Brooklyn Botanic Garden Featured On New Stamp

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Botanic Garden may be closed for the new coronavirus, but a getting a small eyeful of its beauty is as easy as a trip to the post office.

The borough's garden is featured in a new stamp series called "American Gardens" issued by the United States Postal Service. It's one of 10 gardens from across the country highlighted on the 55-cent forever stamp.

"The love of gardening stretches back to the earliest years of our country, inspiring George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other Founding Fathers to plant some of America's most iconic colonial-era gardens," the USPS wrote about the stamps. "From the 19th century to today, landscape designers have continued that tradition."

Other gardens seen on the stamps include Chicago Botanic Garden, Dumbarton Oaks Garden in the District of Columbia and Norfolk Botanical Garden in Virginia.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, like other cultural sites across the city, is currently closed to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

"We hope to reopen July 1, and if we are allowed and able to safely open sooner, we will," reads a statement on the garden's website.

If the stamp doesn't fulfill your horticultural cravings, you can go on a virtual visit to the garden on its website. They feature the garden's cherry trees in full bloom, the Japanese garden in spring and more.