Gardens

[Mel]

I'm trying to come up with a list of gardens/farms/homesteading that I'd like to visit and sometimes I have a hard time with it. So far I do have a few gardens I'd like to visit here locally but it's where I go into other cities and states. But it got me to thinking maybe there are others who live in other states that could help, so I'll start.

Central Arkansas: Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Bernice Garden in Little Rock, Moss Mountain Farm near Roland, and while this may not be considered a community garden I have seen pollinators flock there...Oakland Casino Resort.

 

[Patchouli]

I don't have much idea but I know that Maine and Michigan both have a lot of community type gardens (I've never even been to Maine).
Some places you pay to get in! Then you can mess around in the corn mazes, sunflowers, pet the baby farm animals.
Checking on maps might help by typing in something like corn maze or anything like what you're looking for. Good luck.

 

[Pearl]

I think most bigger cities have botanical gardens that host local plants! If you get to travel it's great to see native plants!!

 

[Tommyice]

I think most bigger cities have botanical gardens that host local plants! If you get to travel it's great to see native plants!!

I live 16 miles from the NY Botanical Gardens and have never been to them. Just never had opportunity to go.

Most of the historical houses around here have gardens--the Hudson Valley is loaded with them.

 

[Patchouli]

Fort Worth Botanic Garden is a cool place to tour.

 

[joel]

The Columbia zoo has a nice garden & they sale any extras, once a year.
A few gardens around the state also & at least one sunflower farm.

 

[Weedygarden]

There are more official gardens and then there are parks that have been beautifully planted.
In Kansas City, just south of the Plaza is a park, Loose Park, where there is a lovely rose garden. It is a public park. Many people get married in that rose garden. The park has a smaller lake that you can walk around. The artist, Christo, who like to cover things with fabric once had a display there. https://kcparks.org/places/loose-park/ There is much more that has been added to the park. I lived in KCMO decades ago and I loved spending time in that park.

Denver has a very large and beautiful Botanic Gardens. It is a great venue for weddings. You can spend a whole day there. It is beautifully decorated with lights at Christmas. Denver Botanic Gardens has an auxiliary garden by Chatfield Reservoir. I have never been there but I understand that it is beautiful as well.