfecta
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How Do Buds Survive Winter?
Spring flowers and leaves have already formed and are hidden inside tree buds. How do these tender plant parts survive sub-freezing temperatures? Read How Do Buds Survive Winter?
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Where Did the Turtles Go?
During the winter, what happens to the red-eared sliders, painted turtles, and koi you see at BBG in the warm months? Read Where Did the Turtles Go?
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Wonderful Winter Photo Ops
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Shop at Whole Foods for BBG
Be sure to shop at the new Brooklyn Whole Foods Market Third & 3rd store this Saturday, January 11, when five percent of net sales will go to BBG's children's education programs. Read Shop at Whole Foods for BBG