www.VisitGardens.info
Botanic, Arboretum, Aquatic and Other Gardens. All public - some charge fees.
Tell your gardening friends " IForgotTheName.com "
By Don Buroker and Tom Hillegass.
Download the data for your GPS at POIFactory.
Please e-mail us public gardens that we are missing. All we need is name, address and phone.
~This web site is dedicated to Tom's wife, Suzanna, whose love of gardening and of visiting gardens inspired the project.~
For your mobile phone or tablet, use its browser to go to www.GardenFone.info and bookmark it.
Map
Usage:
- To initially position map, put 2 letter State abbreviation in "find" box on map.
- Zoom in to find a garden: Double click (also re-centers) or use slider in upper left of map.
- Click on colored symbol for balloon with info. In balloon, click on underlined for yet more info.
- Symbols: Green square= garden; Blue means AHS reciprocity*; Round symbol means restaurant**
- If you wish to add a garden review, add it to Yelp or Tripadvisor and we will access it from here.
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The "DRIVING DIRECTIONS" should get you close, but then use the address to find it. <<
* AHS
reciprocity (blue): Means this garden belongs to the
American Horticultural Society (AHS)
Reciprocal Admissions Program
in 2012. If a visitor becomes a member of one participating garden s/he
gets benefits at all particiapting gardens - usually including free
admission or parking as well as other benefits - call or visit the
garden's web site to learn more.
** Restaurant (round): Garden has a full restaurant or a snack facility
(our data are not complete, some gardens may have restaurants we do not
yet know about (code "UNK"= unknown ) - call or visit the garden's web
site to learn more.