The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be celebrating its one hundredth b-day on June 12 with a slate of free programs
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
900 Washington Ave.
Saturday, June 12, free, 12 noon – 6:00 pm
www.bbg.org/visit/beeday
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is turning one hundred years old, and it’s celebrating the anniversary with a free, all-day birthday party featuring special activities, live performances, film screenings, workshops, and more. Among the performers are the Hiten Marimba Duo, Mecca Bodega, Stephane Wrembel: the Django Experiment, the Persuasions, Paul Mueller, and the Sweet Divines with the Legendary Maxine Brown, while the activities and tours include “Native Bees and Native Plants,” “Heirloom Annuals for the Home Gardener,” “Beekeeping Boot Camp,” “Fruit Tree Pollinators,”and boos signings with Rose-Lynn Fisher and Mary Ann Hoberman.