Botanical Gardens & Arboreta

Scroll down for botanical gardens and arboreta, which offer visiting family and friends entertainment during their stay.  Occasionally an exhibit will open and there will be an opening day party.

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Japanese

•  Anderson Gardens - in Rockford, Illinois
•  Bonsai Clubs International - annual convention in St. Louis, Missouri
•  Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden - in Long Beach, CA
•  Greater Cincinnati Bonsai Society - in Ohio
•  Hakone Japanese Gardens - in Saratoga, CA
•  Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden
•  Japanese Friendship Garden - in San Diego, CA's Balboa Park
•  Japanese Garden Database
•  Japanese Garden - in Portland, OR
•  Japanese Gardens of Japan
•  Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
•  Seiwa-en Botanical Garden - in Missouri

tropical

•  Colasanti's Tropical Gardens - offers something for the whole family
•  Fairchild Tropical Garden - a non-profit educational and scientific botanical garden
•  Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden - non-profit botanical garden located in a rain forest preserve
•  Mounts Botanical Garden - houses a collection of tropical and native plants, fruit trees, and more
•  National Tropical Botanical Garden - engaged in the struggle to save the tropical plant world, which is under threat from all sides

•  Boerner Botanical Gardens
•  Borde Hill - 
•  Botanic Garden of Smith College
•  Botanica - includes a butterfly garden, Shakespearean garden, aquatic collection and more
•  Boxerwood Gardens
•  Butchart Gardens
•  Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - noted for its unique use of volunteers and solar energy; site includes maps and garden tips
•  Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village - landscaped gardens encompassing a 1:12 scale miniature village
•  Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden - the only full-scale replica of a Ming Dynasty scholar's garden built outside of China
•  Filoli Historical House and Gardens - tour a magnificent country estate with 16 acres of formal gardens, surrounded by 620 acres of wilderness area for guided hikes
•  Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Garden - information on current exhibits, upcoming activities, classes, and workshops
•  Frederik Meijer Gardens
•  Huntington Botanical Gardens - in San Marino, CA
•  Lakewold Gardens - formerly a private estate
•  Longwood Gardens - offers 1,050 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows
•  Mckee Botanical Garden - historic garden currently under restoration
•  Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens - featuring an event calendar, photos and membership information
•  Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory - experience a tropical jungle, an African desert and a themed floral garden -- all in one day!
•  Mynelle Gardens - created through the lifelong dedication of Mynelle Westbrook Hayward, a Jackson native with a national reputation in flower arranging and gardening
•  Nani Mau Gardens - features tropical flowers, trees, pools, and waterfalls
•  National Garden - at the United States Botanic Garden
•  Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens - an introduction with maps and information on this south Pacific island's flora
•  Paronella Park - heritage gardens and caravan park built on 5 hectares of rainforest beside Mena Creek Falls
•  Pukemarama Gardens - historic formal English gardens located at a 1900 homestead
•  Quad City Botanical Center & Gardens - indoor and outdoor gardens, reception facilities, catering kitchen and reference library
•  Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park - featuring the flora of the Caymans and the West Indies
•  Ruth Bancroft Garden - xeriscaped garden of drought tolerant cacti and succulents including Agave, Aloe, Echeveria, Euphorbia, Haworthia, ice plant, and Yucca
•  Stowe Landscape Gardens - virtual tour of the 18th century landscape
•  Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens - located within Golden Gate Park
•  Tallinn Botanic Garden

botanical gardens by location

•  Africa & the Middle East
•  Asia
•  Europe
•  North America (USA)
•  Central America & the Caribbean
•  Oceania (Australia) & the South Pacific
•  South America

•  Johannesburg Botanic Garden
•  National Botanical Institute - South Africa

•  Jerusalem Botanic Garden - center of recreation, education and research of plants introduced to Israel from abroad

•  Rimba Ilmu - a tropical botanical garden at the University of Malaya campus in Kuala Lumpur

•  ASGAP Conference

•  Australian National Botanic Gardens
•  Friends of Botanic Gardens of Adelaide - organization
•  Mount Tomah Botanical Garden
•  Mount Annan Botanic Garden
•  Royal Botanic Gardens
•  Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens  

•  Kings Park & Botanic Garden

•  University of Copenhagen Botanical Museum and Library
•  Royal Horticultural Garden - run by the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen

•  University of Helsinki Botanical Garden - in Kaisaniemi

•  Arboretum de Villardebelle - in the south, near Limoux

•  Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum - in Berlin-Dahlem
•  Botanischer Garten der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-University - in Bonn
•  Botanischer Garten der Justus-Liebig-University - in Giessen
•  Der Botanische Garten in Gottingen - in Gottingen

