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"Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, waterbugs, tadpoles, frogs & turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, hickory nuts, trees to climb, animals to pet, hayfields, pine cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets – and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education." -Luther Burbank 1849 - 1926
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United States Botanical Garden Links

MOST COMPLETE LINK SITE:

Internet Directory for Botany: Arboreta and Botanical Gardens http://www.botany.net/IDB/

Botanical gardens are great tourist spots

Take a break from frantic sightseeing and relax among the aromas, colors and splendor of design at a botanical garden>

MOST BEAUTIFUL SITE:

State Botanical Garden of Georgia
http://www.uga.edu/~botgarden/

MOST INTERACTIVE SITE:

Chicago Botanic Garden

http://bestplants.chicago-botanic.org/

BEST FOR KIDS

Missouri Botanic Garden

http://www.mobot.org/

OTHER REGIONAL SITES

Missouri Botanical Garden

http://www.mobot.org/

Hawaii: Bishop Museum

State museum of natural and cultural history in Honolulu, Hawaii http://www.bishop.hawaii.org/

Canada: Royal Botanical Gardens of Canada

http://www.rbg.ca/

roses, container garden, landscape, landscape roses
Apple blossoms on steroids -- oops that's not politically correct -- but these roses that remind you of the wonder of apple blossom season are landscape roses that grow low and bushy. By Tesselaar

D.C.: U.S. Botanic Garden

http://www.aoc.gov

Mediterranean Climate Gardens

http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/

Alabama: Birmingham Botanical Gardens

http://www.bbgardens.org/

Arizona: Desert Botanical Garden

http://www.dbg.org/

California: University of California Botanical Garden

http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/

Colorado: Denver Botanical Gardens

http://www.botanicgardens.org/

Florida: Mounts Botanical Garden

http://www.mounts.org/

Georgia: Atlanta Botanical Garden

http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/

ONLINE Virtual Tours:

Californian: Huntington Gardens virtual tour

http://www.huntington.org/VRTour/VRTours.html

California: Wrigley, Catalina Island virtual tour

http://www.catalina.com/memorial.html#Virtual

ENJOY

Ecotourism starts at home when you discover the treasures of public gardens in your own habitat. Support your local gardens with donations of time, sharing their stories with your friends and family -- and learn about the treasures hidden there!

LEARN

Public gardens are wonderful ways to learn about how plants and wildlife live together in harmony. Some botanical gardens bring plants from around the world to your local community - is that safe?

MAKE A CHOICE

Can you learn which foreign plants could endanger the native flora in your community before you fall in love with a beautiful invasive?

MAKE A CHANGE

What WILL you do today to move toward your goal? Even one small action today makes a difference. And you can add a little tomorrow and the next day... Together we will restore our environment in our community and around the world.

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The Botanical Garden and Montreal Insectarium
America's Ecosystems
California Poppy Reserve
California Agritourism