Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
This Victorian Botanical Garden is a national
historic site, education center and tourist destination which holds exotic horticulture treasures from around the world. One of only two remaining Lord & Burnham conservatories incorporated into an Olmsted designed park.
The tri-domed glass, wood and steel building was designed by the premier conservatory designers of the time: Lord & Burnham, Co. from New York's Hudson Valley. The construction methods were based upon the famous Crystal Palace and Kew Gardens Palm House in England.
When it was built in 1897-1899, it was one of the largest public greenhouses in the country (at a cost of $130,000). Today there are less than a dozen large Victorian conservatories in America and this is one of two with the tri-dome design (us & NYBG in the Bronx.)
M-SU 10am-5pm; closed Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day; adults $6, seniors (55) and students $5, children (6-13) $3, members and children under 6 free
www.buffalogardens.com
Erie County Botanical Gardens
2655 S Park Ave
Buffalo, NY 14218-1526
(716) 827-1584
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