•  Botanical Garden of Padua
•  Garden at the Natural History Museum in Florence

•  University of Nijmegen Botanical Garden - pays special attention to the family of Solanaceae and maintains the most extensive ex situ plant collection of non-tuberous Solanaceae in the world

•  Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
•  Alnwick Garden Project - Duchess of Northumberland's dream to restore a derelict 12 acre walled garden on the grounds of Alnwick Castle to its 18th and 19th century glory
•  Birmingham Botanical Gardens
•  Birmingham Botanical Gardens UK  
•  Chelsea Physic Garden - founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries
•  National Botanic Garden of Wales
•  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - in Surrey
•  Groombridge Place Gardens
•  University of Durham Botanical Garden - in Durham City, England

•  Devonian Botanic Garden - butterflies, events, wetland ecology at the University of Alberta

•  University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens - come to 70 acres of plants and trees from all over the world
•  Wonderful Rare Asian Trees II - show in Vancouver, BC; May 24, 2003
•  The Butchart Gardens - in Victoria

•  MUN Botanical Garden - Memorial University of Newfoundland

•  Brickman's Botanical Gardens - near Stratford
•  Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture
•  The Royal Botanical Gardens - in Hamilton

•  Montreal Botanical Garden

•  Bellingrath Gardens and Home - in Theodore; includes a nature walk, oriental garden, rose garden and river cruise
•  Dothan Area Botanical Gardens
•  Huntsville Botanical Garden

•  Georgeson Botanical Garden - a repository for all ornamental and edible plant materials hardy in subarctic Alaska
•  Glacier Gardens Rainforest Adventure - in Juneau

•  Arboretum at Arizona State University  
•  Arboretum at Flagstaff - showcasing diverse botanic beauty found only in the Four Corners region
•  Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum
•  Desert Botanical Garden - in Phoenix
•  Tuscon Botanical Gardens - in Tuscon

•  Garvan Woodland Gardens - botanical gardens located on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs National Park

•  Descanso Gardens - camellia forest, rosarium, iris, and California native plants
•  Fullerton Arboretum - in Fullerton; at California State University
•  Quail Botanical Gardens - in San Diego
•  Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden - native California plants
•  Regional Parks Botanic Garden - devoted to California native plants
•  Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens - located within Golden Gate Park
•  University of California, Riverside, Botanical Gardens
•  University of California, Berkeley, Botanical Garden
•  University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum
•  Shinzen Japanese Garden - events - in Fresno

•  Denver Botanic Gardens  
•  Betty Ford Alpine Gardens - in Vail

•  Bartlett Arboretum - in Stamford
•  Connecticut College Arboretum - in New London
•  Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center - in Montville
•  New Canaan Nature Center - in New Canaan

•  Ashland Nature Center - in Hockessin
•  University of Delaware - Botanical Gardens - features over 200 photos

•  United States National Arboretum 
•  United States Botanic Garden 

•  A World of Orchids - in Kissimmee
•  Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens - in Winter Park
•  Audubon House - in Key West
•  Bok Tower - in Lake Wales
•  Cummer Museum of Art & Garden - in Jacksonville
•  Edison and Ford Winter Estates - in Fort Myers
•  Fairchild Tropical Garden - in Coral Gables
•  Flamingo Gardens - in Fort Lauderdale
•  The Florida Botanical Gardens - in Largo
•  John C. Gifford Arboretum - in UM - in Coral Gables
•  Harry P. Leu Gardens - in Orlando
•  Heathcote Botanical Gardens Inc. - in Fort Pierce
•  Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
•  Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens - in Tallahassee
•  McKee Botanical Garden - in Vero Beach
•  Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - in Delray Beach
•  Mounts Botanical Garden - in West Palm Beach
•  The American Orchid Society's International Orchid Center - in Delray Beach
•  Selby Gardens - in Sarasota
•  Sarasota Jungle Gardens - in Sarasota
•  Silver Springs - in Ocala
•  Splended China - in Orlando
•  Sunken Gardens - in Saint Petersburg
•  University of Central Florida - in UCF Arboretum - in Orlando
•  University of South Florida - in USF Botanical Garden - in Tampa; Spring Plant Festival - in April; Orchid Fantasy - in May; Butterfly and Herb Fair - in June; Tropical Plant Fair - in July; Fall Plant Festival - in October

•  Atlanta Botanical Garden  
•  State Botanical Garden of Georgia  

•  Lyon Arboretum - in Honolulu

•  Idaho Botanical Garden  

•  The Morton Arboretum
•  Chicago Botanic Garden - 385-acre public garden owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society
•  Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Gardens - collection of trees and plants native to Northern Illinois and the Midwest. Site description and inventory, virtual tour, calendar of events and festivals, and more

