The New York Botanical Garden is a 250-acre landscape in New York City founded in 1891 as a museum of plants, an educational institution and as a scientific research organization. The Garden contains more than one million plants and is the largest of its kind in the United States. The Garden is distinguished by its Continuing Education program, the Children’s Educational program and its scientific research on plants and fungi. The Garden is now a National Historic Landmark.

Each year, the Botanical Garden hosts an Orchid Show for approximately 6 weeks before Easter. The seventh Orchid Show was held February 28 – April 12, 2009, and focused on Brazilian forms of the beautiful plant species.