November 2, 2012
Oh, David Attenborough. This would almost be creepy if it were anyone but you. Thankfully, your decades of service in nature education have given you carte blanche to be as strange as could ever suit your fancy. Here’s to the educators—the nature show hosts, the science teachers, the botanists, the volunteers, and even the NYBG Explainers—who keep our love of green and growing things alive in future generations. Because somebody has to hug the plants, even if only figuratively. —MN

Oh, David Attenborough. This would almost be creepy if it were anyone but you. Thankfully, your decades of service in nature education have given you carte blanche to be as strange as could ever suit your fancy.

Here’s to the educators—the nature show hosts, the science teachers, the botanists, the volunteers, and even the NYBG Explainers—who keep our love of green and growing things alive in future generations. Because somebody has to hug the plants, even if only figuratively. —MN

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January 25, 2012
Continuing Ed “Much like any garden constantly changes and grows over time, both in small ways daily and in larger cycles, so too does the continuing education of the gardener …” Karen of friendly Brooklyn-based blog Outside Now recently spent a day at the NYBG attending part one of our Winter Lecture Series, taking some time to explore the winter grounds while she was here. If you haven’t spent a little while perusing her musings on the life and betterment of the everyday urban greenthumb, I’d advise it. —MN

Continuing Ed

“Much like any garden constantly changes and grows over time, both in small ways daily and in larger cycles, so too does the continuing education of the gardener …”

Karen of friendly Brooklyn-based blog Outside Now recently spent a day at the NYBG attending part one of our Winter Lecture Series, taking some time to explore the winter grounds while she was here.

If you haven’t spent a little while perusing her musings on the life and betterment of the everyday urban greenthumb, I’d advise it. —MN

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December 28, 2011
The Garden plays host to so many school groups. How many? See above! mostlymuseum: Keeping track of the amount of school groups I need to prep for in the coming weeks (Taken with Instagram at New York Botanical Garden)

The Garden plays host to so many school groups. How many? See above!

mostlymuseum:

Keeping track of the amount of school groups I need to prep for in the coming weeks (Taken with Instagram at New York Botanical Garden)

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September 20, 2011
From the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at NYBG. mostlymuseum: Our new educators rescued a few abandoned sundews left over from summer teacher trainings. Let’s see how they fare under our watchful eye. Hopefully a little love and some juicy insects will give them back their will to survive. What will be our next rescue mission? Give us your withered, your dry, your forgotten plants yearning to be cared for!

From the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at NYBG.

mostlymuseum:

Our new educators rescued a few abandoned sundews left over from summer teacher trainings. Let’s see how they fare under our watchful eye. Hopefully a little love and some juicy insects will give them back their will to survive. What will be our next rescue mission? Give us your withered, your dry, your forgotten plants yearning to be cared for!

(Source: arosetait)

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September 19, 2011
From the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at NYBG. mostlymuseum: We’re getting some freelance graphic design work done on the logo this fall. Here is a sneak peek of the fantastic work being done. (Actually found in a pile of cardboard students use as “clipboards” when writing or drawing in the garden.)

From the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at NYBG.

mostlymuseum:

We’re getting some freelance graphic design work done on the logo this fall. Here is a sneak peek of the fantastic work being done. (Actually found in a pile of cardboard students use as “clipboards” when writing or drawing in the garden.)

(Source: arosetait)

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September 17, 2011
Adventures of a Museum Educator: Seed Sorting

The conclusion drawn by this NYBG educator is an important one for anyone looking for inspiration or a bright new idea: Never underestimate the immense intelligence of children!

mostlymuseum:

One of our activity stations for the fall family programming involves sorting a variety of fruits and seeds into petri dishes. The children are free to choose the categories they wish to use and ideas are offered if they get stumped.

After observing this station in action, I have to say, the…

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September 13, 2011
Food: the Universal Communicator

NYBG AVP for Children’s and Public Education wrote this great piece on the intersection of food, museums, and community for the Center for the Future of Museums.

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September 1, 2011
We are so proud of our Explainers—a group of high school students who work in the Garden’s Adventure Garden teaching young children about science and nature—who are featured in this wonderful article from the Daily News.

We are so proud of our Explainers—a group of high school students who work in the Garden’s Adventure Garden teaching young children about science and nature—who are featured in this wonderful article from the Daily News.

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August 10, 2011
Cool Ideas for Chilling Out When It's Too Darn Hot

The West Hartford Patch has some great ideas for keeping your cool during this long hot summer, including taking classes at the Garden!

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July 4, 2011

Great video from our friends at the American Museum of Natural History about the Urban Advantage Science Fair, held under the whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. NYBG is a sponsor of the event, along with our friends at the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium, the New York Hall of Science, and the Brooklyn and Queens botanical gardens.

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June 10, 2011
On a patch of unmowed grass on Governors Island, Robert Naczi, right, a plant systematist with the New York Botanical Garden, described plant species to Daniela Maksin, 6, and her brother, Leon, 8. Inquiring Minds Want to Know - The New York Times

On a patch of unmowed grass on Governors Island, Robert Naczi, right, a plant systematist with the New York Botanical Garden, described plant species to Daniela Maksin, 6, and her brother, Leon, 8.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know - The New York Times

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