New York Botanical Garden
A Victorian glass palace round a palm dome, old-growth hemlocks and oaks over the Bronx River falls by the 1840 Stone Mill, the Fountain of Life before the domed library, and a terraced native wetland.
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| Inspired by | The New York Botanical Garden (the Bronx) |
|---|---|
| Size | 112 × 80 m |
| Latitude | 40.9° N |
| Climate | local climate normals |
| Plants | 497 plants of 68 species |
Gardens and biomes
- Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
- Thain Family Forest (old growth)
- Bronx River gorge
- Rose garden
- Native Plant Garden wetland
- Rock Garden
- Azalea Garden
- Conifers
Landmarks, buildings and water
- Garden Way
- Library Allée
- Conservatory courtyard
- Palm Dome floor
- Palm Dome (Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, 1902)
- Tropical rainforest gallery
- West wing (lowland rainforest)
- Desert galleries (Americas and Africa)
- East wing (deserts)
- Courtyard pool
- LuEsther T. Mertz Library (1901)
- Lillian Goldman Fountain basin
- Fountain of Life
- Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
- Gazebo
- Rose arbor
- Thain Family Forest (old-growth, leaf litter)
- Bronx River gorge (gneiss)
- Bronx River
- Snuff Mill waterfall (dam)
- Stone Mill (1840)
- Hester Bridge
- Forest trail
- Native Plant Garden (meadow)
- Wetland terrace pool
- Wetland boardwalk
- Rock Garden (1932)
- Rock Garden pond
- Rock Garden ledge (stone)
- Rock Garden cascade
- Azalea Garden (under oaks)
- Benenson Ornamental Conifers
Plants in this garden
- Aloe vera Aloe vera · 4
- American sycamore Platanus occidentalis · 1
- Aubrieta Aubrieta deltoidea · 16
- Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii · 10
- Bird's nest fern Asplenium nidus · 4
- Bismarck palm Bismarckia nobilis · 1
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 12
- Blue water lily (blue lotus of Egypt) Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea · 2
- Broadleaf cattail (bulrush) Typha latifolia · 6
- Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa · 8
- Cacao Theobroma cacao · 2
- Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis · 8
- Caribbean royal palm Roystonea oleracea · 1
- Century plant (agave) Agave americana · 3
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides · 16
- Clustering fishtail palm Caryota mitis · 1
- Coconut palm Cocos nucifera · 1
- Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens · 2
- Common columbine Aquilegia vulgaris · 12
- Common houseleek Sempervivum tectorum · 20
- Common juniper Juniperus communis · 3
- Creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis · 6
- Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides · 2
- Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis · 1
- Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis · 2
- Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana · 3
- Eastern white pine Pinus strobus · 3
- Encrusted saxifrage Saxifraga paniculata · 16
- Flamingo flower Anthurium andraeanum · 4
- Flowering dogwood Cornus florida · 6
- Fragrant water lily Nymphaea odorata · 6
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida · 56
- Giant taro (elephant ear) Alocasia macrorrhizos · 3
- Golden barrel cactus Echinocactus grusonii · 6
- Hanging lobster claw (heliconia) Heliconia rostrata · 4
- Hardy water lily (Marliac hybrids) Nymphaea × marliacea · 4
- Hinoki cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa · 3
- Hybrid witch hazel Hamamelis x intermedia · 4
- Japanese black pine Pinus thunbergii · 2
- Joe Pye weed Eutrochium purpureum · 4
- Lacebark pine Pinus bungeana · 2
- Large-flowered trillium Trillium grandiflorum · 10
- Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium · 12
- Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas · 8
- Mexican snowball (echeveria) Echeveria elegans · 6
- Moss phlox (creeping phlox) Phlox subulata · 24
- Mountain avens Dryas octopetala · 8
- Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia · 4
- Northern red oak Quercus rubra · 7
- Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin · 8
- Norway spruce Picea abies · 2
- Pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris · 16
- Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata · 9
- Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea · 12
- Quiver tree (kokerboom) Aloidendron dichotomum · 1
- Rhododendron Rhododendron · 6
- Sacred lotus Nelumbo nucifera · 3
- Saguaro Carnegiea gigantea · 1
- Satsuki azalea Rhododendron indicum · 24
- Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis · 2
- Stemless gentian Gentiana acaulis · 12
- Swiss cheese plant Monstera deliciosa · 2
- Switchgrass Panicum virgatum · 6
- Thrift (sea pink) Armeria maritima · 16
- Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera · 7
- Urn plant (silver vase bromeliad) Aechmea fasciata · 4
- Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginica · 12
- White oak Quercus alba · 5
A design inspired by The New York Botanical Garden (the Bronx), scaled to fit, built from Garden ME's reference plant data. It is not a survey or a map of the real garden.