The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is one of the major botanic gardens in theUnited States, located in the Bronx in New York City. It covers about 250 acres (100ha) Bronx Park and is home to some of the leading laboratories in the world of plants. It offers major exhibitions and flower shows throughout the year, drawing more than 800,000 visitors annually. The New York Botanical Garden is a lover of the plant kingdom. The park is pursuingits mission through its role as a museum of living plant collections arranged in gardensand scenery in the National Historic Landmark site; through a comprehensive programof education in horticulture and crop science, and through programs of extensiveresearch by the International Plant Science Center.
THE HISTORY OF NYBG
Lorillard family has most of the land that became The New York Botanical Garden. Thatarea of land and borders shared by the City of New York and set aside for the establishment of a zoo and botanical garden. This park was established in 1891 at the bottom of the Lorillard estate, previously owned by Pierre Lorillard tobacco king. This park creation following the fundraising campaign led by the Torrey Botanical Club andColumbia University botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth Knight whowas inspired to emulate the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967.
Event New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show has become a seasonaltradition worthwhile for the family, not just in New York, but across the country. With asmall scale model trains along the half mile in and about 140 replicas of historicbuildings that are built entirely from natural ingredients: nuts, bark, fruits, pinecones,and leaves.
