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In This Issue
Free Gift with Membership
Green Trail Guide Debuts
HSBC Children's Garden
Spring Programs
Items of Note
Better Homes & Gardens cover
 
FREE GIFT with Membership - March 15 - June 15!
Thinking about becoming a member? Need to renew? Join or renew your membership to Queens Botanical Garden between March 15 and June 15, 2010, and receive a FREE subscription to Better Homes and Gardens magazine, thanks to American Public Gardens Association (APGA) and Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Don't delay - do it today!
 
Green Trail Guide in EnglishGreen Trail Guide Debuts at QBG
Protecting and nourishing our environment and our community-by making sustainable choices-is one of the most important missions at Queens Botanical Garden.  The Green Trail is a series of signs throughout the Garden and inside the Visitor & Administration Center that describe how we practice environmental stewardship-from our design and construction to our gardening practices and other day-to-day operations-and how you can practice sustainability at home.  The Guide is available for download in Chinese, English, Korean and Spanish.  Click for more information and to download the Guide.
Children's Garden imageHSBC Children's Garden Summer Session! 
It's not too early to think about the Summer Session of the HSBC Children's Garden.  Join us for the Free Family Day on June 24 or register for the program which starts July 5.  Click here for more information.
Spring Programs
Visit our website for detailed information about all of our upcoming programs.  Here's a short list of what's happening at QBG in the coming weeks:
  • Orientation & Tour - every Saturday and Sunday @ noon
  • Paper Folding Fun for Everyone - Saturday May 15 @ 2 pm
  • Listening and Speaking: The Dialogue of Children with the Natural World - Saturday May 22 @ 10 am
  • In Our Backyard a Tree Lives - Saturday May 22 @ 2 pm
  • MillionTreesNYC Tree Care Workshop - Wednesday May 26 in Ridgewood
Items of Note
  • The Parking Garden is now open for visitors during normal operating hours; fee is $5.
  • Do you haiku? Head over to our blog to enter our Haiku Contest.
  • Plan to join us for our 15th Annual Rose Ball on Wednesday June 16.
  • The Senior Garden has spaces available; call 718-263-9546 for more information.
  • Bloomin' Buck$ with Brent and Becky's Bulbs is back; help QBG while shopping for supplies.
  • Volunteers are needed in all areas of the Garden; click for more information.
  • Are you a Groupon member? Join the new Queens site and watch for upcoming deals at QBG.
 
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Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, NY.  All events take place at QBG unless otherwise noted.  For more information, including admission fees and travel directions, please visit our website or call 718.886.3800.
The Queens Botanical Garden is located on property owned in full by the City of New York, and its operation is made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.  The New York City Council and The New York State Office of DCA LogoParks, Recreation and Historic Preservation provide a portion of the Garden's general operating funds.  The Queens Borough President and Queens elected representatives in the City Council and State Legislature provide leadership funding.  Corporations, foundations and individuals provide additional support.

Photo: Shari Romar