Atlanta
Botanical Garden
This
Atlanta garden offers plant collections such as tropical,
desert, orangerie, orchids and much more for the purpose of
display, education, research, conservation, and enjoyment.
It also includes an extensive shade gardens, a children's
garden, and a conservatory.
Visit
their website for operational hours and admission fees.
The
Georgia Golf Hall of Fame's Botanical Gardens
This
Botanical and tropical display gardens are located along the
Savannah River in Augusta. Its features include a rose, Asian
and sculpture garden. Sculptures of golf celebrities all have
permanent homes in these gardens. Check website for visiting
times and admission charges.
Georgia
Perimeter College Botanical Garden
This
native plant garden in Decatur features many plants saved
on rescue missions throughout the Southeast, most notably
a large fern collection. The garden offers a safe haven for
rare and endangered species of the Southeast. See website
for visiting hours and admission
Georgia
Southern Botanical Garden
This university garden near the campus in Statesboro, boasts
a cottage garden of traditional shrubs, perennials and annuals,
a rose arbor, a bird and butterfly border and growing collections
of daylilies. It offers a unique view of the cultural and
natural heritage of the southeastern coastal plain, an area
rich in unique and endangered plants. The Garden nearly 11
acre site, located in the middle of the growing city of Statesboro,
includes walking woodland trails, the Bland Cottage Visitor
Center and Gift Shop, Heritage Garden, Rose Arbor, Children
Vegetable Garden, Camellia Garden, Native Plant Landscape
Garden, Native Azalea Collection and Bog Garden.
Operation
hours:
10
a.m.- 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The Garden Gates are
open daily from 9 a.m. - dusk
Admission
to the Garden is free. Visitor guides are available at Bland
Cottage.
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Located in Athens Georgia’s flora is among the most
diverse foster appreciation, understanding, and stewardship
of plants and nature through collections and displays, horticultural
gardens, educational programs, and research. The Garden is
a "living laboratory," a vital resource for the
teaching, research, and public service missions of the University.
Check
website for visiting hours.
The
Garden is open daily 8:00 am to 6:00 pm October-March, and
8:00 am to 8:00 pm April-September. The Visitor Center is
open Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm and on Sundays
11:30 am to 4:30 pm except official University of Georgia
holidays.
