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September 2018
Farmer’s Market Fridays Hosted by Down to Earth Markets
Visit the Down to Earth Markets every Friday until November 16 to purchase fresh produce from the farmers market. The market is located corner of Dahlia Avenue and Main Street, Flushing.
Find out more »Art in the Garden Day: Impressive Plants, Selections From Our Herbarium
From August 24 through November 18, explore the large variety of plant species that grow at QBG through this preserved collection of specimens. About the exhibit: On the 39 acres of Queens Botanical Garden live over 800 woody plants and about a hundred times more herbaceous plants. Since 2014, our horticulture staff has taken on the task of documenting them not just as words on a page or characters in a spreadsheet, but as an organized collection of pressed and…
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Art in the Garden Day: The Art Bus Project at QBG
The Art Bus Project is on a mobile mission to bring art to Flushing, Queens! Included with Garden admission. Walk-ins welcome upon availability. Register for a free 15-minute tour of the Art Bus and stop by to view and make art at these workshops: Seeing Yourself (30 min): 12:15 - 12:45 PM Explore art in a way that leads to self-expression and empowerment -- and walk away with a piece of art that's completely and uniquely yours! After a brief review…
Find out more »Preparing Your Garden For Fall
Celebrate the first day of fall! Autumn is here, and it’s nearly time to put the garden to sleep for the season. Join QBG Farm & Compost staff to learn how to care for your soil during fall and winter. We’ll discuss soil testing, cover crops, mulch, and compost application as well as season extension tips. Presented by NYC Compost Project Hosted by Queens Botanical Garden. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon…
Find out more »Activity Table
Family-friendly botanically themed arts and crafts activities. Included with Garden admission. Drop-in.
Find out more »Art in the Garden Day: Flower Press Workshop
Draw inspiration from the exhibit Impressive Plants to create pressed flower artwork and learn about herbarium. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. TIP: Spend the day at the Garden! This event is part of Art in the Garden Day, which also includes an Activity Table from 12 to 4pm and art viewing and making with the Art Bus Project from 12 to 5pm. Do and see more with Impressive Plants! Be…
Find out more »Fall Children’s Garden
The Children’s Garden sponsored by HSBC offers a fun and exciting experience where kids spend time planting, playing, observing and learning in a nurturing environment. From seed to table, our young gardeners have the opportunity to grow, harvest and cook vegetables as well as explore the environments around them. Children's Garden is for children in K-5, as of fall 2018. This is a drop-off program. Register for today's class or the entire series! $18 Members / $20 Non-Members per class OR $83.25…
Find out more »Bird Walk with NYC Audubon
Register for one or all five free nature walks in this series with NYC Audubon! Spot and identify creatures of flight and learn how QBG provides important resources for birds like water, shelter, and insects to eat. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability.
Find out more »Activity Table
Family-friendly botanically themed arts and crafts activities. Included with Garden admission. Drop-in.
Find out more »Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities
Join the NYC Compost Project to lend a hand at our urban farm or learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil. Find out how to foster a farm ecosystem and grow healthy crops. Tasks vary by event, and may include weeding, harvesting, planting activities, processing food scraps, building a compost pile, or sifting finished compost. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities are included with garden admission.
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The Queens Library Title Swap
Get ready to grow your reading list or share your own recommendations at this title swap led by librarians from the Queens Library Queensboro Hill branch for a title swap inspired by the Garden. Free. Drop-in.
Find out more »Farm Open Hours
Drop in at QBG Farm & Compost to see what’s growing! Founded in 2013, our farm demonstrates the link between composting and sustainable farming in the heart of Queens. Our organically managed farm produces a diversity of herbs, fruits, vegetables, and other beneficial plants. Farm Open Hours are included with garden admission.
