Roar! The weather was so nice last week that I just had to get out there and enjoy it while it lasted! So I decided to head over to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden where during the winter they offer free admission on weekdays! Unfortunately not everything in the garden is open during the winter but it's still fun to go and wander around the grounds.
Here I am outside of the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden. Even most of the snow has melted in the rest of the city there is still quite a bit on the ground here! It makes for a lovely winter scene. Maybe I'll write a haiku about my visit here!
The Winter's frost thaws
Dinosaurs come out to play
With the Spring comes green!
After leaving the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden I passed all this great looking Bamboo! I'll have to tell Bao Bao about this place! Roar!
Here are just a couple of the gorgeous trees growing at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden! I wish I knew more about botany so I could talk about this specific species, but since I can't I guess everyone will just have to go visit the garden for themselves! Roar!
In the Spring time the Cherry Walk and Esplanade is full of beautiful, blooming cherry trees! The BBG even has a big cherry blossom festival every year! Right now things are still looking a little barren... roar...
Here I am outside the Cranford Rose Garden which is closed for the winter. Roar! I love roses! I'll have to come back here for sure once they are all in bloom!
Behind me is more of the Cransford Rose Garden. Behind that, some of the more recent housing developments in Brooklyn can be seen looming on the horizon! It's nice to know that in a city that develops as rapidly as NYC there is a place like the Brooklyn Botanic Garden where people can come and still learn about nature! Roar!
Here I am looking in on the Native Flora garden which was also closed for the winter. It looks like a pretty cool place! And it has such a sweet gate! I definitely have to come visit here in the spring!
What's that strangely tasty looking palm tree-like plant behind me? Why actually that's yucca and I like to cook it! Roar!
Here I am over by the Rock Garden observing beauty on a small scale! I'm all about doing things on a small scale! Roar!
Here, the smokestack from the old Interboro Brewing Company can be seen rising up in the background. The Interboro Brewing Company was one many breweries that used to operate in NYC! The I.B.C. closed it's doors in the early 1920's after the prohibition act was passed. roar...
Because of the warm weather a bunch of the plants in the garden were starting to bloom! Here are some of the buds starting to form on some of the trees! I can't wait for spring! Roar!
While those plants are just starting to blooms some of the plants at the BBG have been blooming all year long! Hear I am outside of the greenhouse, let's go see what's inside!
Woah! Now I'm in a sweet tropical rainforest! I can't believe how different it is in here compared to outside! It's like being back in the cretaceous! Roar!
These are some coffee trees that are growing inside the greenhouse's tropical rainforest section! Those are some fresh coffee fruits hanging from the branches! I wonder if the garden dries the beans and makes their own coffee?
There was so much beautiful foliage inside the greenhouse! Way more than I can share on this blog. Check out the rest of my photos here. Roar!
Here I am in the greenhouses desert climate! Check out all these sweet looking cactus's! If they were any sweeter I might have to call this place a dessert! Roar!
This is a mesquite tree that is growing in the desert climate! It's a pretty awesome looking tree! Roar!
Next, I went over the to greenhouse temperate climate section. Here all of the flowers were in full bloom! Check out all these pretty flowers blossoming around me! Roar!
Here are some more of the gorgeous flowers blossoming in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens greenhouse!
This pretty flower is called a "Bird of Paradise." I'm not so sure if I see the resemblance! Roar!
Oh man! These myrtle oranges are absolutely delicious! I wish there guys grew on Myrtle Ave! Roar!
There was also this amazing Bonsai tree display inside the greenhouse! Like the Rock Garden, it focused on beauty on a small scale. A whole bunch on the trees were even blossoming! Here is a particularly nice looking tree! Roar!
Another awesome looking bonsai tree on display! I just love the shape of this one, it has so much movement! Rooooaaarr..... Woah! I almost fell down there!
I had a lot of fun in the greenhouse but it was getting late and I needed to head home. On the way out of the garden I passed by where the Brooklyn Museum butts up against the edge of the garden. In back on the museum there was this small scale version of the Statue of Liberty! It sure was weird seeing it from behind! I wonder if this must be what it's like to live in New Jersey? Roar!
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