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Encyclopedia > Birmingham Botanical Gardens (USA)

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a 67.5 acre (273,000 m²) botanical garden located inside of Lane Park at the southern foot of Red Mountain in Birmingham. It is home to some 3,000 different types of plants in 20 different gardens that includes a Japanese Garden. The gardens includes a garden center that has a library, auditorium, Linn-Henley Lecture Hall, Blount Education Center, Gerlach Plant Information Center, Alabama Cooperative Extension System office, Arrington Children’s Plant Adventure Zone, and a restaurant name "Cafe' de France". Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside Kew Gardens Palm House Botanical gardens (in Latin hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... Red Mountain is a long ridge running southwest-northeast and dividing Jones Valley from Shades Valley south of Birmingham, Alabama,United States. ... Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ...


List of Gardens

  • Sonat Lake
  • Hill Garden
    • Kayser Lily Pool
    • Cochran Water Wall
  • Dunn Formal Rose Garden
  • Ireland Old-Fashioned Rose Garden
  • Crape Myrtle Garden Conservatory
    • Desert House
    • Camellia House
    • Samford Orchid Display Room
  • Formal Garden
    • Queen’s Gates
    • Twin Urn Fountains
    • Cabaniss Walk
  • Forman Garden
  • Enabling Garden
  • Thompson Enthusiast Garden
  • Bruno Vegetable Garden
  • Herb Terrace
  • Hess Camellia Garden
  • Bog Gardens
  • Kaul Wildflower Garden
  • Fern Glade
  • Curry Rhododendron Garden
  • Little Ones’ Memory Garden*
  • Curry Rhododendron Species Garden
  • Jemison Lily Garden
  • Hosta Walk
  • Ireland Iris Garden
  • The Southern Living Garden
  • Lawler Gates
  • McReynolds Garden
  • Barber Alabama Woodlands
  • Hulsey Woods
  • Japanese Gardens
    • Torii (Gateway to Heaven)
    • Tea House and Karesansui
    • Hulsey Woods
    • Cultural Pavilion
    • Viewing Shelter & Long Life Lake
    • Bonsai House

External links

  • Birmingham Botanical Gardens Official Website

See also


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