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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Current Events Amp Visitor Information

BBG is a 52-acre living museum where beauty, romance, and fun blossom in the world-class plant collections and specialty gardens. Admired as an urban horticultural and botanical resource, BBG inspires visitors to discover that plants are essential to life!

Founded in 1910, the Garden is an independent nonprofit institution committed to education, research and the display of horticulture. BBG serves communities in New York City and internationally through its world-class gardens, extensive research collections and numerous educational and community programs. Situated on 52 acres in the heart of Brooklyn, the Garden is home to over 10,000 types of plants and hosts more than 700,000 visitors annually.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING AT BBG

10/29: Ghouls and Gourds! BBG is transforming into a wacky and weird Halloween wonderland when BBG celebrates the 2006 Ghouls & Gourds festival on Sunday, October 29. Families delight in carnivorous plant feedings, larger-than-life puppets, shrunken apple heads, and peculiar pumpkin carving at the Ghouls & Gourds. This is a fun event for the whole family that’s appropriate for all ages and takes place at the garden’s safe, idyllic grounds.

The 2006 Ghouls & Gourds will feature more performers, new entertainment, and a bigger stage. Visitors will enjoy monstrously mysterious music, electrifying exhibits, weird workshops, a costume parade, and other eerie oddities -- plus the spectacular beauty of the Garden in fall color that you can't find anywhere else in the city.

VISITOR INFORMATION

From October 31–March 31, Brooklyn Botanic Garden is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and holidays through March. From April 1 –October 30, BBG is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends and holidays. The Garden is closed on Mondays except on public holidays. Admission is $5.00 for adults (16 and older) and $3.00 for senior citizens (65 and older) and students with ID. Children under 16, all school groups, garden members, and Frequent Visitor Pass holders are admitted Free at all times. Seniors are admitted free all-day Friday, and the Garden is free to the public on Saturdays until noon, and on Tuesdays. Visitor entrances are at Flatbush Avenue and at the Parking Lot Gate at 900 Washington Avenue, and Eastern Parkway. By subway, take the 2 or 3 train to Eastern Parkway or the B (weekdays) or Q train to Prospect Park. By bus, use the B41, B47, B48 or B71. Parking is available at 900 Washington Avenue for a fee.