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Evening Cocktail & Craft: Harvest Garlands
Create your own harvest garland while enjoying a delicious cocktail. All materials provided. Adults 21+ only. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. TIP: Make it to one or all our Evening Cocktail & Craft events! Upcoming: Thursday, October 18 - Pumpkin Carving Thursday, November 15 - Terrarium Open Bar
Find out more »Farmer’s Market Fridays Hosted by Down to Earth Markets
Visit the Down to Earth Markets every Friday until November 16 to purchase fresh produce from the farmers market. The market is located corner of Dahlia Avenue and Main Street, Flushing.
Find out more »Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities
Join the NYC Compost Project to lend a hand at our urban farm or learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil. Find out how to foster a farm ecosystem and grow healthy crops. Tasks vary by event, and may include weeding, harvesting, planting activities, processing food scraps, building a compost pile, or sifting finished compost. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities are included with garden admission.
Find out more »Activity Table
Family-friendly botanically themed arts and crafts activities. Included with Garden admission. Drop-in.
Find out more »Fall Children’s Garden
The Children’s Garden sponsored by HSBC offers a fun and exciting experience where kids spend time planting, playing, observing and learning in a nurturing environment. From seed to table, our young gardeners have the opportunity to grow, harvest and cook vegetables as well as explore the environments around them. Children's Garden is for children in K-5, as of fall 2018. This is a drop-off program. Register for today's class or the entire series! $18 Members / $20 Non-Members per class OR $83.25…
Find out more »Activity Table
Family-friendly botanically themed arts and crafts activities. Included with Garden admission. Drop-in.
Find out more »October 2018
Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities
Join the NYC Compost Project to lend a hand at our urban farm or learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil. Find out how to foster a farm ecosystem and grow healthy crops. Tasks vary by event, and may include weeding, harvesting, planting activities, processing food scraps, building a compost pile, or sifting finished compost. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities are included with garden admission.
Find out more »Farm Open Hours
Drop in at QBG Farm & Compost to see what’s growing! Founded in 2013, our farm demonstrates the link between composting and sustainable farming in the heart of Queens. Our organically managed farm produces a diversity of herbs, fruits, vegetables, and other beneficial plants. Farm Open Hours are included with garden admission.
Find out more »Horticulture Volunteer Days
Help keep QBG clean, green, and growing! Join our horticulture staff for an engaging, educational day where you will learn gardening basics and work hands-on with our plants. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Required registration opens one month prior to each volunteer day: 2018qbghortvolunteering.eventbrite.com Includes Garden Admission
Find out more »Learn & (BYO) Lunch
Following the Horticulture Volunteer morning, bring a lunch and join us on the Terrace for an informational gathering with the President of the New York Nut Growers Association, Jerry Henkin. This is a great opportunity to socialize with people with similar interests and learn all about the art of nut foraging! Registration required. Email [email protected] by October 2.
Find out more »Farmer’s Market Fridays Hosted by Down to Earth Markets
Visit the Down to Earth Markets every Friday until November 16 to purchase fresh produce from the farmers market. The market is located corner of Dahlia Avenue and Main Street, Flushing.
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Pumpkin Patch
QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience every weekend in October and on Columbus Day! Reserve admission to the Patch and your pumpkins today! Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. Rain or shine. MORE ABOUT THE PATCH: Choose a 3-hour window for the whole family to spend at the Patch, where you can pick out the perfect pumpkins to take home…
Find out more »First Weekend: Water
QBG's First Weekend activities in October are all about water! Hear seasonally-inspired stories, make a botanically themed craft, and go on a tour about the cool water features at the Garden. Schedule: 1 to 2pm: Garden Tour - This tour highlights the water features of the Garden, including our Cleansing Biotope, which connects to a basin that collects rainwater that eventually finds its way to the Fountain of Life at QBG's Entrance Plaza. Drop-in. 2 to 4pm: Activity Table -…
Find out more »Making Music with Musica Reginae
In this free, family-friendly workshop, Musica Reginae will guide participants to use nature as inspiration to make creative choices when composing music together. Recommended for children ages 4+ (accompanied by an adult). Included with Garden admission. Drop-in. TIP: Spend the day at the Garden! On every weekend in October and Columbus Day, QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience! Pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve as spooky jack-o-lanterns…
Find out more »Fall Children’s Garden
The Children’s Garden sponsored by HSBC offers a fun and exciting experience where kids spend time planting, playing, observing and learning in a nurturing environment. From seed to table, our young gardeners have the opportunity to grow, harvest and cook vegetables as well as explore the environments around them. Children's Garden is for children in K-5, as of fall 2018. This is a drop-off program. Register for today's class or the entire series! $18 Members / $20 Non-Members per class OR $83.25…
Find out more »Bird Walk with NYC Audubon
Register for one or all five free nature walks in this series with NYC Audubon! Spot and identify creatures of flight and learn how QBG provides important resources for birds like water, shelter, and insects to eat. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability.
