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| Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado |
The 24-acre Denver Botanic Gardens in the heart of the city offers year-round events, Mordecai Children’s Garden, lifelong learning opportunities and research to preserve Colorado’s natural resources.
Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the collections encompass specimens from the tropics to the tundra, showcasing a plant palette chosen to thrive in Colorado’s semi-arid climate.
The Garden also runs education and plant conservation research programs.
www.botanicgardens.org and
www.colorado.com
Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, Washington
The Volunteer Park Conservatory historic greenhouse, has been the centrepiece of Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill since 1912.
The Conservatory’s historic landmark status reflects the distinctive architectural characteristics of this Victorian glasshouse.
It is surrounded by the elegant lawns of the celebrated Olmsted Park.
Encompassing five distinct temperate houses the Conservatory showcases a vast variety of tropical and subtropical plant life.
www.volunteerparkconservatory.org and
www.visitseattle.org
Portland has more than 200 parks and gardens and the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park and is the United States oldest continuously operated public rose test garden with over 10,000 roses set within 4.5 acres of park.
A unique part of the garden is the Shakespeare Garden which features herbs, trees and flowers noted in his plays.
With panoramic views of the city this is one of the best gardens to enjoy in the city with a month long festival each June.
www.travelportland.com
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Opened in 1893, this 15-acre includes an historic 14-room glasshouse and 23 individual gardens showcasing a unique variety of plants from orchid and bonsai collections to an immersive tropical forest.
The conservatory is one of the greenest buildings on earth and LEED certified.
In addition to flowers it is also home a unique art collection of Grecian urns, Japanese lanterns, glass chandeliers and sculptures.
Located in Schenley Park, Phipps stands proud in the vibrant Oakland neighbourhood, which is also home to prestigious universities and museums.
www.phipps.conservatory.org and
www.visitpittsburgh.com
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| Naples Botanical Garden, Florida’s Paradise Coast, |
Located on the southwest tip of Florida and looking out onto the Gulf of Mexico, Florida’s Paradise Coast really is its namesake.
In the affluent area of Naples, visitors will find the Naples Botanical Garden combining cultivated tropical gardens with beautifully restored natural habitats.
The Garden connects people and plants through display, education, conservation and science and aims to be a community gathering place as well as an exceptional venue for exploring the natural world.
The garden holds annual special events, travelling exhibitions and performances.
www.naplesgarden.org and
www.paradisecoast.com
Huntington Beach’s Secret Garden, California
The Secret Garden, created in 1992, is located in Huntington Beach’s expansive Central Park and is planted with drought tolerant plants, as well as monarch butterfly and hummingbird attracting plants.
As a result the gardens attract migrating monarchs each year and for hummingbirds in the spring.
Local resident gardener volunteers maintain the garden, which is also a fine bird watching site.
www.surfcityusa.com
Garden Valley Ranch, Sonoma County, California
Garden Valley Ranch, an historic landmark in Petaluma dating back to the 1800's, is a working rose farm cultivating 8,000 rose bushes that bloom from May to October.
Landscaped plantings feature roses on pergolas, columns, arches and carefully selected perennials, annuals and bulbs.
www.gardenvalley.com and
www.sonomacounty.com
Balboa Park Gardens, San Diego, California
San Diego’s mild climate and ample sunshine make for more biodiversity than any other county in the US.
Downtown, Balboa Park hosts more than a dozen different gardens.
The Lily Pond and Lagoon, and adjacent Botanical Building, one of the biggest lath buildings in the world is home to thousands of ferns, orchids, and bromeliads.
The Japanese Friendship Garden located east of the park offers visitors a tranquil walk, with koi ponds, water features, and sand- and stone- artworks.
The Inez Grant Parker Rose Garden, has 1,600 roses bloom from March through December, peaking in April and May.
www.balboapark.org and
www.naplesgarden.org and
www.paradisecoast.com
Huntington Beach’s Secret Garden, California
The Secret Garden, created in 1992, is located in Huntington Beach’s expansive Central Park and is planted with drought tolerant plants, as well as monarch butterfly and hummingbird attracting plants.
As a result the gardens attract migrating monarchs each year and for hummingbirds in the spring.
Local resident gardener volunteers maintain the garden, which is also a fine bird watching site.
www.surfcityusa.com
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| Garden Valley Ranch, Sonoma County, California |
Garden Valley Ranch, an historic landmark in Petaluma dating back to the 1800's, is a working rose farm cultivating 8,000 rose bushes that bloom from May to October.
