Shakespeare Garden — Attraction in New York

Evocative of an English cottage garden, the four-acre space is densely planted with trees, shrubs, flowers, and herbs mentioned in William Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Scattered throughout the Garden are bronze plaques with quotes from Shakespeare that reference plants. Shakespeare Garden is fittingly located near the Delacorte Theater, the venue for the Public Theater’s productions of Shakespeare in the Park. But the Garden predates the theater by several decades. A garden was first created on this site in 1912 by Dr. Edmond Bronk Southwick, NYC Parks’ entomologist, as a place for public school children to study plants and natural history, called “The Garden of the Heart.” Southwick, an avid Shakespeare fan, included four large planting beds with flowers found in Shakespeare’s literature, also intended as a teaching tool. The Garden became more focused on Shakespeare in 1916, in part because of celebrations of the tricentennial of Shakespeare’s death, and was dedicated and officially named on April 23, 1916. Visitors can also find here a [curved granite bench] named in honor of Charles Stover, who was Parks Commissioner from 1910 to 1913 and instrumental in the creation...

Shakespeare Garden is a colorful, flower-lush 4-acre spot in Central Park, on the western side of the park loop at 79 - 80 Sts. 20 blocks north of Columbus Circle. It's a lovely span of enclosed garden beds, walking paths, benches, lovingly stone stairways, and some isolation from the hubbub. Partly on a slope, the garden is adjacent to steps that in one direction lead to the unique pseudo-medieval Belvedere Castle (opened after long 2019 repair and renovation) and a fine view uptown, over Turtle Pond. In a slightly different route is Delacorte Theater, famous for its outdoor stage and amphitheater that has hosted many plays by, you may have guessed, William Shakespeare. (Delacorte, by the way, is a venture of the Public Theater in the East Village.) Take a brief walk from Shakespeare Garden to the front of the Delacorte to find two evocative statues dedicated to the works of the Bard: the namesakes of Romeo and Juliet, and Prospero and Miranda of...

Another very beautiful garden within Central Park. The garden itself has wonderful wooden benches to rest on and enjoy the flowers. Great for photos. Throughout the garden that is said to include all the plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays, you'll find small plaques with quotes from the play. Next to the garden is also the Swedish Theater, Marionette House where you can watch some excellent children's stories brought to life...so make sure to take the little ones. There's also the whispering bench higher up in the garden that's a little secluded. Whisper at one end while having someone else listen in on...