Botanical gardens in new york

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Botanical Gardens in New York

Feel the Natural Refreshment

New York Botanical Garden

New York Botanical Garden

Location

• Bronx Park

Area Covered

• 100 Hectares

New York Botanical Garden

Number of Gardens: 50

Most Popular Ones:

• The Peggy Rockfeller Rose Garden

• Rock Garden

Also features:

Research facilities including a propagation center

New York Botanical Garden

Old-Growth New York Forest features:

• American Beeches

• Oaks

• Tulip

• Birch

• Cherry

• white ash

Lasdon Park and Arboretum

Lasdon Park and Arboretum

• Spans over 30 acres

Major Highlights

• Chinese Friendship Pavilion

• An open grass meadow

• Woodlands

Lasdon Park and Arboretum

Other Attractions:

• Formal Gardens

• Azalea Garden

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Known for

• Specialty Gardens:

• The Japanese Hill and Pond Garden

• The Shakespeare Garden

• The Children’s Garden

• Steinhardt Conservatory

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

• Designed by: Takeo Shiota

• First ever Japanese garden to be developed in the public gardens in the USA

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

The Japanese Hill and Pond Garden

Main Attractions are artificial

• Waterfall

• Island

• Pond

• Hills

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

The Japanese Hill and Pond Garden

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

The Shakespeare Garden

Donated by C. Folger, founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

The Shakespeare Garden

Main Attractions:

• 80 plants that had been named in the poems and plays of Shakespeare

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