Touring The Brooklyn Botanic Garden...By Phone

WNYC News | Apr 5, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak may have brought many facets of life in New York City to a halt, but it can't stop Mother Nature.

Look no further than the Brooklyn Botanic Garden where the flowers are beginning to bloom. But with the facility temporarily closed, there's nobody to see them. 

So Mark Fisher, Vice President of Horticulture and Facilities, took WNYC's Emily Lang on a tour of the garden...over the phone.

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