| For the past year I've been compiling a list of Public | | | | ...and the most popular public garden in the New |
| Gardens. These gardens all look like fantastic places to | | | | England and the Mid Atlantic is... |
| visit, but what are the most popular? I'll start with this | | | | 1. Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn, New York |
| list for the New England and Mid Atlantic regions of the | | | | Gardens not making my top 10 were Buffalo and Erie |
| United States. New England is the states of | | | | County Botanical Gardens in Buffalo, New York; |
| Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, | | | | Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts; |
| Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Mid Atlantic is the | | | | Marsh Botanic Gardens in New Haven, Connecticut; |
| states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, | | | | University of Delaware Botanic Gardens in Newark, |
| Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. | | | | Delaware; Botanic Garden at Smith College in |
| The most popular public gardens (based on online | | | | Northampton, Massachusetts; Homestead Gardens in |
| chatter) in beautiful New England and Mid Atlantic are: | | | | North Smithfield, Rhode Island; McLaughlin Garden in |
| 10. Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing, New York | | | | South Paris, Maine; New Jersey Botanical Garden in |
| 9. New Canaan Nature Center in New Canaan, | | | | Ringwood, New Jersey; Berkshire Botanical Garden in |
| Connecticut | | | | Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Sayen House and |
| 8. Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts | | | | Gardens in Hamilton, New Jersey; and Coastal Maine |
| 7. Phipps Conservancy and Botanical Gardens in | | | | Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. |
| Pittsburg, Pennsylvania | | | | So excellent gardens in every state, but New York |
| 6. New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York | | | | and Pennsylvania certainly came out as having the |
| 5. Horticulture Center at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, | | | | most popular attractions. |
| Pennsylvania | | | | I compiled this list by searching for each public garden |
| 4. Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum in | | | | listed on a number of search engines and ranking them |
| Bristol, Rhode Island | | | | by the number of web pages, discussion forums, |
| 3. Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pennsylvania | | | | photos, videos, etc that are available online. |
| 2. Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania | | | | |