{"id":594,"date":"2008-04-26T08:38:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-26T12:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/26\/brooklyn-blossom-at-brooklyn-botanic-garden\/"},"modified":"2013-11-20T18:54:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T22:54:48","slug":"brooklyn-blossom-at-brooklyn-botanic-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/26\/brooklyn-blossom-at-brooklyn-botanic-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/brooklyn-botanic-garden-new-yor.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Botanic Garden New York\" width=\"338\" height=\"253\" align=\"left\" \/><a title=\"Brooklyn, NY, Travel tips\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/brooklyn\/\">Brooklyn<\/a> is an iconic American landscape built on the foundation of a staggeringly diverse population, rows of century-old brownstones and a glorious industrial past. While Brooklyn\u2019s reputation has undoubtedly changed over the last 20 years, images of the borough have virtually remained the same\u2014ethnic neighborhoods, artist enclaves and really good cheesecake. Though home to an excellent botanic garden, Americans rarely associate the borough with tranquil Japanese gardens, coy ponds and thousands of plant species. <strong>Since 1952 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has been a secret known only by Brooklynites and horticulturalists. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is truly a New York must see<\/strong>, and New York Habitat\u2019s <a title=\"Brooklyn, NY, Vacation Rentals\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/brooklyn\">Brooklyn accommodations<\/a> keep guests a mere sniff away from the closest roses.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Set on 52 acres smack dab in the center of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of the premier public outdoor spaces in all of <a title=\"Travel tips about New York City\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/\">New York City<\/a>. The garden features more than 10,000 different kinds of plants from around the globe and each month thousands of new plants are in full bloom. A visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is quite the New York experience, the fragrance and dramatic colors of the wildly abundant plant life come to life like the streets of Manhattan during rush hour. <strong>The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is another one of those places where <div class=\"img alignright size-full wp-image-781\" style='width:300px;'>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/12480\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/12480d18.jpg\" alt=\"New York apartment (NY-12480)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div>New York apartment (NY-12480)<\/div>\n<\/div>visitors have a hard time believing they are in New York City.<\/strong> The Garden is located adjacent to the fields of Prospect Park and the roundabout of Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn\u2019s own version of the Champs Elysees.<br \/>\n<strong>Guests looking to wake up near Brooklyn\u2019s urban oasis should have a look at <a title=\"Apartment rentals in Park Slope, Brooklyn\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/brooklyn\/park-slope\">apartments in Park Slope<\/a>,<a title=\"Vacation Rentals in Prospect Heights, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/brooklyn\/prospect-heights-clinton-hill-fort-greene\"> accommodations in Prospect Heights<\/a> and <a title=\"Apartments for rent in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, Brooklyn\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/brooklyn\/bedford-stuyvesant-crown-heights\">rentals in Bedford-Stuyvesant<\/a>. Here are a few to get you started:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This <a title=\"New York Accommodation 2 Bedroom Rental in Park Slope (NY-14778)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/14778\">2 Bedroom Rental in Park Slope (NY-14778)<\/a> is less than a block away from Prospect Park and features decorative fireplaces and wood floors.<\/li>\n<li>Just a few blocks from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is this spacious <a title=\"New York Accommodation: 1 bedroom vacation rental in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (NY-12480\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\/12480\">1 bedroom rental accommodation in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn(NY-12480)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New York Habitat may have made its name with Manhattan rentals, but <strong>we nevertheless encourage visitors to stay in Brooklyn for the culture, restaurants and blooming flowers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn is an iconic American landscape built on the foundation of a staggeringly diverse population, rows of century-old brownstones and a glorious industrial past. 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