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  2. New York Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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    The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City.Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre (100 ha) site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats; and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world's largest collections of ...

  3. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in New York

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    New York City 40°40′7.32″N 73°57′52.92″W  /  40.6687000°N 73.9647000°W  / 40.6687000; -73.9647000 Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

  4. Elgin Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Elgin Botanic Garden was the first public botanical garden in the United States, established in 1801 by New York physician David Hosack. By 1810, Hosack was no longer able to fund the garden's expenses, and sold the land to the State of New York. The property was given to Columbia College in 1814, and the gardens were abandoned.

  5. Queens Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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    Queens Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, New York City. The 39-acre (16 ha) site features rose, bee, herb, wedding, and perennial gardens; an arboretum; an art gallery; and a LEED -certified Visitor & Administration Building.

  6. Enid A. Haupt Conservatory - Wikipedia

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    The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) was inspired when Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth Gertrude Britton visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1888. [7] The NYBG was established in 1891 by act of the New York State Legislature, which among other things, established a board of directors whose job was to raise money for the garden. [8]

  7. List of New York City gardens - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of gardens in New York City which are open to the public (listed alphabetically): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  8. Thain Family Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Thain Family Forest is a 50-acre (20 ha) section of old-growth forest along the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden, for a time known as the Native Forest and historically as the Hemlock Grove. [1] [2] Its heritage dates in part to pre-colonial Lenapehoking. New York City acquired 4,000 acres (~1620 ha) as parkland in 1888, and in ...

  9. List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

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    Community gardens in New York City; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge; New York Aquarium; New York Botanical Garden; Prospect Park Zoo; Queens Botanical Garden; Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden (formerly the British Garden) Queens Zoo; Queens County Farm Museum; Staten Island Botanical Garden. The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden; Staten ...

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