This is not a drill! 🚨 We’ve officially hit peak bloom on Cherry Esplanade and Cherry Walk.
Visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden soon to witness this exuberant display that changes day by day. Plan your visit: bbg.org/visit
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Brooklyn's Garden. 💚
- Who needs a blue check when you have a BLUEBELL WOOD?
- Spotted at Lily Pool Terrace today: A curious egret!
00:00 - We are thrilled to share that @NYCPlanning voted unanimously today to reject rezoning at 960 Franklin Ave preventing a massive luxury development whose shadows would have devastated @BrooklynBotanic and the neighborhood.
- Bloom alert! 🚨🌸 This is not a drill! Cherry Esplanade has hit peak bloom. Shauna Moore, director of Horticulture at BBG, expects these blooms to last “another week or so” before they enter their next phase of tumbling beautifully to the ground.
00:00 - We know how much you have been missing the Garden! So we are bringing BBG to you this weekend with a virtual nature walk through the blooming Japanese garden. Tune in on Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. EDT as we stream the virtual walk on Facebook Live. Video: @DancingCamera
00:00 - CherryWatch 2024 is officially live! 🌸🚨 The first cherry blossoms have been spotted on three trees in the garden: ‘Okame’ in the Cherry Cultivar area, ‘Jugatsu-zakura’ on Cherry Walk, and ‘Fudan-zakura’ in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. More info: bbg.org/collections/ch…
- We’ve officially announced the winners of the 2024 Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest! 🎉 Coming in first in the residential category: Lincoln Place between New York Avenue and Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights! Full results here: buff.ly/3AalKnM
- Replying to @marthajsharpe@marthajsharpe Please accept our sincerest apologies. Breastfeeding and bottle feeding are absolutely allowed. Our current staff is trained in this policy. We hope you'll visit BBG again and that your next experience at the Garden is a great one.
- Magnolias are blooming! Soon, Magnolia Plaza will be bursting with pink, white, and yellow flowers. Visitors can also find an exhibition on 7 notable magnolia hybrids made at BBG named after women who made impacts in science, community gardening and more. #WomensHistoryMonth
- Bloom alert! 💜 Crocuses have popped up across the Garden. Find this blanket of blooms near Oak Circle. They’re a welcome sign of spring and also a source of nectar and pollen for hungry bees and other pollinators.
00:00 - CherryWatch 2024 update! 🌸🚨 Many of the Kanzan cherry trees on Cherry Esplanade and Cherry Walk have just hit first bloom!
- Bloom alert! ☀️ Magnolia Plaza has burst into glorious bloom. Stop by soon to see these stunning flowering trees and the later-blooming magnolia varieties that will emerge over the next several weeks.
00:00 - Osa pulchra in bloom in the conservatory! It's endangered in its native Costa Rica and Panama—only 30 plants left in the wild. In North America, it is found only in a few botanic gardens as it is difficult to propagate.