Find out more »Pumpkin Patch
QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience every weekend in October and on Columbus Day! Reserve admission to the Patch and your pumpkins today! Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. Rain or shine. MORE ABOUT THE PATCH: Choose a 3-hour window for the whole family to spend at the Patch, where you can pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve as…
Find out more »First Weekend: Water
QBG's First Weekend activities in October are all about water! Hear seasonally-inspired stories, make a botanically themed craft, and go on a tour about the cool water features at the Garden. Schedule: 11am to 12:30pm: Storytime and Craft - Recommended for ages 10 and under (accompanied by an adult) 1 to 2pm: Garden Tour - This tour highlights the water features of the Garden, including our Cleansing Biotope, which connects to a basin that collects rainwater that eventually finds its…
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Music in the Garden: Riva & Bohio Music
With a dancer’s grace, Riva Nyri Précil moves between Haiti’s spiritual and artistic traditions and a striking, worldly perspective forged in Brooklyn. Born in New York but raised in Haiti, her visual and sonic world is profoundly hybrid and utterly beautiful. Précil’s works springs from Racine, a contemporary iteration of the Vodou songs, rituals, drumming, and movement designed to engage the spirit world to bring healing or ward off negative events and energies. Racine incorporated rock; with her band Bohio…
Find out more »Pumpkin Patch
QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience every weekend in October and on Columbus Day! Reserve admission to the Patch and your pumpkins today! Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. Rain or shine. MORE ABOUT THE PATCH: Choose a 3-hour window for the whole family to spend at the Patch, where you can pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve as…
Find out more »Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities
Join the NYC Compost Project to lend a hand at our urban farm or learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil. Find out how to foster a farm ecosystem and grow healthy crops. Tasks vary by event, and may include weeding, harvesting, planting activities, processing food scraps, building a compost pile, or sifting finished compost. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities are included with garden admission.
Find out more »Farm Open Hours
Drop in at QBG Farm & Compost to see what’s growing! Founded in 2013, our farm demonstrates the link between composting and sustainable farming in the heart of Queens. Our organically managed farm produces a diversity of herbs, fruits, vegetables, and other beneficial plants. Farm Open Hours are included with garden admission.
Find out more »Farmer’s Market Fridays Hosted by Down to Earth Markets
Visit the Down to Earth Markets every Friday until November 16 to purchase fresh produce from the farmers market. The market is located corner of Dahlia Avenue and Main Street, Flushing.
Find out more »Pumpkin Patch
QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience every weekend in October and on Columbus Day! Reserve admission to the Patch and your pumpkins today! Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. Rain or shine. MORE ABOUT THE PATCH: Choose a 3-hour window for the whole family to spend at the Patch, where you can pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve as…
Find out more »Open House New York Works by Women: QBG’s Visitor & Administration Building
Led by BKSK’s Joan Krevlin, FAIA, visitors participating in the QBG architect-led tour will get a behind-the- scenes peek at the Visitor’s Center sustainable design features, with lessons learned both architecturally and environmentally. Registration required. Please visit OHNY's website for more information and to register: https://www.ohny.org/weekend/overview. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. TIP: Spend the day at the Garden! On every weekend in October and Columbus Day, QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to…
Find out more »Activity Table
Family-friendly botanically themed arts and crafts activities. Included with Garden admission. Drop-in.
