One of the prettiest gardens in New York City has to be the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
It opened in 1928 to a design by acclaimed landscape architect, Harold Caparn, who was also responsible for the hugely successful design of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Today, Cranford has earned for itself the righful place as one of the largest and finest rose gardens in the US.
The garden is planted with over 5,000 bushes representing some 1,200 varieties, including rare collections such as the Crenshaw Musk, Walsh Ramblers, Van Fleet hybrids and the Brownell hybrids.
When you are there, remember to stop and smell the roses and take your time to admire and appreciate its display comprising tens of thousands of roses cascading from archways, creeping up trellises, clambering over canopies, and posing in fancy flower beds.
This is truly paradise for avid lovers of the rose.
It opened in 1928 to a design by acclaimed landscape architect, Harold Caparn, who was also responsible for the hugely successful design of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Today, Cranford has earned for itself the righful place as one of the largest and finest rose gardens in the US.
The garden is planted with over 5,000 bushes representing some 1,200 varieties, including rare collections such as the Crenshaw Musk, Walsh Ramblers, Van Fleet hybrids and the Brownell hybrids.
When you are there, remember to stop and smell the roses and take your time to admire and appreciate its display comprising tens of thousands of roses cascading from archways, creeping up trellises, clambering over canopies, and posing in fancy flower beds.
This is truly paradise for avid lovers of the rose.
Above are photographs taken during my last visit to the gardens.
Cranford Rose Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, New York City
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, New York City
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