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GW’s River Horse

GW’s River Horse Legend has it that the atomic was once home to these wondrous beasts. George and Martha Washington are even said to have watched them cavort in the river shallows from the...

    Seneca Village Community - Livelihoods

    Seneca Village CommunityLivelihoods   In this area lived several African-American families whose individual occupations give us further insight into the lives of residents of Seneca Village,...

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • central park
    • seneca village
    • 1855
    • 1856

    Quercus x Hawkinsii Hybrid Oak

    QUERCUS X HAWKINSII   HYBRID OAK   DEDICATED IN HONOR   OF EARL D. WEINER   CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 1998-2007

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • tree
    • trees
    • oak
    • oaks
    • 1998
    • 2007

    Boulder Hill

    BOULDER HILL AND THE ENTIRE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN ARE PART OF THE TERMINAL GLACIAL MORAINE EXTENDING FROM THE NARROWS TO MONTAUK POINT   THIS TABLET WAS GIVEN IN 1932 BY THE BOYS...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • boulder hill
    • glacial moraine

    Barbara Rich

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF   BARBARA RICH MOTHER, EDUCATOR, ACTIVIST, PLANT WHISPERER.Submitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • barbara rich

    Blossom Perlmutter Fuerst

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF BLOSSOM PERLMUTTER FUERST 1928-2005 FROM HER HUSBAND MELVIN,CHILDREN LISA AND CLAUDIASubmitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • blossom perl...
    • 1928
    • 2005

    Dr. Melvin Burt Fuerst

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF DR. MELVIN BURT FUERST 1924-2013Submitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • melvin fuerst
    • 1924
    • 2013

    Ernestine Feinland

    "IT WASN'T UNTIL I VISITED BBG THAT I DISCOVERED NATURE FIRST HAND. THERE I ENTERED A WORLD OF MAGIC."   ERNESTINE FEINLAND

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • ernestine feinland

    John and Eleanor Peterson

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHILDREN'S GARDEN PARENTSJOHN PETERSON, 1936-1986 ELEANOR PETERSON, 1941-2013Submitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • 1936
    • 1986
    • 1941
    • 2013

    David Booth Marentette

    IN LOVING MEMORY   DAVID BOOTH MARENTETTE   1939 - 2007   HE LOVED TO BRING HIS FAMILY TO THIS BOSKY DELL

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • 1939
    • 2007