Queens Botanical Garden Society Inc

Education - provides programs, workshops and special events that advance a dual mission of sustainability and cultural expression. In fy24 qbg educators worked with 21,329 school children and 1,350 teachers through onsite environmental education workshops, tours and teacher training programs. Education programs focus on steam learning (science, technology, engineering, art, math) to teach urban children about plants,ecosystems, trees, and bees. Qbg is home to one of the largest composting demonstration and processing sites in the city, and focuses on outreach to various neighborhoods in queens. Qbg also hosts several nature-based programs for early childhood through middle school-aged youth throughout the year, ranging from one-time classes to multi-week sessions during out-of-school times.

Visitor services - promotes a positive visitor experience and welcomed nearly 270,246 visitors onsite in fy24. Qbg served 281,939 people which includes 11,693 reached through our outreach and virtual engagement efforts. The visitor & administration building houses a variety of amenities including the gift shop, food service concessions, qbg gallery, special event & facility rentals and qbg membership hospitality. Throughout the year, visitor services provides meaningful, workplace readiness volunteer experiences for dozens of high school students and college interns.public programs staff coordinate nearly 76 public programs and events for visitors in a typical year; public programs highlight the changes in nature throughout the seasons, plant collections throughout the garden, bees and honey, cultural significance of plants, visual arts, performing arts and green / sustainable living.

Outreach volunteerplanning/capital projects and research?