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The Garden is located on the St. Joseph River and contains landscape gardens (8 acres), woodland nature preserve (50 acres), an arboretum of trees and shrubs from temperate regions around the world (40 acres, started in 1971), and restored tallgrass prairie (5 acres, started in 1976), [4] as well as a conservatory (greenhouse) featuring more than 100 kinds of tropical ferns.
Open Friday, Saturday, & Sunday afternoons, trails open dawn-dusk 7 days. nature programs for all ages, birthday parties, Children's Garden Drayton Plains Nature Center: Waterford: Oakland: Southeastern Michigan: website, 137 acres, operated by the town Eddy Discovery Center: Chelsea: Jackson: Central Michigan
However, an alternative location for the store was found, allowing the more environmentally sensitive lands to be used for the public garden. [10] [11] In January 1991, Meijer, Inc. donated 70.7 acres (28.6 ha) of land in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan to establish the new public garden.
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Michigan State University: East Lansing: Dow Gardens: Midland: Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve: Buchanan: Hidden Lake Gardens: Michigan State University: Franklin Township/Tipton: Leila Arboretum: Battle Creek: MacArthur Park Arboretum: Mount Clemens: Matthaei Botanical Gardens: University of Michigan ...
Located in the center of the 982-acre (397-hectare) Belle Isle Park, the conservatory covers 13 acres (5.3 hectares), with a lily pond on its north side and perennial gardens on the west; [1] the gardens house the Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain, designed by sculptor Marshall Fredericks. [2]
All of the perennials from the old garden were moved to the new site, plus more were added (78). The square footage of perennials went from 1500 to 18,000. The Michigan 4-H Children's Garden was started in 1991 and finished in 1993. The gardens now offer 7.5 acres to visit and are enjoyed by 300,000 visitors each year.
Hidden Lake Gardens colloquially known as Hidden Lake 755 acres (3.06 km 2), is a botanical garden and an arboretum operated by Michigan State University situated in the Irish Hills of southeast Michigan. The Gardens are known for their large collection of native and nonnative trees, shrubs and flowers.
The W. J. Beal Botanical Garden is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) botanical garden located on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.It is claimed to be the oldest continually maintained university botanical garden in the United States and is open to the public without charge year-round during daylight hours.