All three are growing fast, but the exact bloom time is hard to predict. We’ll keep you updated. Each bloom will only last for a couple days and then a single palm-like leaf will emerge in a few months.
Plan your visit. 👇
Though konjac won’t reach the size or intensity of aroma as those corpse flowers, it does produce a foul-scented inflorescence (flower head). BBG currently has three of these plants on display, dubbed Alvin, Simon, and Theodore by BBG gardener Patrick Austin.
A corpse flower cousin will soon bloom in BBG’s Conservatory! 👀
Amorphophallus konjac (devil's tongue) is native to south central China. It’s a relative of “corpse flowers” Amorphophallus titanum (Titan arum) and Amorphophallus gigas (an example being our dear Smelliot, which bloomed last winter).
The 2026 Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest is OPEN! 🪴
The Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest encourages neighbors to green up their front yards, stoops, and sidewalks together.
We’re celebrating its 30th year in 2026 and want you to be part of it. 👇
BBG is closed on Tuesday, February 24, for storm cleanup, but will reopen Wednesday, February 25. ☃️
Weekday admission at BBG is pay-what-you-wish through February. Please note that some specialty gardens and side paths at BBG will remain closed until they can safely be opened.
BBG’s annual spring conference Making Brooklyn Bloom is coming soon! 👨🏾🌾
Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 14.
This year’s conference theme, “Hello Brooklyn! Neighbors in Nature,” highlights BBG’s community greening programs.
More info. 👇
This midwinter break, families can enjoy a special indoor edition of Discovery Programs in BBG’s Steinhardt Conservatory. 🏜️
More info. 👇
During your next visit, try to spot one of these unusual fruits in the Tropical Pavilion. No snacking, please!
More info on these plants at our link in bio. 👇
A deep yellow star fruit on a brown branch below a green star fruit on the same branch within a tropical indoor conservatory space.
⭐️ Star fruit
Star fruit is also currently bearing fruit in the Tropical Pavilion, just in time for Lunar New Year. The small, evergreen tree is a member of the Oxalidaceae family, and has been cultivated in tropical Southeast Asia for centuries, though it is now extinct in the wild.
One long vanilla pod hangs from a green stalk surrounded by a verdant array of green leaves and branches.
🍨 Vanilla
The source of the world’s favorite ice cream flavor is a vining orchid fruiting this winter at BBG. When cultivated outside of its pollinators’ native range, the flowers of vanilla (each of which blooms for one day only) must be pollinated by hand to bear fruit.
A rich red berry sits vertically on a branch surrounded by thin green leaves.
🪄 Miracle fruit
This evergreen shrub has a remarkable ability: Its small, red berries make sour food taste sweet. Native to the tropical regions of West Africa, it’s been used for centuries to make foods and drinks more palatable.
As snow blankets BBG’s outdoor collections, a world of wonder flourishes in the Tropical Pavilion at BBG. 🍊
🧵👇
A red Torrii gate in the middle of a frozen pond seen through a stone path in a wintry garden scene.
A path curves through a grove of trees with snow all over the ground, seen through a green canopy, with the camera pointing towards the sun.
Two lines of parallel trees in winter. Beneath them, a path flanked with benches covered in snow, alongside fields covered in snow.
Just a few more snow photos for your feed. ⛄️
Weekday admission at BBG is pay-what-you-wish through February.
Photos by Jeremy Weine.
Please note this event is 18+. Presented in partnership with
I AM caribBEING.
Tickets on sale now. 👇
A DJ with two laptops in an indoor area.
A group of people dancing indoors, one holding a phone, others holding bags, and one holding a small Jamaican flag.
A group of three people standing inside a dense green tropical indoor conservatory space.
Brooklyn might be covered in snow right now, but you can look forward to tropical plants and island flavor at the Little Caribbean Winter Garden Fête, coming this February. 🍹🌴
Pull up February 26 for good vibes, cocktails, and self-guided tours as we celebrate Caribbean culture, music, and plants.
Snowy scenes at BBG after the winter storm. 🌨️
We will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28.
Please note that some specialty gardens and side paths at BBG will remain closed until they can safely be opened. Make sure to check our website before you visit for updates.
Just installed! A special floral installation in BBG’s conservatory. 💐
Created by BBG gardener Kate Murphy, these organic floating sculptures bring what bloomed last year indoors while the garden sleeps for the winter.
Across the exhibition, visitors are asked: What do you notice about the trees around you? What might it mean to know them? Could you call them kin?
Included with Garden admission. Up through March 15. More info. 👇
A photo of an indoor room with white walls and a brick floor. It's a gallery space with framed pieces off art on the walls, and two front panels with introductory text.
A scan of a piece of art, featuring a generally organic looking structure of vertical lines paired with small dots and flowing horizontal cloud-like shapes that are yellow and light blue.
Check out a mixed-media art exhibit in BBG’s Conservatory Gallery. 🖼️
“Notice/Know/Kin” is artist and BBG Community Greening Program Manager Nina Browne’s invitation to move beyond “plant blindness” toward deeper relationship.
A white flower with tiny yellowy center with five oval white petals in front of a diffuse leafy background.
Frangipani plant 👃
The genus Plumeria is known for its alluring and fragrant flowers, each with five petal lobes.
A flower with a yellow center surrounded by yellowy buds, five pinky reds petals, and then a green stalk with long green leaves extending from different part of the stalk.
Jamaican poinsettia 🇯🇲
Though perhaps the best-known member of the Euphorbia (or spurge) family is the holiday favorite poinsettia, there is great variation in form among species in the family, including this bright and interesting plant.
Several strands, one prominent with multiple phalanges, of almost pipe cleaner looking plant matter rise to meet the sun in front of a rocky background.
Rock tassel-fern 🎓
Despite its name, this plant isn't technically a fern. It’s one of the oldest "living fossils" of fern allies, with fossils dating back to more than 300 million years ago.
A heart-shaped bloom made up of many small red flowery blooms and buds with out of focus green leaves behind.
Gout plant 💥
This plant’s range of English common names provides clues about it. “Gout plant” points to one of its many medicinal uses. “Buddha Belly” refers to its swollen stem that is a storage organ. And “coral plant” describes the flower structure after its petals drop, which looks like coral!
A sunny conservatory space filled with green leafy plants arranged in vertical displays. A brick path cuts through the space ringed on one side with information panels.
Check out four interesting plants currently located near BBG’s Trail of Plant Evolution within the Steinhardt Conservatory. 🧵👇
We hate to see beautiful Christmas trees kicked to the curb! Luckily, you can make sure your evergreens give evergreen care back to our soil by bringing your tree to Mulchfest through January 11! Find a Mulchfest location near you on the NYC Parks website.
www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/f...
BBG’s Bonsai Museum is shifting to its winter display. 🌲
This striking Japanese white pine is more than 100 years old. It’s a “raft” style bonsai, mimicking a fallen tree in nature, where the limbs on one side of a horizontal trunk reach upward to form a new canopy.
Nine photos of light show elements including birds, a flame, a cathedral, and some snowflakes on low light dark background. Christmas theme
Closing out 2025 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Lightscape, my favorite holiday tradition. New this year were the doves and disco birds. #lightscape #brooklynbotanicgarden
Water and light dance in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Lightscape 2025.
Much more: dannyashkenasi.com/2025/12/22/l...
