This is the last week of October hours at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the garden's guided fall color walks end with it. Its daily Seasonal Highlights Tour finishes its run on Saturday, October 31, and a separate Fall Splendor Tour runs only twice, on Friday and Saturday.

Starting Sunday, November 1, the garden switches to its November schedule and closes at 3:30 p.m. instead of 6 p.m.

The two foliage tours

  • Fall Splendor Tour, Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. A guided walk through the garden's fall color: black tupelos, maples, ginkgos turning gold, Liberty Oaks and orange and red sumacs. It meets at Magnolia Plaza by the building steps, needs no registration and is included with garden admission. The garden notes that outdoor tours can be canceled in bad weather.
  • Seasonal Highlights Tour, Tuesday through Sunday, 1 to 2 p.m., through Saturday, October 31. A walk led by the garden's trained Garden Guides covering fall foliage, fruits and flowers. The tour carries no extra charge.

Also on Saturday

  • Fall Family Discovery Weekends, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Discovery Garden, a drop-in program for families with children of any age. Saturday is the final day of the fall season.
  • Fall Family Story Time, 11 a.m. to noon, garden-themed stories read by volunteers, drop-in.
  • How Not to Kill Your Houseplants, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a continuing education class on picking plants for your space and keeping them alive indoors. Preregistration required.

For toddlers, Fall First Discoveries continues Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through November 6, with potting, crafts and stories at activity stations in the Discovery Garden.

Hours and admission

Through Saturday the garden is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From November 1 it is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and closed Mondays and Thanksgiving Day. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing.

Admission at the box office is $22 for adults and $16 for seniors 65 and over and students 12 and over with ID; buying online adds a fee, to $23.67 and $17.47. Children under 12 and members get in free, and the garden sets aside a share of each day's tickets as free community tickets.

Getting there

The garden has three entrances: 150 Eastern Parkway, 455 Flatbush Avenue and 990 Washington Avenue. The 2 and 3 trains stop at Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum. The B, Q and S stop at Prospect Park, near the Flatbush Avenue entrance (no B train on weekends). The 4 and 5 stop at Franklin Avenue, a station with no elevator.

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