Adrian Benepe of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden believes in trees and is highlighting them in a new exhibit. And New York’s City Council is back on the ballot starting Saturday. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Brooklyn Botanic Garden”
The Greenest Block Grows in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on August 10, 2022
A block of Lincoln Place in Crown Heights is the winner of an urban gardening award. Its trees lower temperatures, one of the gardeners says. Source: New York Times
Where to Enjoy Cherry Blossoms in N.Y.C.
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2022
Though the earliest cherry trees have already begun blooming, there are weeks of pink and white flowers ahead. Source: New York Times
Inside the Holiday Light Show at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2021
Outdoor installations like the elaborate illuminations at Brooklyn Botanic Garden are perfect for this second pandemic winter. Source: New York Times
Die, Beautiful Spotted Lanternfly, Die
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2021
There’s a new natural predator in New York City, and the government wants us to kill it. Can we summon the resolve? Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Turns Over a New Leaf
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2020
A wild meadow and woodland ‘ruin’ are now on exuberant display. The new, ecologically minded garden boasts shaggy clouds of vegetation. Source: New York Times
The Uncertain Future of Midtown
By Gotham Rex on July 27, 2020
Midtown Manhattan faces an economic catastrophe, a cascade of loss upon loss in the city’s corporate heart that threatens to alter its identity. Source: New York Times