Osborne Garden - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Osborne Garden

Osborne Garden

The semiformal Osborne Garden is the first space visitors pass through upon entering Brooklyn Botanic Garden via the Eastern Parkway entrance. This Italianate garden features an emerald lawn framed by wisteria-draped pergolas. It is at its most colorful and dynamic in spring, when cherries, wisteria, crabapples, and azaleas bloom in succession. In summer, a lovely variety of annual flowers bloom, giving way to fall foliage, and crabapple fruits that persist through winter. Architectural features include two sets of stone columns and curving acoustic "whispering" benches.

Read More: History and Design of the Osborne Garden

Highlights

pink crabapple blossom
Crabapple blossoms in spring. Photo by Blanca Begert.
wisteria and azalea flowers in bloom
Wisteria and azaleas blooming together in spring. Photo by Sarah Schmidt.
spider flower
Spider flower in bloom in late summer. Photo by Blanca Begert.
base of a stone column showing ginkgo leaves
Ginkgo leaves represented on the base of one of the columns. Photo by Blanca Begert.
two Japanese maples, one with red leaves and one with gold leaves
Japanese maples in the fall. Photo by Rebecca Bullene.

Garden Layout

Show larger version of Osborne Garden Map An illustration of garden beds.

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Late Spring
Winter Berries, Why Are You Still Here?
Healthy Lawns

Image, top of page: Antonio M. Rosario