BBG Plant Sale, May 2009 It's the week for the annual plant sale frenzy. All listed here are benefits for their respective gardens. I...

The Native Flora Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, May 2009. This was the first garden constructed after BBG was established on the sit...

Colletes thoracicus , Cellophane Bee, is a native species of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Solitary, because each nest is burrowed out by...

White-nose Syndrome (WNS) continues to spread north, south, and west. It was discovered earlier this year in Ontario and Tennessee. It has n...

Earthrise over the moon as seen by the astronauts of Apollo 8 on December 22, 1968. This iconic image has become my regular Earth Day ill...

RESCHEDULED : The Tree Tour has been rescheduled for the rain date of Sunday, May 2, same times and location. 340 Argyle Road, Beverley Sq...

Today, after this morning's rains ended, Blog Widow and I went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It was my scheduled date to pickup my sig...

Got some perennial divisions or extra seed-starts you don't need? Looking to start a new garden, and want some free plants? Looking to m...

As one of the first public gardens to use the internet to connect with its constituents, Brooklyn Botanic Garden has been online since 1995....

Local ecotypes - propagated from local sources by the Staten Island Greenbelt - for sale by Oak Grove Farms (now Nature's Healing Farm ...