Brooklyn Botanic Garden

A red Torrii gate in the middle of a frozen pond seen through a stone path in a wintry garden scene.

A path curves through a grove of trees with snow all over the ground, seen through a green canopy, with the camera pointing towards the sun.

Two lines of parallel trees in winter. Beneath them, a path flanked with benches covered in snow, alongside fields covered in snow.

Just a few more snow photos for your feed. ⛄️

Weekday admission at BBG is pay-what-you-wish through February.

Photos by Jeremy Weine.

Little Caribbean Winter Garden Fête - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Pull up for an evening of good vibes, cocktails, and self-guided tours as we celebrate the anniversary of the Trees of Little Caribbean exhibit.

Please note this event is 18+. Presented in partnership with
I AM caribBEING.

Tickets on sale now. 👇

A DJ with two laptops in an indoor area.

A group of people dancing indoors, one holding a phone, others holding bags, and one holding a small Jamaican flag.

A group of three people standing inside a dense green tropical indoor conservatory space.

Brooklyn might be covered in snow right now, but you can look forward to tropical plants and island flavor at the Little Caribbean Winter Garden Fête, coming this February. 🍹🌴

Pull up February 26 for good vibes, cocktails, and self-guided tours as we celebrate Caribbean culture, music, and plants.

Snowy scenes at BBG after the winter storm. 🌨️

We will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28.

Please note that some specialty gardens and side paths at BBG will remain closed until they can safely be opened. Make sure to check our website before you visit for updates.

Just installed! A special floral installation in BBG’s conservatory. 💐

Created by BBG gardener Kate Murphy, these organic floating sculptures bring what bloomed last year indoors while the garden sleeps for the winter.

Notice/Know/Kin: A Human/Tree Biography - Brooklyn Botanic Garden This mixed-media art exhibit by Nina Browne, a woodworker turned urban naturalist, invites us inside the artist’s life and inside wood to reflect on our living relationships with trees and the Earth.

Across the exhibition, visitors are asked: What do you notice about the trees around you? What might it mean to know them? Could you call them kin?

Included with Garden admission. Up through March 15. More info. 👇

A photo of an indoor room with white walls and a brick floor. It's a gallery space with framed pieces off art on the walls, and two front panels with introductory text.

A scan of a piece of art, featuring a generally organic looking structure of vertical lines paired with small dots and flowing horizontal cloud-like shapes that are yellow and light blue.

Check out a mixed-media art exhibit in BBG’s Conservatory Gallery. 🖼️

“Notice/Know/Kin” is artist and BBG Community Greening Program Manager Nina Browne’s invitation to move beyond “plant blindness” toward deeper relationship.

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Plan your visit now. 👇

A white flower with tiny yellowy center with five oval white petals in front of a diffuse leafy background.

Frangipani plant 👃

The genus Plumeria is known for its alluring and fragrant flowers, each with five petal lobes.

A flower with a yellow center surrounded by yellowy buds, five pinky reds petals, and then a green stalk with long green leaves extending from different part of the stalk.

Jamaican poinsettia 🇯🇲

Though perhaps the best-known member of the Euphorbia (or spurge) family is the holiday favorite poinsettia, there is great variation in form among species in the family, including this bright and interesting plant.

Several strands, one prominent with multiple phalanges, of almost pipe cleaner looking plant matter rise to meet the sun in front of a rocky background.

Rock tassel-fern 🎓

Despite its name, this plant isn't technically a fern. It’s one of the oldest "living fossils" of fern allies, with fossils dating back to more than 300 million years ago.

A heart-shaped bloom made up of many small red flowery blooms and buds with out of focus green leaves behind.

Gout plant 💥

This plant’s range of English common names provides clues about it. “Gout plant” points to one of its many medicinal uses. “Buddha Belly” refers to its swollen stem that is a storage organ. And “coral plant” describes the flower structure after its petals drop, which looks like coral!

A sunny conservatory space filled with green leafy plants arranged in vertical displays. A brick path cuts through the space ringed on one side with information panels.

Check out four interesting plants currently located near BBG’s Trail of Plant Evolution within the Steinhardt Conservatory. 🧵👇

We hate to see beautiful Christmas trees kicked to the curb! Luckily, you can make sure your evergreens give evergreen care back to our soil by bringing your tree to Mulchfest through January 11! Find a Mulchfest location near you on the NYC Parks website.

www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/f...

BBG’s Bonsai Museum is shifting to its winter display. 🌲

This striking Japanese white pine is more than 100 years old. It’s a “raft” style bonsai, mimicking a fallen tree in nature, where the limbs on one side of a horizontal trunk reach upward to form a new canopy.

Nine photos of light show elements including birds, a flame, a cathedral, and some snowflakes on low light dark background. Christmas theme

Closing out 2025 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Lightscape, my favorite holiday tradition. New this year were the doves and disco birds. #lightscape #brooklynbotanicgarden

Water and light dance in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Lightscape 2025.

Much more: dannyashkenasi.com/2025/12/22/l...

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Some of these blooms will only last a few days, but more flower throughout winter and beyond.

Plan your visit. 👇

🌞 Bulbophyllum L. Soleil Croft

“No interesting facts, it's just a nice, beautiful hybrid that happens to be blooming right now.”

💜 Vanda Doctor Anek grex 'Bai II'

Vandas are some of the most showy and prevalent in BBG, and this one is the tallest Vanda currently in the Aquatic House!

🐶 Bulbophyllum Doggy Doo grex

“Yes, this hybrid is named because it smells like feces, a smell which attracts the flies that pollinate it.”

🪣 Bucket orchid (Coryanthes macrantha)

This plant’s shape leads to an intricate pollinating process. The bucket orchid lures male orchid bees with a strong scent, then traps them in a sticky fluid-filled bucket, the design of which leads them to an escape spout where pollination sacs are attached.

Several unique orchids are blooming right now in BBG’s Aquatic House. 😮

Gardener Chris Sprindis gave us a little info about these blooms. 👇

Thank you for stopping by, and the kind words!

beautiful lights at Lightscape at the brooklyn botanic garden

beautiful lights at Lightscape at the brooklyn botanic garden

beautiful lights at Lightscape at the brooklyn botanic garden

beautiful lights at Lightscape at the brooklyn botanic garden

it’s so beautiful. if you’re in or around NYC go check out Lightscape.

Pop-Up Winter Tree Market at Terrain - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Don’t miss the limited-time Winter Tree Market at Terrain at Brooklyn Botanic Garden featuring highly sought-after Silvertip firs.

Terrain at BBG’s pop-up winter tree market is open! 🌲

Don’t miss the limited-time sale, running December 4—December 7 from 10 a.m.–8 p.m, featuring highly sought-after Silvertip firs in sizes ranging from 5 to 13 feet.

Still thinking about the magical stroll through #LightScape @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social last weekend. It took 4 holiday seasons of living nearby, but we finally made it. Highly recommend to add a dash of wonder and delight to a chilly Winter's evening.

Lightscape - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Celebrate the beauty of nature in winter on this enchanting, illuminated trail animated by dazzling light, color, and sound installations.

Be one of the first to see spectacular new works including 3,000 illuminated flowers in Bluebonnets near Oak Circle, the mesmerizing bonfire-like Fluxit in the Plant Family Collection, and so much more!

Runs through January 4. More info and tickets. 👇

Lightscape is officially OPEN at BBG! 🎉

Make your way through Brooklyn Botanic Garden at night, transformed with glowing sculptures and fields of light. Grab a festive treat or drink and take a stroll.

Opens tomorrow. 👀