Landscaped plantings feature roses on pergolas, columns, arches and carefully selected perennials, annuals and bulbs.
www.gardenvalley.com and
www.sonomacounty.com
Balboa Park Gardens, San Diego, California
San Diego’s mild climate and ample sunshine make for more biodiversity than any other county in the US.
Downtown, Balboa Park hosts more than a dozen different gardens.
The Lily Pond and Lagoon, and adjacent Botanical Building, one of the biggest lath buildings in the world is home to thousands of ferns, orchids, and bromeliads.
The Japanese Friendship Garden located east of the park offers visitors a tranquil walk, with koi ponds, water features, and sand- and stone- artworks.
The Inez Grant Parker Rose Garden, has 1,600 roses bloom from March through December, peaking in April and May.
www.balboapark.org and
www.sandiego.org
Sunnylands Centre and Gardens, Greater, Palm Springs, California
Despite being in the desert, there is much green space and lush parks and gardens in the nine cities of Greater Palm Springs.
Sunnylands, located in Rancho Mirage, is a 200-acre former estate with extensive gardens landscaped.
The garden is also home to 1.25 miles of garden paths and home to many local and migratory bird species.
www.sunnylands.org and
www.visitgreaterpalmsprings.com
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanical Garden, Santa Cruz, California
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanical Garden has plant collections from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, California Natives and world conifers.
It offers more than 300 plant families of Mediterranean climates across 135 acres and maintains collections of rare and threatened plants of unusual scientific interest.
Particular specialties are world conifers, primitive angiosperms, and bulb-forming plant families.
www.arboretum.ucsc.edu and
www.santacruz.org
Mountain Dogwood bloom, Yosemite, Mariposa County, California
Yosemite National Park offers stunning natural scenery in the world, with the Mountain Dogwood trees from April to June giving the park some of its brightest ‘fall’ colours.
The trees are usually 10 to 30 feet tall and the large flowers are typically three or four inches across.
They bloom in bunches, making a flowering dogwood tree an arresting sight, especially with iconic structures like Half Dome in the background.
Wildflowers also blooming around Yosemite and Mariposa County including the vibrant orange of the California poppies.
www.yosemite.com
University of California Davis Arboretum and Garden, Sacramento, California
Close to the California state capital of Sacramento, the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is one of Top 10 rated botanical gardens in the U.S.
Visitors can enjoy the gardens, including the California desert collection, the Hummingbird Garden and Redwood Grove.
The garden also serves to demonstrate best practice for sustainable horticulture, as UC Davis is the most sustainable university in America and number three in the world.
www.visitsacramento.com
Imogen Frew at imogen@blackdiamond.co.uk
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| Sunnylands Centre and Gardens, California |
Despite being in the desert, there is much green space and lush parks and gardens in the nine cities of Greater Palm Springs.
Sunnylands, located in Rancho Mirage, is a 200-acre former estate with extensive gardens landscaped.
The garden is also home to 1.25 miles of garden paths and home to many local and migratory bird species.
www.sunnylands.org and
www.visitgreaterpalmsprings.com
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanical Garden, Santa Cruz, California
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanical Garden has plant collections from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, California Natives and world conifers.
It offers more than 300 plant families of Mediterranean climates across 135 acres and maintains collections of rare and threatened plants of unusual scientific interest.
Particular specialties are world conifers, primitive angiosperms, and bulb-forming plant families.
www.arboretum.ucsc.edu and
www.santacruz.org
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| Mountain Dogwood bloom, Yosemite, California |
Yosemite National Park offers stunning natural scenery in the world, with the Mountain Dogwood trees from April to June giving the park some of its brightest ‘fall’ colours.
The trees are usually 10 to 30 feet tall and the large flowers are typically three or four inches across.
They bloom in bunches, making a flowering dogwood tree an arresting sight, especially with iconic structures like Half Dome in the background.
Wildflowers also blooming around Yosemite and Mariposa County including the vibrant orange of the California poppies.
www.yosemite.com
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| University of California Davis Arboretum and Garden |
Close to the California state capital of Sacramento, the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is one of Top 10 rated botanical gardens in the U.S.
Visitors can enjoy the gardens, including the California desert collection, the Hummingbird Garden and Redwood Grove.
The garden also serves to demonstrate best practice for sustainable horticulture, as UC Davis is the most sustainable university in America and number three in the world.
www.visitsacramento.com
Imogen Frew at imogen@blackdiamond.co.uk
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