•  Warsaw Biblical Gardens - in Indiana

•  New Orleans Botanical Garden - home to over 2,000 varieties of plants from throughout the world

•  Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

• Botanical Gardens to Visit in MD - directory

•  Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
•  Berkshire Botanical Garden - in Stockbridge
•  Botanic Garden of Smith College - in Northampton
•  Tower Hill Botanic Garden - in Boylston

•  University of Michigan - Matthaei Botanical Gardens
•  University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum
•  Kalamazoo Nature Center

•   University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

•  Crosby Arboretum - in Picayune; at Mississippi State University
•  Forestry Sciences Laboratory Arboretum - in Starkville
•  Jackson State University Botanical Garden - in Jackson
•  Simmons Arboretum - in Madison

•  McAlester Arboretum - in Columbia; at University of Missouri–Columbia
•  Missouri Botanical Garden - in St. Louisa national historic landmark
•  Missouri State Arboretum - in Maryville; at Northwest Missouri State University
•  Mizzou Botanic Garden - in Columbia; at the University of Missouri–Columbia
•  Powell Gardens - in Kingsville
•  Shaw Nature Reserve - in Gray Summit

• International Larix Arboretum - in Hungry Horse
• Montana Arboretum and Gardens - in Bozeman; at Montana State University
• University of Montana Herbarium - in Missoula

•  Alice Abel Arboretum - in Lincoln; at Nebraska Wesleyan University
•  Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum - in Nebraska City
•  Doane College Osterhout Arboretum - in Crete; at Doane College
•  Governor Furnas Arboretum - in Brownville
•  Gilman Park Arboretum - in Pierce
•  Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum - in Falls City
•  Maxwell Arboretum - in Lincoln; at the University of Nebraska
  •  University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Botanical Garden and Arboretum
•  D. A. Murphy Panhandle Arboretum - in Scottsbluff
•  Nebraska Statewide Arboretum - in Lincoln; at the University of Nebraska
•  Norris Forest School Arboretum - in Hickman
•  Northfield Park Arboretum - in Gering
•  Omaha Botanical Gardens - in Omaha
•  State Fair Park Arboretum - in Lincoln
•  Joshua C. Turner Arboretum - in Lincoln; at Union College
•  Wayne State College Arboretum - in Wayne

• Alan Bible Botanical Garden - in Boulder City
• Ethel M Botanical Cactus Gardens - in Henderson
• The Gardens at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve - in Las Vegas
• Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden - in Reno
• Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park - in Las Vegas
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas Arboretum - in Las Vegas
• University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum - in Reno

• Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum - in Durham; at the University of New Hampshire
• Nathan's Garden - in Hanover
• Rhododendron State Park - in Fitzwilliam
• Rockingham County Botanical Garden - in Brentwood

•  Skylands Botanical Garden - encompassing the heartland of a 19th century estate, this NJ State park features a Tudor-style manor house, formal and naturalized gardens, and woodland paths

•  Albuquerque Biological Park - in Albuquerque
•  Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park - in Carlsbad
•  New Mexico State University Botanical Garden - in Las Cruces
•  Rio Grande Botanic Garden - in Albuquerque
•  University of New Mexico Arboretum - in Albuquerque

•  Bailey Arboretum - in Locust Valley
•  Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park - in Great River
•  Brooklyn Botanic Garden
•  Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens - in Buffalo
•  Clark Botanic Garden - in Albertson
•  Clay Arboretum - in Millbrook
•  Cornell Plantations - in Ithaca; at Cornell University
•  Cutler Botanic Garden - in Binghamton
•  Ellwanger Garden - in Rochester
•  Genesee Country Village and Museum - in Mumford
•  George Landis Arboretum - in Esperance
•  Highland Park - in Rochester
•  Hofstra University Arboretum - in Hempstead
•  John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden - in Locust Valley
•  Innisfree Garden - in Millbrook
•  Lasdon Park and Arboretum - in Somers
•  Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum - in Millbrook
•  Mountain Top Arboretum - in Tannersville
•  Nannen Arboretum - in Ellicottville
•  New York Botanical Garden - in the Bronx
•  F.R. Newman Arboretum - in Ithaca; at Cornell Plantations
•  Old Westbury Gardens - former home of John S. Phipps and his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps; house designed by George A. Crawley
•  Planting Fields State Historic Park - near Oyster Bay; 409 acre former estate on Long Island, with botanic gardens, an historic house, and an acre of greenhouses; offering classes and many special events
•  Queens Botanical Garden - in Flushing
•  Ross Park Zoo
•  Sonnenberg Mansion & Gardens - in Canandaigua; a Victorian mansion and gardens located in Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York
•  Staten Island Botanical Garden
•  University of Rochester Arboretum - in Rochester
•  Vassar College Arboretum - in Poughkeepsie
•  Wave Hill - in The Bronx

