Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York City##&&New York City##&&Attractions##&&Map##&&Tours##&&Hotels##&&Facts##&&Buildings##&&Posters##&&Pictures##&&A View On Cities##&&New York City##&&New York Attractions##&&Brooklyn Botanic Garden##&&Loading...##&&Statue of Liberty##&&Brooklyn Bridge##&&Times Square##&&Empire State Building##&&Central Park##&&Chrysler Building##&&Grand Central Terminal##&&Rockefeller Center##&&Metropolitan Museum of Art##&&Fifth Avenue##&&Memorial##&&MoMA##&&Wall Street##&&Ellis Island##&&United Nations HQ##&&Bryant Park##&&High Line##&&Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum##&&Flatiron Building##&&Guggenheim Museum##&&Lincoln Center##&&Woolworth Building##&&Madison Square##&&South Street Seaport##&&Metlife Tower##&&Tudor City##&&Madison Square Garden##&&New York Public Library##&&St. Patrick's Cathedral##&&Grant's Tomb##&&Coney Island##&&Columbus Circle##&&Museum of Natural History##&&Plaza Hotel##&&More New York Attractions...##&&Brooklyn Botanic Garden##&&Info##&&Location/Map##&&Nearby##&&Photos##&&Rating##&&votes##&&votes##&&Links##&&-##&&bbg.org##&&Sitting on what was once the site of an ash 
dump, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has been a colorful addition to the 
city for nearly one hundred years.##&&A Brief History##&&Rose Garden##&&Palm House and Lily Pool##&&Citing the need for some dedicated green space, the New York legislature
 put aside acres in for the building of a botanic garden. Though
 it took years to design and open the garden, in it finally 
opened to the public. Through the first decade, the garden continued to 
grow with new additions including rock gardens, a Japanese garden, and a
 children's garden.##&&In an auxiliary was formed to support the garden and things 
continued to expand within the acres (16 ha), eventually stretching 
to acres (21 ha) to include the addition of the Rose Arc Pool, the 
Steinhardt Conservatory, an education center, and the Palm House.##&&Since a number of elements have also been restored or renovated 
and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden now houses some ten thousand different 
kinds of plants from around the world.##&&What You'll See##&&Japanese Garden##&&Torii##&&Rock Garden##&&It will take a few hours to sufficiently cover all that the garden has 
to offer and guests should make time for a leisurely stroll so as not to
 miss anything.##&&A good first stop is the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, the first Japanese garden created within an American public garden.##&&The Shakespeare Garden is a typical English cottage garden while the 
Fragrance Garden, originally created for the visually impaired, 
encourages visitors to touch and smell the blooms.##&&In March and April, the Magnolia Plaza is the most fragrant part of the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Spread in front of the administration building,
 it features seventeen varieties of fragrant magnolia trees.##&&For a look at some tropical beauties, check out the Lily Pool Terrace, 
an area which includes one hundred varieties of tropical water-lilies 
and sacred lotus, best viewed at their peak in July, August, and 
September.##&&Inside the Steinhardt Conservatory you'll find an impressive collection 
of greenhouse plants, and in the Children's Garden, young visitors are 
invited to garden, with eight hundred doing so each year. This is the 
oldest established children's garden in the country.##&&Sundial Statue##&&Finally,
 the beautiful Cranford Rose Garden features five thousand bushes of 
twelve hundred varieties of America's favorite flower. Open during the 
spring, summer, and early fall, the rose garden staff offers classes for
 potential rose growers.##&&Several other gardens also delight the senses, including a rock garden, 
daffodil hill and herb garden. For a more complete overview of the whole
 botanic garden, consider taking an informative and inexpensive 
90-minute tour of the facility. Some tours also include a buffet lunch. 
In addition, public classes/programs are held nearly every day that the 
gardens are open.##&&Next:##&&Ford Foundation Building##&&Next Brooklyn Attraction:##&&Brooklyn Bridge##&&Subway##&&Prospect Park (B,Q)##&&Eastern Parkway/ Brooklyn Museum (3)##&&Location##&&Washington Avenue##&&Brooklyn, NY##&&nyc##&&x##&&Press ESC to close##&&powered by##&&www.aviewoncities.com