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Botanical Gardens, Arboreta, Nature Centers
Natural parks, gardens, arboreta (the plural of arborertum) or places where flowers, trees and other plants are presented for scientific, educational and enjoyment purposes.
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Before 1986, the arboretum was an overgrown apple orchard, which was privately owned. The town purchased the land and created the Center Park Conservation Area. In 1990, the area was officially designated as the Acton Arboretum.
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The Alaska Botanical Garden is a 110 acre (44.5 ha) botanical garden consisting mainly of spruce and birch forest. Only about 10% of the land is developed. The garden opened in 1993 and is open year-round.
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The Arboretum was founded in 1872 when Harvard College was given a portion of the estate of James Arnold. Additional donations increased the size of the Arboretum, which now occupies 265 acres (107 hectares) of land.
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The Awbury Arboretum was established in 1916 by the family of Henry Cope, a Quaker shipping merchant. The grounds were partially designed by William Saunders, designer of the Cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield and of the U.S. Capitol grounds.
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Owned by MGM Mirage, the Bellagio was built on the site of the demolished Dunes hotel and casino. The building was inspired by the Lake Como resort of Bellagio, Italy.
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The gardens were established in 1961 and emphasize plants native to the southern Appalachian Mountains, representing approximately 700 species.
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The arboretum proper contains roughly 1,000 trees representing over 120 species that grow throughout Ohio. It also includes a Learning Garden and specialized gardens for annuals, hostas, perennials, roses, and wildflowers.
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The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens functions as a traditional public botanic garden, municipal nursery and community garden. They are the United States Intermountain West's oldest and one of the largest public demonstration sites for renewable energy.
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In 1948, Professor Earl Lemley Core convinced the president of West Virginia University to set some newly aquirered property aside for the study of biology and botany. In 1975 the arboretum was named in Core's honor.
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The Delaware Center for Horticulture is a non-profit horticultural organization dedicated to promoting knowledge and appreciation of gardening, horticulture and conservation.
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This 700 acre site, formerly called Chatfield Nature Preserve/Arboretum, includes open grassland areas, ten acres of wetlands, a stream, ponds, a dry land perennial garden and a display garden of plants from the West.
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This site was developed into a botanical garden of rare and unusual plants as a result of many years of work by Albert Greensburg, who donated the site to Hillsborough County in 1967.
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The Arboretum at FSU is comprised of nearly ten acres of land. Its mission is to engage in education, research, observation and contemplation while maintaining the natural setting of the mountains of Appalachia.
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Moody Gardens is made up of three main pyramids, each dedicated to a different attraction. One is an aquarium. The Rainforest Pyramid contains tropical fauna and flora, and Discovery Pyramid is a science museum.
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The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania features thousands of rare plants, including some of Philadelphia's oldest, rarest, and largest trees.
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This non-profit botanical garden and historical preserve consists of 630 acres (255 ha). Mt. Cuba's well-documented plant collection is focused on the study of Delaware Piedmont flora.
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North Carolina Botanical Garden comprises 14 collections and display gardens, containing some 5,900 accessions representing 2,100 species.
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The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate Henry Phipps as a gift to the City of Pittsburgh. It contains formal gardens and various species of exotic plants.
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The Arboretum is owned by the local school system but operated as a state park by the South Arkansas Community College. Opened in 1965, the arboretum is Arkansas's only state park located within a city.
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The estate was built between 1912 and 1915 for F. A. Seiberling, founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He gave it the name Stan Hywet, Old English for stone quarry. It is now a historic house museum and gardens, open seasonally to the public.
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