Three new York Botanical gardens Queens garden is the smallest and modest. But the tickets are the cheapest, and at certain hours on Sundays and Wednesdays the entrance is generally free. Hiker found in the local area (for example, to visit the Museum of art, Queens) will be happy to relax in this lovely place.

Botanical garden Queens began as part of the world Expo 1939 – it was held in flushing meadows-Corona Park. Then the garden was enlarged, but later, when they began to prepare the territory for exhibition in 1964, it was moved across the street from the Park. There is a garden and now is located between main street, blossom Avenue and elder Avenue.

Perhaps, most of all the Botanical gardens of Queens famous new Yorkers on the "wedding garden". This charming space, designed in the Victorian style, includes a gazebo, a wooden bridge over a stream, pergolas, flower beds, lots of cozy corners. However, the "wedding garden" is only for weddings and closed to the public so that ordinary visitors are comforted by other sections.

If you enter from main street, through the oak alley to walk to the herb garden, which contains an aromatic, edible, medicinal and dye plants. In spring, many people come to enjoy cherry blossoms. The roses in the rose garden, planted in concentric circles, exude a wonderful aroma, but you can visit a special "trail of fragrances, filled with a strong smell. In a forest garden trees, shrubs and ferns are complemented by flowering perennials. You can also explore the marsh and field plants in their natural habitat. All planting is planned so that in any season was something to see.

One of the local distinctive features is the "bee garden", where honey plants grow and are beehives. And in "the butterfly garden" raised seat of sawn trunks of trees, so that visitors could sit and watch the butterflies, including monarchs, black swallow tails, the white cabbage. In a pond of goldfish, in the grass, you notice running over lizards.

However, to completely turn away from the bustle of the city here will not work. You can hear the noise of cars from the main street, but the main thing – do not give to relax flying up to a nearby airport LaGuardia planes.