Farm Community Volunteer Days

Help prepare the QBG Farm to grow produce that we distribute to food pantries in supporting our communities with food relief. Join QBG’s Farm staff for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and work hands-on with plants. Make new friends a......More

Help prepare the QBG Farm to grow produce that we distribute to food pantries in supporting our communities with food relief. Join QBG’s Farm staff for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and work hands-on with plants. Make new friends and put your green thumb to good use in a variety of seasonal projects. Learn more and register here.

Mommy and Me Floral Design Workshop

Celebrate the mom in your life with flowers! Join us Mother’s Day weekend with a fun, hands-on workshop for adults and children to work together to create a teacup flower arrangement to take home. Participants will take a mini tour and learn about spring flowers that gr......More

Celebrate the mom in your life with flowers! Join us Mother’s Day weekend with a fun, hands-on workshop for adults and children to work together to create a teacup flower arrangement to take home. Participants will take a mini tour and learn about spring flowers that grow in the Garden. All materials provided.Please note: this class is designed for children ages 5-14 to accompany an adult for an introductory lesson in floral design. This cannot be booked for 2 adults. Additional child add-on tickets are available.Register here.

Floral Design: Mother's Day Bouquet

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a floral workshop that will inspire joy and appreciation. Learn the art of hand-gathering bouquets for a fresh-from-the-garden look! This workshop makes a great gift for moms and mom-figures! Each participant takes their bouquet home. All mat......More

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a floral workshop that will inspire joy and appreciation. Learn the art of hand-gathering bouquets for a fresh-from-the-garden look! This workshop makes a great gift for moms and mom-figures! Each participant takes their bouquet home. All materials provided. Recommended for adults and children ages 10+ (accompanied by participating adult). Register here.

Master Composter Course: Compost in Context

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting in the context of NYC – its challenges, changes, and importance. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. Compost in......More

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting in the context of NYC – its challenges, changes, and importance. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. Compost in Context is one of 7 required workshops for completion of the Master Composter Certificate. Please enter though the main entrance of the Garden and join us in the Auditorium of the Visitor & Administration Building. FREE. Registration required. Register here.

Farm Workshop: Fertilizing and Amending Soil

This workshop will help you with how to fertilize and amend your soil without harming yourself, the environment, or the microorganisms and insects living in your soil! We will discuss the importance of macro and micro nutrients, pH, and soil type to successful crop prod......More

This workshop will help you with how to fertilize and amend your soil without harming yourself, the environment, or the microorganisms and insects living in your soil! We will discuss the importance of macro and micro nutrients, pH, and soil type to successful crop production. We will review various fertilizers and amendments we use at the farm and that can be used at home, too! All participants will also receive soil testing kits to test their soils at home. Register here.

Master Composter Course: Systems, Tools, and Scales

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting systems, tools, and scales, specifically focusing on NYC. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. Systems, Tools, a......More

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting systems, tools, and scales, specifically focusing on NYC. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. Systems, Tools, and Scales is one of 7 required workshops for completion of the Master Composter Certificate. Please enter though the main entrance of the Garden and join us in the Auditorium of the Visitor & Administration Building. FREE. Registration required. Register here

Puerto Rican Herbalism Tour

Join Maggie Rivera at Queens Botanical Garden to celebrate Women’s Health Month with a Puerto Rican Herbalism Plant Walk!Together, we will explore the medicines of the Earth Mother who is known by Boricuas and Tainos as Atabey. Participants will explore the garden to le......More

Join Maggie Rivera at Queens Botanical Garden to celebrate Women’s Health Month with a Puerto Rican Herbalism Plant Walk!Together, we will explore the medicines of the Earth Mother who is known by Boricuas and Tainos as Atabey. Participants will explore the garden to learn about plants used in Puerto Rican and Caribbean cuisine, medicine, and a brief introduction to the ancestral spirit Atabey as we go. This tour will take in some areas of the garden not usually open to the public.Maggie is a Bronx native Boricua who is an herbalist of 7 years, an astrologer of 10 years and aspiring anthropologist/archaeologist who is looking to weave the worlds of mythology, the stars and the earth.Register here.

Farm Community Volunteer Days

Help prepare the QBG Farm to grow produce that we distribute to food pantries in supporting our communities with food relief. Join QBG’s Farm staff for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and work hands-on with plants. Make new friends a......More

Help prepare the QBG Farm to grow produce that we distribute to food pantries in supporting our communities with food relief. Join QBG’s Farm staff for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and work hands-on with plants. Make new friends and put your green thumb to good use in a variety of seasonal projects. Learn more and register here.

Compost Beautification Community Volunteer Days

Join the QBG Compost Staff to tour and care for our compost demo site by weeding, mulching, planting, applying compost and gardening. This is a free outdoor event, please dress for the weather, wear sunscreen, bring water or snacks, and dress comfortably. QBG staff will......More

Join the QBG Compost Staff to tour and care for our compost demo site by weeding, mulching, planting, applying compost and gardening. This is a free outdoor event, please dress for the weather, wear sunscreen, bring water or snacks, and dress comfortably. QBG staff will provide gloves. Registration required. Register Here.

