The DNA Bank serves as the repository for samples of frozen tissue and genomic DNA that are the foundation for research conducted in the Botanical Garden’s Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics and the Genomics Program.
To further the Garden’s mission to explore, understand, and conserve plant diversity, the DNA Bank provides long-term storage of readily available samples of plant and fungal species from the diverse geographic areas in which Garden scientists work.Jean H. Langenheim's research collection of plant exudates (resins) was donated to the Botanical Garden in 2003.
Including more than 330 resin samples, the Langenheim Collection comprises collections made by Langenheim herself and collections given to her by other researchers. These include Nicholas T. Mirov’s historically important Pinus resins and Joseph Bunnett’s specimens from New Zealand. The resins in the Langenheim Collection are cross-referenced to herbarium specimens in several herbaria in the United States.
Structural botany investigates the form and function of plants. It complements and aids other plant research by shedding light on the very specific characteristics used to identify and classify plants, determine how they grow, and determine their evolutionary pathways.
It plays a pivotal role in placing fossil plant species on the evolutionary tree of life when DNA is no longer available.
Structural botany also aids conservation by looking at how plant forms and functions may be changing in response to environmental pressures.
With the Genomics Program, the Structural Botany laboratory is leading development of the Plant Ontology, a common-language database for facilitating communication about plant traits across all subdisciplines of plant science.
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The art of bonsai has long been valued by gardeners who enjoy shaping what should be large into something small. Bonsai gardeners often like the change, diligent care, and attention to detail that is the heart and soul of the art of bonsai, but others suffer from either a lack of aptitude or a lack of desire when it comes to such maintenance.
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See spectacular seasonal exhibitions inside a landmark glasshouse that also features a tropical rain forest and cactus-filled desert with plants that can be seen nowhere else in New York.
Explore 50 diverse gardens and plant collections across 250 acres of year-round beauty throughout the National Historic Landmark landscape, including 30,000 magnificent trees.
Enjoy exciting hands-on activities for the entire family in two gardens designed especially for children that connect plants and people, as well as wide-ranging adult education classes in several tri-state locations.
Discover the 50-acre Forest, Rock Garden, Home Gardening Center, and so much more during daily tours and programs.
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The idea of a national garden in Singapore started in 1822 when Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore and a keen naturalist, developed the first ‘Botanical and Experimental Garden’ at Fort Canning.
It was only in 1859 that the Gardens at its present site was founded and laid out in the English Landscape Movement’s style by an Agri-Horticultural society.
The New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, an educational institution, and a scientific research organization open to the public and dedicated to better understanding and preserving our natural world. Support for the Garden is more important than ever.
Help us continue to care for our 250-acre National Historic Landmark site, offer horticulture programs and plant science education for students of all ages, and conduct research that has far-reaching effects on our global community.