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| Hours | Apr-Sept Tues-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm; Oct-Mar Tues-Fri 8am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4:30pm | ||
| Address | 900 Washington Ave | ||
| Location | At Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn | ||
| Transportation | Subway: Q to Prospect Park; 2, 3 to Eastern Pkwy./Brooklyn Museum | ||
| Phone | 718/623-7200 | ||
| Web site | www.bbg.org | ||
| Prices | Admission $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, free for children under 16, free to all Tues and Sat 10am-noon year-round, plus Wed-Fri from mid-Nov through Feb | ||
Frommer's Review
Down the street from the Brooklyn Museum of Art is the most popular botanic garden in the city. This peaceful 52-acre sanctuary is at its most spectacular in May when the thousands of deep pink blossoms of cherry trees are abloom. Well worth seeing is the spectacular Cranford Rose Garden, one of the largest and finest in the country; the Shakespeare Garden, an English garden featuring plants mentioned in his writings; a Children's Garden; the Osborne Garden, a 3-acre formal garden; the Fragrance Garden, designed for the blind but appreciated by all noses; and the extraordinary Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. The renowned C. V. Starr Bonsai Museum is home to the world's oldest and largest collection of bonsai, while the impressive $2.5-million Steinhardt Conservatory holds the garden's extensive indoor plant collection.
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Frommer's New York City 2008
Author: Brian Silverman |
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