Queens Botanical Garden

📍 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355

Upcoming (21)

Watercolor Workshop: Greenhouse Colors

📅 Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Other

Come paint beautiful plants in winter in a watercolor workshop with exclusive access to QBG's greenhouse!

Compost Beautification Community Volunteer Days

📅 Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

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

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, January 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, February 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Compost Site Tour

📅 Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Other

Join us for a behind-the-scenes Compost Site Tour.

Intro to Composting (Master Composter Course)

📅 Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Other

Learn about the basics of the composting process that hold true everywhere from your backyard to a community garden.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, February 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Compost Beautification Community Volunteer Days

📅 Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

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

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, February 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, February 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Compost Site Tour

📅 Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Other

Join us for a behind-the-scenes Compost Site Tour.

Master Composter Course: Systems, Tools, and Scales

📅 Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Other

This course will be a workshop and discussion of composting systems, tools, and scales, focusing on NYC. Whether you have decades of composting experience or none at all, everyone is welcome and encouraged to join this free 2-hour course. Systems, Tools, and Scales is one of seven required workshops for completion of the Master Composter Certificate.

Master Composter Course: Caring for Soils with Compost, Mulch, and Crops

📅 Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Other

Join the QBG compost team for a workshop on how compost and other maintenance practices impact soil health.

Compost Beautification Community Volunteer Days

📅 Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

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

Rain Garden Stewardship Volunteer Days

📅 Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Help keep Queens Botanical Garden's rain gardens clean, green, and growing! Join NYC DEP's Green Infrastructure team, in partnership with QBG, for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and learn how to become a steward for the rain gardens in your neighborhood.

Compost Site Tour

📅 Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Other

Join us for a behind-the-scenes Compost Site Tour

Compost Advocacy & Community-Building (Master Composter Course)

📅 Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Other

Join the QBG compost team for an educational session on Compost Advocacy & Community-Building. This free class counts towards the completion of the Master Composter Course, but anyone is welcome to attend.

Rain Garden Stewardship Volunteer Days

📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Help keep Queens Botanical Garden's rain gardens clean, green, and growing! Join NYC DEP's Green Infrastructure team, in partnership with QBG, for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and learn how to become a steward for the rain gardens in your neighborhood.

Rain Garden Stewardship Volunteer Days

📅 Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Help keep Queens Botanical Garden's rain gardens clean, green, and growing! Join NYC DEP's Green Infrastructure team, in partnership with QBG, for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and learn how to become a steward for the rain gardens in your neighborhood.

Rain Garden Stewardship Volunteer Days

📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Help keep Queens Botanical Garden's rain gardens clean, green, and growing! Join NYC DEP's Green Infrastructure team, in partnership with QBG, for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and learn how to become a steward for the rain gardens in your neighborhood.

Past (21)

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost staff on our epic compost build days! During our weekly Community Compost Build, volunteers will experience a mid-scale compost operation and get firsthand experience building a compost windrow using Queens-generated food scraps and QBG horticultural waste. Volunteers are welcome to bring their own food scraps to the build! Registration required.

Soil Health and Soil Science Workshop (Master Composter)

📅 Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Other

Join the QBG compost team for a workshop on Soil Health and Science as part of the Master Composter Program.

Compost In Context (Master Composter)

📅 Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Other

Learn about composting in the context of NYC — its challenges, changes, and importance — in this free two-hour session.

Compost Site Tour

📅 Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Other

Join us for a behind-the-scenes Compost Site Tour.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, December 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff for our weekly on-site compost build and learn about processing community food scraps into nutrient rich compost.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff for our weekly on-site compost build and learn about processing community food scraps into nutrient rich compost.

Compost Beautification Community Volunteer Days

📅 Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff to tour and care for our compost demo site by weeding, mulching, planting, applying compost and gardening.

Rain Garden Stewardship Volunteer Days

📅 Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Help keep Queens Botanical Garden's rain gardens clean, green, and growing. Join NYC DEP's Green Infrastructure team, in partnership with QBG, for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and learn how to become a steward for the rain gardens in your neighborhood.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff for our weekly on-site compost build and learn about processing community food scraps into nutrient rich compost.

Intro to Composting (Master Composter Course)

📅 Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Other

Learn about the basics of the composting process that hold true everywhere from your backyard to a community garden.

Crafting Cheer

📅 Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Other

Drop in to a staff-led holiday card-making workshop.

Community Volunteering: Put the Farm to Bed

📅 Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join us on the QBG Farm for an end-of-season volunteering day! As we close out the beds for winter, we would love extra hands and support for weeding, adding topsoil, adding compost, and/or cutting down perennial crops.

Community Volunteering: Put the Farm to Bed

📅 Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join us on the QBG Farm for an end-of-season volunteering day! As we close out the beds for winter, we would love extra hands and support for weeding, adding topsoil, adding compost, and/or cutting down perennial crops.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff for our weekly on-site compost build and learn about processing community food scraps into nutrient rich compost.

Winter Wonder

📅 Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Other

Celebrate the season at Winter Wonder at Queens Botanical Garden with live music, crafts, and festive shopping. Snap photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, take selfies among the beautiful evergreen displays in the Garden, and enjoy seasonal drinks from the Holiday Bar.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff for our weekly on-site compost build and learn about processing community food scraps into nutrient rich compost.

Winter Coat Drive

📅 Friday, November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Other

Bring your new or gently-used coats to QGB for donation to the New York Cares winter coat drive.

Farm Stand

📅 Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Other

Visit our Farm Stand on the Terrace. All produce sold at the Stand is grown on-site at QBG using organic and regenerative practices, and is available on a sliding scale, donation basis.

Farm Community Volunteer Days

📅 Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join QBG's Farm staff for an engaging, educational event where you will learn gardening basics and work hands-on with plants.

Compost Build Community Volunteer Days

📅 Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Other

Join the QBG Compost Staff for our weekly on-site compost build and learn about processing community food scraps into nutrient rich compost.

Quintet of the Americas

📅 Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Other

Enjoy a free concert highlighting the musical traditions across the Americas.