BOTANIC GARDENS

                               and ARBORETUMS

                               in the United States

Every city and township in America boasts of one or several great gardens and arboretum, all are finely manicured and well-maintained. Of these, most of the large gardens are previous estates bequeathed for public use.

Below are some of my selections of the great gardens and arboretums to visit because each one listed here has something distinctive and special.

Not included are other world famous gardens in other countries, such as The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

1)    Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, MA
       

2)    Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
            

3)   Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois
 

4)   Curtis Prairie at UW-Madison Arboretum
     
 

5)   Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, Miami, Florida
     
 

6)    National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.
 

7)    National Tropical Botanic Garden, Hawaii
 

8)    New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx

9)   Tucson Botanic Garden, Tucson, Arizona

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