Visitor walking down the path surrounded by bare trees and bushes

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Ladies’ Border
Year-Round

Extending the length of the southern end of the Conservatory, this garden was originally designed in the 1930s by leading landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman and got its name from the Women’s Auxiliary Committee – a group of women who were instrumental in establishing many of the Garden’s most beautiful collections.

In the 21st century Shipman’s legacy has been carried on here by landscape designer Lynden B. Miller, who re-imagined the border in 2002. Her vision included tender plants not normally grown in New York, from South African bulbs and Japanese apricot to paperbush and Peruvian lilies. The sheltered, south-facing site allows these plants to thrive. These tender rarities give the border a character unlike any other corner of the Garden.

Season Galleries

  • Visitors admiring tree with pink flowers and snow
  • Close up of leaves with ice on them
  • Close up of yellow and white flowers
  • Close up of small green-yellow flowers on the ground
  • Green plant and bare stems
  • Yellow flowers along the path
  • Close up of pink flowers with snow on them
  • Visitors enjoying Ladies Border; surrounded by bright pink and yellow flowers
  • Visitors along the ladies border; close up of orange flowers
  • Close up of light pink flowers with visitor in the background taking a picture of them
  • Close up of small pink and white flowers
  • Close up of pink and yellow flowers
  • Trees with white and pink flowers
  • Bright pink flowers with the conservatory in the background
  • Sun peaking through tree with pink flowers
  • Visitor sitting on bench surrounded by plants and flowers
  • Large praying mantis blending in with leaves
  • Various flowers and plants in pinks and purples
  • Ladies Border surrounded by red and pink flowers and fully bloomed trees
  • Empty bench and red and green trees and bushes
  • Close up of white flower
  • Visitor walking down the path surrounded by plants and bushes
  • Visitors walking along the path with multi-colored plants and trees surrounding them
  • Orange and green trees along the path
  • Ladies Border surrounded by pink and purple flowers

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