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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, [3] and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and sculpture.
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: Ann Arbor: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: Grand Rapids: Michigan State ...
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is located in the outskirts of Grand Rapids. Michigan's Adventure theme park is just north of Muskegon, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum and the DeVos Place Convention Center are both in downtown Grand Rapids.
Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park is a 92-mile (148 km) long linear state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The trail extends from northern Grand Rapids to Cadillac , and it lies on the path graded for the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad (later absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad ).
Power Center for the Performing Arts: July 1, 2012 Grand Rapids Charter Township: Meijer Gardens Amphitheater: Europe [10] [11] July 5, 2012: Montreux: Switzerland Miles Davis Hall July 6, 2012 Vienna: Austria Vienna State Opera House: July 7, 2012: Rotterdam: Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy: July 8, 2012: Liège: Belgium Parc Reine Astrid: July 12 ...
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Statue of John Ball in Grand Rapids. The original 40 acres (16 ha) was donated to the city by noted pioneer and explorer John Ball upon his death in 1884. Shortly after, another 100 acres (40 ha) was added and this marked the beginning of additional amenities, including ponds, a theater, a band shell, playgrounds, ball fields, trails, and the zoo.
Meijer was founded as Meijer's in Greenville, Michigan, in 1934 by Hendrik Meijer, a Dutch immigrant. Meijer was a local barber who entered the grocery business during the Great Depression. His first employees included his 14-year-old son, Frederik Meijer, who later became chairman of the company. The current co-chairmen, brothers Hank and Doug ...