Compost Site Tour

Join the QBG compost team for a tour of our mid-scale composting site. Learn how we transform food scraps and horticultural waste into nutrient-rich compost, explore the different stages of decomposition, and see sustainable waste management in action. Learn more and re......More

Join the QBG compost team for a tour of our mid-scale composting site. Learn how we transform food scraps and horticultural waste into nutrient-rich compost, explore the different stages of decomposition, and see sustainable waste management in action. Learn more and register here.

Garden in a Glass: Terrarium Making Workshop

Come join us at Queens Botanical Garden for our Terrarium Making Workshop! We’re so excited to help you create your own little world to take home. In this workshop with Lowell Iporac, participants will learn how to work with all sorts of cool plants – think lush mosses,......More

Come join us at Queens Botanical Garden for our Terrarium Making Workshop! We’re so excited to help you create your own little world to take home. In this workshop with Lowell Iporac, participants will learn how to work with all sorts of cool plants – think lush mosses, velvety liverworts, and lively ferns. These aren’t your typical succulents or air plants, we’re creating a truly vibrant, living ecosystem that changes and grows over time. We’ll show you all the tricks – how to layer your terrarium just right, which plants work well together, and how to keep your mini ecosystem thriving. You’ll leave understanding how to care for these special plants and your created terrarium. This workshop is recommended for those aged 13 and over. All materials are included—just bring your creativity! You’ll take home something special – not just a decoration, but a living piece of nature that tells a story. Register here.

Spring Community Week: Hula Performance

Join Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau-Teves and Ka Pā Hula O Laʻakea and take a journey to Hawaiʻi through Hula. The performance will reflect personal/collective healing, Hawaiian history, storytelling, genealogy, traditional/contemporary hula, and oli (chanting).A kanaka Hawaii......More

Join Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau-Teves and Ka Pā Hula O Laʻakea and take a journey to Hawaiʻi through Hula. The performance will reflect personal/collective healing, Hawaiian history, storytelling, genealogy, traditional/contemporary hula, and oli (chanting).A kanaka Hawaiian born and raised in Hawai’i, Kumu ‘Auli’i Aweau-Teves grew up studying the Hula as a tool for cultural resilience and personal awakening. She combines her background in substance abuse counseling with Hawaiian cultural practices to address generational and personal trauma. ‘Auli’i is the Founder and Kumu of Ka Pā Hula O Laʻakea, a Hula school that promotes collective healing through Hula. Established in January of 2013, her initial vision was to create a culturally-based women and childrenʻs support group on Oʻahu that focused on healing through hula. Over the years, that vision would grow and expand to reach neighbor islands, the Continental US and include numerous collaboration efforts with other kumu hula and cultural practitioners.Register here.

Master Composter Course: Compost Advocacy & Community-Building

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting advocacy and community building in the context of NYC. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. This course is one o......More

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting advocacy and community building in the context of NYC. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. This course is one of 7 required workshops for completion of the Master Composter Certificate. Please enter though the main entrance of the Garden and join us in the Auditorium of the Visitor & Administration Building. FREE. Registration required. Register here

Master Composter Course: Designing and Managing Community Compost Spaces

This course will be a workshop and discussion of community composting spaces. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. Designing and Managing Community Compost Spaces is one of......More

This course will be a workshop and discussion of community composting spaces. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to join this free 2 hour course. Designing and Managing Community Compost Spaces is one of 7 required workshops for completion of the Master Composter Certificate. Please enter though the main entrance of the Garden and join us in the Auditorium of the Visitor & Administration Building. FREE. Registration required. Register here.

Dusk Spring Bird Walk with NYC Birds Alliance

Join the NYC Birds Alliance for a special evening guided tour of the birds of Queens Botanical Garden! Learn more and register here.

Memorial Day - Garden is Open

Queens Botanical Garden is open on Memorial Day.

Memorial Day Craft and Storytime

Join native New Yorker, biology graduate, and children’s author Vandana Mathrani for a reading of her new book: Close Encounters in the Rainforest. Close Encounters in the Rainforest is a nature discovery book geared towards elementary aged-children. The book explores t......More

Join native New Yorker, biology graduate, and children’s author Vandana Mathrani for a reading of her new book: Close Encounters in the Rainforest. Close Encounters in the Rainforest is a nature discovery book geared towards elementary aged-children. The book explores the various flora and fauna of the cloud forests of Costa Rica. Told in the words of an adorable little tree frog, the book aims to enchant the reader with the beauty of the animals and plants that reside there, thereby pointing towards ecological conservation.Hands-on craft activities will also be available.No pre-registration needed, simply drop in.

Jazz performance by MMR Jazz Trio

The MMR Trio is a jazz band consisting of Marielle Hyacinthe on piano, Matthew Sierra on guitar, and Ray Park on drums. They will perform jazz standards composed by musicians such as Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, and more.