| Great place to talk. There are better tended gardens on Long Island but this is free, not crowded and quiet. There are plenty of benches around the park and lots of shady area.
Clark Botanic Garden is a 12-acre living museum and educational facility. [1]
The garden was established in 1969 on the former estate of Grenville Clark, a noted attorney, author, and advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1966, Clark donated his home to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The site now contains approximately 5,000 species of plants, with over 1,000 labeled trees, shrubs, and garden plants arranged in 12 specialty gardens. Collections include native wildflowers, conifers, roses, perennials, daylilies, wetland plants, rock garden plants, herbs, butterfly plants, and medicinal plants. [2] (more...)
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