The 30-acre garden is home to a number of exhibits, including an edible garden, a rose garden and rare orchid display. In 2010, the Atlanta Botanical Garden opened the Canopy Walk, a 600-foot-long walkway that towers 40 feet above the ground and gives visitors a chance to view a woodland garden from above.
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The Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens offers an incredible opportunity to step away from the sensory overload that is Las Vegas and into a more serene setting. The 14,000-square-foot gardens is constantly changing based on the season. The gardens are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week at no cost.
The Christchurch Botanic Gardens traces its origin to 1863. That year, an English oak was planted to commemorate the marriage of Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The gardens are located next to the loop of the Avon River and Hagley Park. The gardens, which cover 21 hectares, are home to a collection of local and exotic plants. Its collection includes plants from across the globe.
The 66-acre Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is located on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake in East Dallas. Since opening to the public in 1984, the garden has received many accolades from publications including Architectural Digest, USA Today, Fodor’s Travel, Trip Advisor, The Travel Channel and many others. The Arboretum includes many formal and informal garden spaces, world-recognized trial gardens, a concert lawn, picnic areas, food service areas, a gift shop, orientation theater, classrooms and the historic DeGolyer House.
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The 140-acre Desert Botanical Garden was established in 1939 and is home to more than 21,000 flowers. Plants are on display along five thematic trails that cover a range of topics, including conservation, desert living and people of the Sonoran Desert.
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Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the city’s best-known horticultural attractions and a long-standing part of the park’s history. The conservatory traces its roots to 1851, when the Columbus Horticultural Society purchased 10 acres to establish a public garden. Over time, the site expanded as surrounding land was added for county fairgrounds, and in 1886, the Ohio Legislature formally designated the grounds as Franklin Park for public use.
The present conservatory building opened in 1895 and later became a historic landmark, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Today, the institution combines historic architecture with botanical collections, educational programming and major exhibitions. It is also known for displaying works by Dale Chihuly, adding an art component to the visitor experience.
The conservatory, within the larger 88-acre Franklin Park, houses more than 400 plant species and features environments representing several global climate zones, including the Himalayas, tropical rainforests, deserts and Pacific islands. Additional features include a bonsai courtyard, orchid and tropical bonsai collections, seasonal displays and a palm house.
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Giardino di Boboli or the Boboli Gardens is a vast garden located behind the Pitti Palace. It features a collection of Roman antiquities and sculptures from the 16th through the 18th centuries. The Boboli Gardens were laid out for the wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Eleonora di Toledo.
Inniswood Metro Gardens in Westerville, Ohio, blends formal gardens with the feel of a wooded nature preserve. The 123-acre site is known for its streams, woodlands, wildflowers and landscaped gardens, offering a setting that feels both cultivated and natural. Today, it includes more than 2,000 plant species, specialty collections and themed garden areas, making it one of central Ohio’s best-known public gardens.
The site began as the estate of sisters Grace and Mary Innis, who bought the property in 1960 and moved there the following year. Grace, who studied art and horticulture at Ohio State, took a strong interest in gardening, while Mary was especially drawn to the woods and wildlife. Together, they developed extensive gardens while preserving the land’s natural character. After Grace died in 1966, Mary arranged to donate the property to the Metro Parks system while retaining the right to live there for the rest of her life.
Most of the land was deeded in 1978, and additional acreage was later added to protect the site from development. Inniswood Metro Gardens opened to the public in 1984 as the eighth Columbus and Franklin County Metro Park.
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The Tuileries Garden is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Catherine de’ Medici created the garden at the Tuileries Palace in 1564, and it opened to the public in 1667. Following the French Revolution, the garden became a public park.
