New York Botanical Gardens

NYC is replete with wonderful wooded areas where quiet streams wind their way to waterfalls and beautiful vistas. The Ravine in Central Park, and the magnificent view of the Palisades from Inwood Park are some of my favorites. One of the most beautiful parts of the Bronx is the New York Botanical Gardens. It was founded in 1891 and contains 50 different gardens and plant collections. You can see waterfalls, wetlands and a 50 acre part of original old growth NY forest! Never logged! Some trees are more than 200 years old. That's pretty cool. My favorite thing to see is the 1890s wrought iron Crystal Palace greenhouse. The Gardens are also home to The Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory which is the leader in botanical research, collecting plants from around the world, and is currently creating The Barcode of Life, which is the DNA sampling of all the different species of trees around the world...you don't care about that, but the FLOWERS are Pretty! :^)

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