The Conservatory Garden
This
is the wrought iron Vanderbuilt Gate on Fifth Avenue and 105th Street.
The entrance to six acres of three carefully manicured formal gardens.
The gates were made in Paris in 1894 for the Vanderbilt mansion which
once stood at 58th Street and Fifth Avenue. When the mansion was demolished,
the gate was donated to the city.
The
Conservatory Garden was named because of the original greenhouses that
were built there in 1899. Horticultural species from all over the world
were brought here to study. People would come each season to see nature's
new palette of plants. Thousands of flowering trees, shrubs, annuals and
perennials now create a diverse collection of blooming plants.
This is the Italianate Central Garden haloed by hedges and edged by crabapple trees.
This
pool was designed for reading and storytelling. Tropical lilies bloom
in the pool in the summertime. The statue in the pool is of two children,
Mary and Dickon, from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
It was designed by Bessie Potter Vonnoh. Many people refer to this as
the "Secret Garden."
This
is a French style garden and its centerpiece is the Untermyer Fountain
(Three Dancing Maidens), created by Walter Schott.
Thanks to the Central Park Conservancy for sharing the above information.