New York Botanical Garden

@NYBG

A museum of plants 🌱, a center for learning 📚, and a plant science leader in the Bronx 🔬

Bronx, NY nybg.org Joined December 2008

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New York Botanical Garden @NYBG Jan 14, 2025

In Nepal, Dr. Kate Armstrong is working with @GreenhoodNepal to develop cultivation protocols for wild medicinal plants threatened by overharvesting, and not currently in cultivation.

Stay tuned for more as the project unfolds!

A view of greene, stepped mountains where crops are grown

A group of people meet for discussion on a sunny day outdoors

New York Botanical Garden @NYBG Dec 31, 2024

When dead trees fall, they move more than carbon. Other nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous move into and out of deadwood more quickly than expected, as shown by NYBG Curator and coauthors in a paper just published in .
brnw.ch/21wPJmL

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Faster than expected: release of nitrogen and phosphorus from decomposing woody litter Deadwood represents globally important carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) pools. Current wood nutrient dynamics models are extensions of those developed for leaf litter decomposition....

New York Botanical Garden @NYBG Dec 10, 2024

On 12/8 we welcomed Bronx residents for our Bronx Community Partner Day, featuring free access to the Holiday Train Show. Our thanks to our attending representatives, the Bella Voce Choir, and everyone who supported our festive Holiday Tree and Menorah Lighting ceremonies!

Three people stand behind a brightly lit blue menorah during a ceremony

A group of people in winter clothes pose for a photo in front of brightly lit tree sculptures

A choir group wearing black and red sits for a photo behind microphones

Children and adults alike, dressed in winter apparel, applaud at the lighting of a holiday scene

New York Botanical Garden @NYBG Dec 10, 2024

In a new post on @CarbonBrief, join Dr. Eve Beaury, an Assistant Curator at NYBG, to explore how land use practices designed to tackle climate change may sometimes be at cross purposes—and the choices we face as a result. carbonbrief.org/guest-post-the…

www.carbonbrief.org Guest post: The conflicting practices in using land to tackle climate change - Carbon Brief Our research, published in Global Change Biology, assesses opportunity costs among 19 different land-use strategies for climate mitigation.

New York Botanical Garden @NYBG Dec 9, 2024

In a recent publication in @PLOSONE, Drs. Mike Balick, Gregory Plunkett, and K. David Harrison document the multifaceted role that the sun plays in the lives and beliefs of the people of Tanna, Vanuatu: brnw.ch/21wPitg #NYBGScience

A mountainous tropical island of green forests under a blue sky, with a volcano spewing smoke in the center