A 155-acre "living museum" filled with rare and unusual trees and shrubs, the Midwest’s most vigorous evergreen collection, plus a variety of specialty, demonstration and Children's gardens and a Fountain Garden with a performance stage.
The arboretum was founded in 1922 in Kivik which is situated in the southernmost part of Sweden. Trees was planted, mostly pines. The intention was to construct 'an experimental garden to study the suitability of magnificent species for decoration of our parks'.
Children learn best interacting with their environment. Garden Mosaics, designed by Cornell University, is an after-school, neighborhood-based, community gardening youth program hosted by the American Community Gardening Association.
A large collection of temperate and tropical plants, including a 70 ft canary palm and a collection of 30 to 50 yr old cereus cacti. The building is a 100 yr old victorian conservertory, with a hot house, temperate room and pond room, with Italian marble statue of Galatea.
Garden-Raised Bounty is a non-profit organization dedicated to nourishing community by empowering people to grow good food. Our core values are: caring youth and adult partnerships, strong communities, sustainable land stewardship, education, and good food for all people.
We encourage Mid-Atlantic region gardeners to learn more about horticulture by sponsoring garden and nursery visits, trips, seminars, lectures, workshops, plant sales, cuttings and seed exchanges. Hps/Mag is a non-profit volunteer organization.
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