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The event listing confirms a holiday opening, while the Garden’s monthly plant guide offers a way to choose a focus for a self-directed winter visit.
All times are local to the venue · America/New York
February’s guide points visitors toward witch hazels, snowdrops and paperbush in the Fragrance Walk and Woodland, with birches and lacebark pine in other parts of Queens Botanical Garden. The Garden confirms it will open Monday, February 21, 2028, but does not give Presidents’ Day hours.
The Garden’s February guide places leatherleaf mahonia, winter daphne, Oriental paperbush, wintersweet and witch hazel ‘Diane’ in the Fragrance Walk. It lists witch hazel ‘Wisely Supreme’ and snowdrops in both the Fragrance Walk and Woodland. Elsewhere, the guide places paper birch in the Arboretum; river birch in the Parking Garden and Arboretum; and lacebark pine alongside the Wedding Garden, in the Floral Border and in the Pinetum.
That location-first guide can help shape a route without turning the visit into a checklist. Its entries are monthly highlights, not a guarantee of what will be blooming or in condition on February 21.
Further reading: Botanical Highlights | Queens Botanical Garden ↗
Queens Botanical Garden began as a five-acre exhibit called “Gardens on Parade” at the 1939–1940 World’s Fair. After local residents helped preserve and enlarge the grounds, the Queens Botanical Garden Society opened in 1946. The Garden remained at the fairgrounds until its move to Main Street in Flushing in 1961.
Two blue atlas cedars planted at the original site were later moved as well. They now stand beside the tree-gate sculpture at the Main Street entrance, a remnant of the Garden’s earlier location within today’s 39-acre grounds.
Further reading: Gardens - Queens Botanical Garden ↗
The Garden confirms it will be open on Presidents’ Day but does not publish opening or closing times for that holiday. Its usual November–March hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Mondays are normally closed except legal holidays. Those seasonal hours do not confirm the holiday schedule. Call 718-886-3800 before setting an arrival time.
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Queens Botanical Garden lists admission as free from December 16 through March, which includes February 21. The Presidents’ Day event listing does not specify different admission terms. The Garden notes that events with separate program fees are not included in admission; this listing does not announce a separate program.
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The Garden lists parking at $10 per vehicle on weekends and holiday Mondays, with a $2 discount for members. It also lists a $15 rate for special-event or program days and says rates may change. The parking page does not say whether a particular day-specific rate applies to this open day, so confirm if the price affects your plans. Parking is available during Garden open hours.
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The QBG Store, in the Visitor & Administration Building, offers snacks and beverages. Its usual November–March hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday; the posted schedule does not establish whether it will open on Presidents’ Day. Visitors may also bring takeout. There is no designated indoor eating area, but food may be enjoyed on the covered Terrace outside the store, on grounds benches or in the Arboretum.
Picnicking is allowed in the Arboretum, not in the formal gardens. Coolers, barbecues and open fires are not allowed. Leave plants and garden beds undisturbed; pets are not allowed, though service animals are permitted.
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The Presidents’ Day listing does not state an age policy or a reservation requirement.
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The Main Garden Entrance is at 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355. From the Main Street/Flushing station on the No. 7 subway or the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington line, take the Q44SBS or Q20A/B bus, or walk eight blocks south along Main Street. The Q44SBS and Q20A/B also serve Flushing from the Bronx and Jamaica.
The parking entrance is at 42-80 Crommelin Street. Official driving directions include the Long Island Expressway to Exit 23/Main Street for approaches from Long Island or via the Midtown Tunnel; from Queens, Brooklyn or Staten Island, they direct drivers via the Van Wyck Expressway to Exit 12A/College Point Boulevard and Blossom Avenue, which becomes Crommelin Avenue. Directions from New Jersey use the New Jersey Turnpike and George Washington Bridge toward the Triborough Bridge; from upstate or Connecticut, they use the Throgs Neck Bridge, Clearview Expressway and Long Island Expressway. The Garden’s map links can calculate directions from your starting point.
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The Garden says most paths are paved and the grounds are relatively flat. The Woodland Trail, Fragrance Walk and Herb Garden Bridge are unpaved; two of those areas appear in the February plant guide. Accessible parking spaces are in Bay 1 of the Parking Garden.
Courtesy wheelchairs are available first-come, first-served at the Main Street Entrance, Parking Garden Entrance and Visitor & Administration Building. Borrowing one requires a valid driver’s license or government-issued photo ID, which staff hold until the wheelchair is returned. Manual and electric wheelchairs, mobility scooters, walkers, canes, crutches and certain electronic personal assistance mobility devices are permitted in areas open to public pedestrian use, subject to Garden guidelines.
Restrooms are accessible by the ramp beside the Visitor & Administration Building; restrooms inside that building are available when it is open. Braille signage is throughout the building. Pets are prohibited, but service animals are permitted on a leash in accordance with Garden guidelines and the ADA.
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No. It identifies February highlights and where they grow, but it does not guarantee a plant’s condition on the holiday date.
The event listing confirms the Garden will open but gives no holiday hours. Regular November–March hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; call 718-886-3800 to check the holiday schedule.
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No. The Garden lists both the Fragrance Walk and Woodland Trail among its unpaved areas. Most paths are paved and the grounds are relatively flat, but visitors should use their discretion when considering unpaved trails.
Directions, Parking, & Accessibility - Queens Botanical Garden ↗ · Know Before You Go - Queens Botanical Garden ↗
The Garden lists free admission from December 16 through March. Parking is a separate charge, and the open-day listing does not state separate holiday admission terms.
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43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355
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