Squeezed into a parcel of land more than four acres in size, the gardens enable students to study planting in various settings and also enable visitors to lose themselves while ambling from one mini-environment to another. There is a pool in the Tropical Garden, a stream in The Peters' Garden, and many roses in the Perennial Garden. (Kidding! Those roses are in the Rose Garden, of course.) See for yourself on this virtual tour!
There is a main gate to the garden, but there is also an open rear entryway by the greenhouse. Here is an arrangement of plants near that alternate entryway, off a small parking lot past the Java City bistro.
And here is a glimpse inside the nearby Conservatory Garden. (That's a fountain in the center.)
Not far from the Ornamental Horticulture Teaching Gardens is a recently opened 9/11 Memorial Garden that pays tribute to rescue dogs at Ground Zero. One of many 9/11 memorials on Long Island, it should not be confused with the much larger, seven-acre memorial planned for SUNY Farmingdale.
That's a figure of a search dog atop a bent I-beam, by the way.
Science Daily discusses the different fates of search-and-rescue dogs that served at Ground Zero. (One died during the search, but there is some controversy over whether any were harmed by toxins.) DogsInTheNews.com pays tribute to the pooches in its extensive coverage at The Scoop.
And here's an MSNBC.com/Orange County Register article about search dogs and other dogs prowling through Louisiana's post-Katrina wreckage.
Photos: David Marc Fischer
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Wow, thanks! Right near my mother's house. How's the parking situation?
You're welcome! Re the parking situation, in my experience it's been absolutely fine on weekends and holidays during the summer. The parking lots have been empty and the gardens nearly unpopulated. I don't know the situation at any other time of the year, but I'm optimistic about it being pretty trouble-free, at least on weekends and holidays.
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