•  Airlie Gardens - features a once privately owned garden now open to the public
•  Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden - under development near Charlotte in the heart of North Carolina's Piedmont Region
•  North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville
•  North Carolina State University Arboretum
•  University of Durham Botanic Garden
•  University of North Carolina at Wilmington Arboretum

•  Wikipedia:  Botanical gardens in North Dakota

•  Dawes Arboretum - in Newark
•  Holden Arboretum - in Kirtland
•  Schedel Arboretum & Gardens - in Elmore

•  Oklahoma Botanical Garden & Arboretum

•  Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy - located on the central Oregon Coast in Lincoln City
•  Mount Pisgah Arboretum - 208 acres in the southern Willamette Valley region

•  Awbury Arboretum - in Philadelphia
•  Chanticleer - a 30-acre pleasure garden outside Philadelphia featuring tropicals, perennials, containers, a vegetable garden, woodlands, and wildflowers from April to October
•  Historic Bartram's Garden - America's oldest living botanical garden features an 18th century farmstead, native plants, wildflower meadow, and wetland
  •  gardenweb.com - Bartram's Garden
•  Longwood Gardens - in Kennett Square
•  Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania - public garden in Chestnut Hill; listed on the National Register of Historic Places

•  Blithewold Mansion, Gardens, and Arboretum - in Bristol, overlooking Narragansett Bay

•  South Carolina Botanical Garden - Tour the garden and learn of upcoming events

• The Journey Museum and Gardens - in Rapid City
• Kuhnert Arboretum - in Aberdeen
• McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum - in Brookings; at South Dakota State University

• Belle Meade Plantation - in Nashville
• Bonny Oaks Arboretum - in Chattanooga
• Daniel Boone Arboretum - in Harrogate
• Burchfiel Grove and Arboretum - in Sevierville
• Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art - in Nashville
• Cherokee Arboretum at Audubon Acres - in Chattanooga
• Cherokee Trail Arboretum - in Chattanooga
• Clarksville City Arboretum - in Clarksville
• Gerald D. Coorts Memorial Arboretum - in Cookeville; at Tennessee Technological University
• Deerwood Arboretum and Nature Area - in Brentwood
• Dixon Gallery and Gardens - in Memphis
• East Tennessee State University Arboretum - in Johnson City
• Hermitage Arboretum - in Nashville
• Interstate Packaging Arboretum - in White Bluff
• Memphis Botanic Garden - in Memphis
• Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park - in Memphis
• Old Hickory Lake Arboretum - in Old Hickory
• Carlisle S. Page Arboretum - in Memphis
• Louise Pearson Memorial Arboretum - in Crockett County
• Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden - in Chattanooga
• Stones River Greenway Arboretum - in Murfreesboro
• University of Tennessee Arboretum - in Oak Ridge
• University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens - in Martin

•  East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society
•  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center - native plant botanical garden with acres of designed gardens and courtyards showcasing the magnificent native plants of the Texas Hill Country in a variety of styles from naturalistic to formal
•  San Antonio Botanical Garden

•  Brigham Young University Arboretum (Harrison Arboretum) - in Provo
•  Petersen Arboretum - in Alpine
•  Red Butte Garden and Arboretum - in Salt Lake City; at the University of Utah
•  Robert L. Shepherd Desert Arboretum - in Santa Clara
•  Stein Eriksen Lodge Botanical Garden - in Park City
•  State Arboretum of Utah - in Salt Lake City; at the University of Utah
•  Utah Botanical Center - in Kaysville

•  Vermont Experimental Cold-Hardy Cactus Garden - in Middlebury

•  Arboretum at James Madison University
•  Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens
•  Green Spring Gardens Park - in Alexandria

•  International Symposium of Japanese Gardens - August 28 - September 2, 2004; in Seattle
•  Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens - Pacific northwest Rhododendron garden and woodland nature preserve on Whidbey Island in Washington State's Puget Sound region

•  Olbrich Botanical Gardens - in Madison
•  University of Wisconsin Arboretum - information on the arboretum's history and mission, a calendar of public events and resources for naturalists at heart

•  Guyana Zoo & Botanic Gardens - in Georgetown, Guyana

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last edited Friday, April 11, 2008