Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a stunning 52-acre urban botanic garden that connects people to the world of plants, fostering delight and curiosity while inspiring an appreciation and sense of stewardship of the environment.

Visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Urban Advantage participants receive vouchers for admission to our institutions. Follow instructions below to reserve tickets using your voucher.

Admin instructions

We are excited for you to visit. Vouchers are valid for general admission.

Tickets are required; reserve in advance for fastest entry.
Visit: https://www.bbg.org/learn/urban_advantage to reserve your tickets. Click “Get Tickets”, then “Not a Member, Buy Tickets” (no fee will be charged). Select date and choose “Affiliated Organization Tickets” on the Reserve Tickets menu. Go to “Checkout”. You will receive a confirmation email with QR code that you must show on arrival. You must bring your UA Teacher voucher (either paper or digital copy) to show to Visitor Services staff.

Children under 14 must be supervised by adults 18 or over.

Parking is not included. Voucher not valid for entry to Lightscape or other ticketed events.

Visitors can reserve free Community Tickets for any day of the week. Follow the same instructions as above, but select “Community Tickets” instead of “Affiliated Organization Tickets.”

Guidelines

Upcoming Events

During the school year, when vouchers are valid, the events listed on this page are free.
During the summer, these events may required additional payment.

During the school year, when vouchers are valid, the events listed on this page are free. During the summer, these events may required additional payment.

Sep 01, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
1pm - 2:00pm
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Discover BBG’s early-fall foliage, fruits, and flowers on this free walk led by trained Garden Guides. Meet on Magnolia Plaza.
Sep 19, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Sun, Sat
10:30am - 12:30pm
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Learn and play together in the Discovery Garden. Hands-on stations throughout the garden’s courtyard, meadow, woodland, and marsh encourage families to explore nature alongside our volunteer educators and teenage Garden apprentices. This is a drop-in program for families with children of all ages.
Oct 03, 2026
Sat
11am-5pm
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Drop by the Garden’s library on select Saturdays to browse our extensive collection of books on botany and horticulture, see highlights from our collections, or play a scavenger hunt with kids. Whether you’re interested in starting a container garden, researching the history of a particular plant, or browsing for artistic inspiration, BBG’s library has something for everyone.
May 23, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026
Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Ancestral Ecologies comprises four multisensory installations that consider how African diasporic and Latinx worldviews can inform contemporary ecological knowledge and stewardship.
May 23, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026
Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

For 30 years, the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest has demonstrated how small collective actions can build communities and transform neighborhoods, block by block.

Meet the staff

Resources for visitors

For families

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