RE: Botanical gardens

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Steve,

We're primarily a list serve for community gardeners in the US under the
aegis of the American Community Gardening Association. . The  ACGA links
page includes community gardens throughout the US and Canada that you may
want to visit.
 http://www.communitygarden.org/ 

If it's Botanical Gardens that you want to visit or learn about, this rather
extensive list of US  and Canadian Arborteums and Botanic Gardens from the
American Horticultural Society should be helpful to you :
http://www.ahs.org/events/reciprocal.htm
Maybe someone south of the Mason/Dixon line will share their favorites with
you.
 Some Tenessee Gardens:

                   Cheekwood Botanical Gardens 
                   1200 Forrest Park Dr 
                   Nashville, TN 37205-4242 
                   (615) 356-8000 
                   Free Admission Hours of Operation: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Monday - Saturday
                   11:00 am - 4:30 pm Sunday 

                   Dixon Gallery and Gardens 
                   4339 Park Ave 
                   Memphis, TN 38117-4698 
                   (901) 761-5250 
                   Free admission 10% discount in gift shop Hours of
operation: Closed
                   Mondays 10:00am - 5:00pm Tue-Sat 1:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday

                   Memphis Botanic Garden 
                   750 Cherry Rd 
                   Memphis, TN 38117-4699 
                   (901) 685-1566 
                   Free admission Hours of operation: Mar-Oct 9:00 am - 6:00
pm
                   Monday-Saturday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm Sundays Nov-Feb closes
at 4:30 pm

                   Reflection Riding Arboretum & Botanical Garden 
                   400 Garden Rd 
                   Chattanooga, TN 37419 
                   (423) 821-9582 
                   Free admission hours of operation: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Mon-Sat 1:00pm -
                   5:00pm Sun
http://virtual.chattanooga.net/rriding/index.htm

If you want to do a nose count of Southern US botanical gardens, these
International and National  links may be useful to you:

 http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botgard.html 

 http://www.io.com/neighbor/usa.html

Enjoy!
Adam Honigman
Clinton Community Garden

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Castle [SMTP:Steve@imageiii.com]
> Sent:	Monday, July 31, 2000 11:20 AM
> To:	'community_garden@mallorn.com'
> Subject:	[cg] Botanical gardens
> 
> 1.  How many Botanical Gardens are there in the US? 
> 2.  How many are in the South? 
> 3.  What are some of the Best Gardens to visit in the South? 
> 4.  Are there any in Nashville? If so where are they? 
> 
> I was just curious about these botanical gardens, any information you
> could give me would be great 
> 
> Thanks 
>   Steve 
> 

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