Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

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 Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
 
Location: 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is located next to Prospect Park near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Founded in 1910, the fifty-two-acre garden includes a cherry tree esplanade, a one-acre rose garden, a Japanese hill and pond garden, a fragrance garden for the blind, a water lily pond esplanade, several conservatories, a rock garden, a native flora garden, a bonsai tree collection, a childrenā€˜s garden looked after by children from 3 through 18, and discovery exhibits. The Cranford Rose Garden displays more than 5000 bushes with approximately 1200 varieties of the perfect rose.

Making Your Way Through The Gardens
We suggest that you take a few minutes when you arrive, take your map of the Garden in hand and see what it has to offer. Are you an avid gardener? Maybe you want to check out the Fragrance Garden. If you combine your gardening skills with cooking, you may want to spend some more time in the Herb Garden. Are you into botany? You may then want to budget out more time to check out the Steinhardt Conservatory.


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