page_title: Harriet Barnes Pratt
section_title: New York Botanical Garden
hierarchical_section_title: Harriet Barnes Pratt / Horticultural activities / New York Botanical Garden
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to the Harriet Barnes Pratt Library wing at the New York Botanical Garden, April 2013
context_page_description: Harriet Barnes Pratt was an American philanthropist, collector of Americana, non-profit administrator and horticulturist.
context_section_description: Pratt's longest continual involvement with gardening and horticulture was her involvement with the New York Botanical Garden. This began in 1915 when she first exhibited in a flower show in the Museum building.  She was responsible for major developments at the Garden including,
  Donation, in May of 1949, of the first tractor tram at the NYBG, "The Floral Flyer". The Floral Flyer in front of the NYBG Conservatory.
  Reconstruction of the Snuff Mill into a restaurant and meeting center in 1953 
  Completion of the Laboratory Building in 1956
  Construction of the Harriet Barnes Pratt Library Wing at the LuEsther T. Mertz Library in 1966 
  Pratt was a member of the Board of Managers of the Garden for over thirty years. In 1964, she became the first person to receive The New York Botanical Garden's Distinguished Service Award for the second time, having first one it in 1951.
  In September 1944, Pratt donated 75 volumes on gardening and horticulture to the Library of the NYBG. These constitute a named collection within Library's holdings.
caption: Entrance to the Harriet Barnes Pratt Library wing at the New York Botanical Garden, April 2013
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