That means 40 acres of forest that has remained unmolested since before the area was settled. Each year more than 500,000 visitors enjoy all the NYBG has to offer.
People even come here to get married.
The centerpiece of the Garden is the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory , New York City's own Crystal Palace. The structure itself is beautiful to behold. And passing through its doors visitors enter a new world, A World of Plants. Upon entering, visitors will see the largest collection of New World Palms exhibited anywhere under glass in the Palms of the Americas Gallery . Then they move on through The Lowland Tropical Rain Forest, The Upland Tropical Rain Forest, The Desert of the Americas, and The Desert of Africa.