A four-acre hillside garden planted exclusively with flowers, herbs, and plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays, tucked beside Belvedere Castle on the park's west side. One of the most overlooked and most tranquil corners of Central Park.
A four-acre garden planted exclusively with flowers, herbs, and plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. Bronze plaques throughout quote the relevant passages — rosemary for remembrance from Hamlet, the bank where the wild thyme blows from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Designed in 1916 to mark the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Adjacent to the Whisper Bench: a curved stone seat where two people at opposite ends can hear each other whisper clearly, even in a crowded park. Between Belvedere Castle and the Delacorte Theater. Open dawn to dusk. Free. Peak bloom: late May and early June.
Visit during spring bloom season when flowers mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays begin appearing throughout the garden.
Many plants here are specifically referenced in Shakespeare’s writings and labeled with related quotes.
A four-acre garden planted exclusively with flowers, herbs, and plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays. Bronze plaques throughout quote the relevant passages — rosemary for remembrance from Hamlet, the bank where the wild thyme blows from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Designed in 1916 to mark the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Adjacent to the Whisper Bench: a curved stone seat where two people at opposite ends can hear each other whisper clearly, even in a crowded park. Between Belvedere Castle and the Delacorte Theater. Open dawn to dusk. Free. Peak bloom: late May and early June.
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