Botanical garden
Green & bloom
Botanical gardens
Desert Botanical Garden, Butchart Gardens, New York Botanical Garden: gardens and tree collections – shady on hot days, full of blossom in spring.
- 22
- gardens in this area
- 1
- states/provinces with entries
- 1933
- oldest laid out
By state
Texas 22
Botanical garden
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Foto: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble). Email the author: David R. Tribble Also see my personal gallery at Google Photos, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Foto: Frank Wolfe, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Foto: Nick Juhasz, aka Nick22aku at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
Foto: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and Botanical Gardens
Foto: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
The John Fairey Garden
Botanical garden
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Foto: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
Foto: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
Foto: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society
Botanical garden
Hartman Prehistoric Garden
Botanical garden
D. A. "Andy" Anderson Arboretum
Botanical garden
Lynn R. Lowrey Arboretum
Botanical garden
Mast Arboretum
Botanical garden
McAllen Botanical Gardens
Foto: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States, CC BY 3.0 us (Wikimedia Commons)
Botanical garden
Riverside Nature Center
Botanical garden
Houston Botanic Garden
Good to know
- Morning and late afternoon give soft light; at midday hard shadows fall across the beds.
- Timing is everything: desert gardens bloom in March and April, rose gardens in June, maples turn in October.
- Many gardens have a glasshouse – the rescue on rainy days and in winter.
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