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New York Botanical Garden

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The New York Botanical Garden is a 250-acre Victorian-style botanical garden located in the Bronx Borough of New York City. It is home to more than a million living plants and is just a 20-minute ride from Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Since 2016, the garden has attracted more than a million visitors each year.

As a prominent educational institution, the New York Botanical Garden promotes an understanding of plants and botanical sciences through interactive activities and programs. It also aims to educate visitors about the importance of a healthy ecosystem and mindful eating practices. The garden is also home to one of the largest plant research and conservation projects.

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History

Recognizing the need for a natural retreat in the midst of an urban environment, the Torrey Botanical Society actively advocated for the creation of a botanical garden in New York in 1888. With the support of the botanical sciences department at Columbia University, the society launched a fundraising and awareness campaign to gain the attention of the public and city government. They proposed building a botanical garden in the Bronx, inspired by the famous Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London.

The land for the garden was acquired in 1889, and the New York Botanical Garden opened its doors to visitors in April 1891. The library and conservatory inside the garden were initially designed in 1895 by architect Calvert Vaux, who, along with his team and park superintendent, Samuel Parsons Jr., presented the initial plan for the additions to the garden. The final plan was approved after further revisions by Robert W. Gibson and Lincoln Pierson of the Lord & Burnham architecture firms. The LuEsther T. Mertz Library was completed in 1900, and the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in 1902.

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Attractions

The New York Botanical Garden layout features 50 different types of gardens, each with its own specialized plant collection. Visitors can explore the Thain Family Forest, a 50-acre tract of land with the original forests and plants found in the New York environment. This garden contains trees that are more than 200 years old and is the most significant piece of land in New York that has never been logged. It features a beautiful natural growth of oak, cherry, white ash, American beech, and birch trees.

Other popular New York Botanical Garden gardens include the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, the Alpine Rock Garden, the Conifer Arboretum, the Ladies’ Border, the Perennial Garden, and the Marjorie G. Rosen Seasonal Walk.

The garden is also home to education and research institutes such as the Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory, a privately funded research facility located within the garden; the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which has 550,000 physical volumes, 1,800 journals and 6.5 million botanical specimens; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, displaying exotic plants such as cacti and tropical flora and fauna; the William & Lynda Steere Herbarium, which houses the most extensive herbarium collection in the world; and the School of Professional Horticulture, which offers curriculum to help develop skilled horticulturists.

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