Find out more »Fall Children’s Garden
The Children’s Garden sponsored by HSBC offers a fun and exciting experience where kids spend time planting, playing, observing and learning in a nurturing environment. From seed to table, our young gardeners have the opportunity to grow, harvest and cook vegetables as well as explore the environments around them. Children's Garden is for children in K-5, as of fall 2018. This is a drop-off program. Register for today's class or the entire series! $18 Members / $20 Non-Members per class OR $83.25…
Find out more »Open House New York Works by Women: QBG’s Visitor & Administration Building
Led by BKSK’s Joan Krevlin, FAIA, visitors participating in the QBG architect-led tour will get a behind-the- scenes peek at the Visitor’s Center sustainable design features, with lessons learned both architecturally and environmentally. Registration required. Please visit OHNY's website for more information and to register: https://www.ohny.org/weekend/overview. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. TIP: Spend the day at the Garden! On every weekend in October and Columbus Day, QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to…
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Harvest Fest
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon for the whole family!
Find out more »Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities
Join the NYC Compost Project to lend a hand at our urban farm or learn how composted food scraps nourish the soil. Find out how to foster a farm ecosystem and grow healthy crops. Tasks vary by event, and may include weeding, harvesting, planting activities, processing food scraps, building a compost pile, or sifting finished compost. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Farm & Compost Volunteer Opportunities are included with garden admission.
Find out more »Farm Open Hours
Drop in at QBG Farm & Compost to see what’s growing! Founded in 2013, our farm demonstrates the link between composting and sustainable farming in the heart of Queens. Our organically managed farm produces a diversity of herbs, fruits, vegetables, and other beneficial plants. Farm Open Hours are included with garden admission.
Find out more »
Evening Cocktail & Craft: Pumpkin Carving
Join us for a Halloween themed Cocktail and Craft to learn techniques on how to carve your own pumpkin. Sip on an autumnal cocktail and local pumpkin ales while you carve! All materials provided. Adults 21+ only. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Includes Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. TIP: Make it to one or all our Evening Cocktail & Craft events! Upcoming: Thursday, November 15 - Terrarium Open Bar
Find out more »Farmer’s Market Fridays Hosted by Down to Earth Markets
Visit the Down to Earth Markets every Friday until November 16 to purchase fresh produce from the farmers market. The market is located corner of Dahlia Avenue and Main Street, Flushing.
Find out more »Bird Walk with NYC Audubon
Register for one or all five free nature walks in this series with NYC Audubon! Spot and identify creatures of flight and learn how QBG provides important resources for birds like water, shelter, and insects to eat. Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Included with Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability.
Find out more »Pumpkin Patch
QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience every weekend in October and on Columbus Day! Reserve admission to the Patch and your pumpkins today! Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. Rain or shine. MORE ABOUT THE PATCH: Choose a 3-hour window for the whole family to spend at the Patch, where you can pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve as…
Find out more »Activity Table
Family-friendly botanically themed arts and crafts activities. Included with Garden admission. Drop-in.
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Watercolor Workshop: Autumn Color
In this seasonal series of classes, learn the basic techniques of painting with watercolors with artist Chemin Hsiao. This class draws inspiration from the changing color of fall foliage. The class will include observational painting in both indoor and outdoor settings (weather permitting). All materials included. Recommended for adults and children ages 10+ (accompanied by participating adult). Registration required. Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. TIP: Spend the day at the Garden!…
Find out more »Pumpkin Patch
QBG's ever-popular Pumpkin Patch is back and bigger than ever to bring you the quintessential fall family experience every weekend in October and on Columbus Day! Reserve admission to the Patch and your pumpkins today! Click here to purchase tickets. Does not include Garden admission. Drop-ins welcome upon availability. Rain or shine. MORE ABOUT THE PATCH: Choose a 3-hour window for the whole family to spend at the Patch, where you can pick out the perfect pumpkins to carve as…
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