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The West Virginia Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and is the only botanical garden in the state of West Virginia. [1] It covers approximately 85 acres of land and 4.5 miles of walking trails, and has 8 gardens. [ 2 ]
West Virginia University: Morgantown: Cranberry Glades Botanical Area: Monongahela National Forest: Mill Point: Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Renick: West Virginia Botanic Garden: Morgantown: The Mary Price Ratrie Arboretum [4] City of Charleston: Charleston
The Core Arboretum is a 91-acre (37 ha) arboretum owned by West Virginia University and located on Monongahela Boulevard in Morgantown, West Virginia. [2] It is open to the public daily without charge. [3] The Arboretum's history began in 1948 when the university acquired its site.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a 50 acres (200,000 m 2), botanical garden in Henrico County, just outside of Richmond, Virginia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It features over a dozen themed gardens, a conservatory, a library, and a café.
The Bloemendaal House, originally the Lakeside Wheel Club, is a clubhouse in Richmond, Virginia originally built by Lewis Ginter in 1895. [ 1 ] Around 1911, after the "cycle" fell out of vogue, Ginter's niece, Grace Arents, converted the structure into a convalescent home for poor children suffering from tuberculosis and other city-borne illnesses.
Monongalia County, known locally as Mon County, is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,822, [1] making it West Virginia's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Morgantown. [2] The county was founded in 1776. [3]
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Virginia is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Virginia [1] [2] [3] Name Image
However, a two-tier system was created: White children attended a regular term (at the second former Monongalia Academy building, purchased in 1867 from West Virginia Agricultural College, the future West Virginia University), only a short term was provided for African-Americans, who met at St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church, on ...