January 25th, 2010
Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York
Each of the five boroughs of New York offers great cultural attractions and diverse atmospheres as well as unique aspects. Frequently the tourists who stay in one of the New York City hotels of five star status visit more than one of these individual boroughs as part of their trip. Brooklyn offers a great variety of cultural and entertainment options and it is also home of the world popular Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This amazing home to over 10,000 taxa of plants is located near the Park Slope, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights neighborhoods and receives over 900,000 visiters from around the world every year.
This beautiful botanical establishment houses numerous additional specialty exhibits and museum spaces and these include three climate themed plant pavilions as well as the C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum. In addition there is a glass aquatic house as well as an art gallery and the Steinhardt Conservatory. One of the most attractive features of the garden is its diverse and substantial collection of cherry trees. The Cherry Esplanade provides an enchanting stroll through over forty-two Asian species of cherry tree. It is one of the most popular elements featured in the garden.
The Shakespeare Garden is one of the specific theme oriented gardens and was established based on a donation from Henry C. Folger, who is the founder of the acclaimed academic oriented Folger Shakespeare Library. This English cottage styled garden features more than 80 plants that were referenced by Shakespeare in one or more of his plays and or poems. The Cranford Rose Garden is was established by a generous donation from Walter V. Cranford, whose engineering firm constricted many of Brooklyn’s subway tunnels. This beautiful and aromatic garden features over 5,000 bushes, which represent almost 1,400 types of roses. Tourists from across the globe are attracted to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for various and sometimes specific reasons though they end up enjoying the diverse exhibits displayed there.