NY Times article on top US botanical gardens to see

[samhexum]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/travel/botanical-gardens-us-cities.html

 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

2 hours ago, samhexum said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/travel/botanical-gardens-us-cities.html

 

Care to list the top 7, for those of us without New York Times subscription? 

I enjoyed both The Bronx and Brooklyn botanical gardens.

[samhexum]

 

22 minutes ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Care to list the top 7, for those of us without New York Times subscription?  I enjoyed both The Bronx and Brooklyn botanical gardens.

Portland, Oregon; Miami, Florida; St Louis; Austin; Phoenix; Bronx & Brooklyn 

 

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33 minutes ago, samhexum said:

 

Portland, Oregon; Miami, Florida; St Louis; Austin; Phoenix; Bronx & Brooklyn 

 

Thanks! 

Of the above, I've just been to Brooklyn and The Bronx, and both were great. 

Walking through Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, I found it be one of the best landscaped parks in the country, although a Zoo and not a Botanical Garden.

Other impressive Botanical Garden's I enjoyed: 

Favorite: Schonbrunn Palace gardens in Vienna

Montreal Botanical Garden was also nice, similar in size and scope to Brooklyn's & The Bronx's

Seattle's Butterfly 🦋 Garden was memorable

 

[samhexum]

47 minutes ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Walking through Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, I found it be one of the best landscaped parks in the country, although a Zoo and not a Botanical Garden.

The best wiener schnitzel I ever tasted was at the Cologne zoo.  Tasted like they used only the freshest ingredients.

[CuriousByNature]

12 hours ago, samhexum said:

The best wiener schnitzel I ever tasted was at the Cologne zoo.  Tasted like they used only the freshest ingredients.

Cologne Zoo? Maybe they don't need to go far to source the meat 🤣