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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Brooklyn Botanical Garden is a stunning 52-acre urban botanical garden in New York City’s Brooklyn borough. The historic garden is located on Mount Prospect Park in Central Brooklyn. The garden is home to over 12,000 plant species planted throughout the vast grounds, divided into specialty gardens and collections to make maintenance manageable and aesthetically pleasing.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden receives approximately 725,000 visitors annually and is open all year round. The Garden’s administration allows visitors to rent out designated areas, i.e., the Palm House and Atrium, to host private events like weddings.

In the middle of New York’s urban sprawl, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden can experience a sense of being close to nature. Like all urban gardens and parks, it creates a sense of respect for the environment and fosters a sense of guardianship of nature for future generations. 

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History of Landscaping and Expansion

The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences was the chief patron of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden when it opened its premises for the first visitors on May 13, 1911. Local engineer Egbert Viele drew up the park’s original plans, but the civil war forced them to be scrapped. Later these plans were picked up again by Calvert Vaux, an architect, and landscape designer, in 1865. Vaux is also the co-designer of New York City’s Central Park. His revised plans laid the groundwork for 39 acres of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which included the Native Flora Garden, the first section open to the general public. In 1912, Harold Caparn was hired as the new landscape architect. He held this post for over thirty years. His designs produced the Osborne Garden, the Cranford Rose Garden, and the Magnolia Plaza. The construction of the Laboratory Administration Building, designed by McKim, Mead & White, also began during his tenure.

Over the years that followed, the botanical garden’s expansive acreage continued to grow with the addition of numerous other specialty gardens.

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Specialty Gardens and Other Attractions

The vast acres of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden have become home to millions of trees and plants. These beautiful plants are grown in harmonious especially designed areas to preserve their natural habitats. Cherry Esplanade, Native Flora Garden, Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Cranford Rose Garden, Rock Garden, Shakespeare Garden, Alice Recknagel Ireys Fragrance Garden, Herb Garden, Children’s Garden, and the Water Garden are some popular gardens on the grounds.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden also features a variety of other attractions, including the Lili Pool Terrace, with Koi fish; the Celebrity Path adorned, honoring local celebrities like Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand. Another star attraction is the Steinhardt Conservatory, which also houses the C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum, and has earned the distinction of being the oldest collection of dwarf potted trees in the US.

The Overlook, located above the Cherry Esplanade, the Garden’s Art Gallery, and the Aquatic House, which houses many tropical aquatic plant species, the collection of carnivore plants and orchid species is also popular with visitors.

Community and Educational Programs

The Garden hosts many educational, horticulture, and conservation programs for adults and children. Since 1945, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens has published books to raise awareness about the environment and nature conservation. The first publication was a series of gardening handbooks, which launched the journey that eventually led to an extensive dedicated website and a Garden News Blog.

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