Shakespeare Garden

The lovely Shakespeare Garden is hidden along a steep hillside below Belvedere Castle. Dr. Edmond Bronk Southwick, NYC Parks' entomologist, first built "The Garden of the Heart" on this site in 1912 as a venue for public school pupils to study flora and natural history. In 1916, the Garden shifted its concentration to Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Garden is well known for the fact that in 1602 the author himself planted a mulberry tree here. You'll find a variety of plants, trees, and lovely flowers in the garden, many of which are mentioned in William Shakespeare's works.