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The oldest surviving botanical garden in the United States is Bartram's Garden in Pennsylvania. [1] [2] This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States. [3] [4] [5] The total number of botanical gardens recorded in the United States depends on the criteria used, and is in the range from 296 ...
The Arnold Arboretum's collection of temperate trees, shrubs, and vines has an emphasis on the plants of the eastern North America and eastern Asia, [3] where arboretum staff and colleagues are sourcing new material on plant collecting expeditions. [4] The arboretum supports research in its landscape and in its Weld Hill Research Building. [5]
Bartram's Garden is the oldest botanic garden to survive in the United States. [3] John Bartram (1699–1777), well-known in colonial American as a botanist, explorer, and plant collector, established the garden in September 1728 after purchasing a 102-acre (0.41 km 2 ) farm in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia County for personal use.
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is the oldest and largest botanical garden in the state of Arizona. It is one of the oldest botanical institutions west of the Mississippi River . Founded in 1924 as a desert plant research facility and “living museum”, the arboretum is located in the Sonoran Desert on 392 acres (159 ha) along Queen Creek and ...
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Pennsylvania is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is a 691-acre (2.80 km 2) state park located in the hamlet of Great River, New York, on Long Island. [2] The park includes an arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for William Bayard Cutting in 1886, [6] as well as a mansion designed by Charles C. Haight.
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Today the arboretum contains more than 11,000 labelled plants of over 2,500 taxa, representing the temperate floras of North America, Asia, and Europe. Significant collections include native azaleas, conifers, hollies, magnolia species, maples, roses, and witch-hazels.