Botanical Gardens

Below is a list of botanical gardens which may be able to further assist you. To see the list of botanical gardens in your state, use the linked index below. In addition to these resources, you may want to consult your county agricultural extension office.

Please Note: If you wish to have your African Violet examined by a horticulturalist, remember that any exposure to other plants could result in the spread of disease or pests. Therefore, before taking your African Violet to any of the locations below, please call them in order to ascertain whatever guidelines they may have for bringing plants in. At the very least, your African Violet should be sealed in an air-tight, plastic bag in order to prevent exposure to other, healthy plants.

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Alabama

 

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2612 Lane Park Road

Birmingham, AL 35223

ph. 205-879-1227

 

Dothan Botanical Gardens

Dothan, AL 36302

ph. 334-793-3224

 

Huntsville Botanical Garden

4747 Bob Wallace Avenue

Huntsville, AL 35805

ph. 205-830-4447

 

Mobile Botanical Gardens

Langan Park

Pat Ryan Drive

Mobile, AL 36608

ph. 334-342-0555

 

Alaska

 

Alaska Botanical Garden

Anchorage, AK 99520

ph. 907-278-2814

 

Arizona

 

Desert Botanical Garden

1201 N. Galvin Parkway

Phoenix, AZ 85008

ph. 602-941-1225

 

Tucson Botanical Gardens

2150 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, AZ 85712

ph. 520-326-9686

 

Arkansas

 

Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks

Fayetteville, AR 72702

ph. 501-839-2301

 

Twentieth Century Gardens

498 Arkridge Road

Hot Springs, AR 71913

ph. 501-262-2711

 

California

 

Dunsmuir Botanical Garden

Dunsmuir, CA 96025

ph. 916-235-4740

 

Humboldt Botanical Gardens

Eureka, CA 95502

ph. 707-442-5139

 

Huntington Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108

ph. 818-405-2160

 

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

18220 N. Highway 1

Fort Bragg, CA 95437

ph. 707-964-4352

 

Moorten Botanic Garden

1701 South Palm Canyon Drive

Palm Springs, CA 92264

ph. 619-327-6555

 

Niguel Botanical Preserve

29751 Crown Valley Parkway

Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

ph. 714-493-6274

 

Oakland Museum and Gardens

1000 Oak Street

Oakland, CA 94607

ph. 510-273-3401

 

Overfelt Gardens

McKee Road and Educational Park Drive

San Jose, CA 95133

ph. 415-251-3323

 

Quail Botanical Gardens

230 Quail Gardens Drive

Encinitas, CA 92023

ph. 619-436-3036

 

Quarryhill Botanical Garden

Glen Ellen, CA 95422

ph. 707-996-3166

 

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

1500 N. College Avenue

Claremont, CA 91711

ph. 909-625-8767

 

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Tilden Regional Park

Berkeley, CA 94708

ph. 510-841-8732

 

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

San Luis Obispo, CA 93403

ph. 805-546-3501

 

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

1212 Mission Canyon Road

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

ph. 805-682-4726

 

South Coast Botanic Garden

26300 Crenshaw Blvd

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274

ph. 310-772-5813

 

Strybing Botanical Gardens

Golden State Park

9th Avenue and Lincoln Way

San Francisco, CA 94122

ph. 415-753-7089

 

UC-Berkeley Botanical Garden

200 Centennial Drive

Berkeley, CA 94720

ph. 510-642-0840

 

UC-Irvine Botanical Garden

Irvine, CA 92697

ph. 714-824-5833

 

UC-Riverside Botanic Garden

Riverside, CA 92521

ph. 909-787-4650

 

UCLA Botanical Gardens

405 Hilgard Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90095

ph. 310-825-3620

 

Wrigley Botanical Garden

Avalon, CA 90704

ph. 310-510-2288

 

Young Botanic Garden

14178 W. Kearney

Kerman, CA 93630

ph. 209-846-7881

 

Colorado

 

Denver Botanic Gardens

909 York Street

Denver, CO 80206

ph. 303-331-4000

 

Montrose Botanic Gardens

Montrose, CO 81402

ph. 970-249-9055

 

Yampa River Botanic Park

245 Howelson Parkway

Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

ph. 970-879-4300

 

Connecticut

 

Beardsley Zoological Gardens

1875 Noble Avenue

Bridgeport, CT 06610

ph. 203-576-8126

 

Delaware

 

Delaware Horticulture Center

1810 N. Dupont Street

Wilmington, DE 19806

ph. 302-658-6262

 

District of Columbia

 

U.S. Botanic Garden

245 First Street, SW

Washington, DC 20024

ph. 202-225-8333

 

Florida

 

Heathcote Botanical Gardens

210 Savannah Road

Fort Pierce, FL 34982

ph. 407-464-4672

 

Lake County Horticultural Center

30205 S.R. 19

Tavares, FL 32778

ph. 352-742-0004

 

Shelby Botanical Gardens

811 S. Palm Avenue

Sarasota, FL 34236

ph. 941-366-5731

 

Mounts Botanical Garden

531 N. Military Trail

West Palm Beach, FL 33415

ph. 561-233-1749

 

University of West Florida Botanical Garden

11000 University Parkway

Pensacola, FL 32514

ph. 904-474-2940

 

Georgia

 

Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta, GA 30357

ph. 404-876-5859

 

Georgia Southern Botanical Garden

Statesboro, GA 30460

ph. 912-871-1114

 

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

University of Georgia

2450 S. Milledge Avenue

Athens, GA 30605

ph. 706-542-1244

 

Hawaii

 

Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden

Captain Cook, HI 96704

ph. 808-323-3318

 

Hawaii Tropical Botanic Garden

248 Kahoa Road

Hilo, HI 96720

ph. 808-964-5233

 

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Lawai, Kauai, HI 96765

ph. 808-332-7324

 

Idaho

 

Idaho Botanical Gardens

2355 Old Penitentiary Road

Boise, ID 83701

ph. 208-343-8649

 

University of Idaho Botanical Garden

205 C.E.B.

Moscow, ID 83844

ph. 208-885-6250

 

Illinois

 

Chicago Botanic Garden

1000 Lake Cook Road

Glencoe, IL 60022

ph. 847-835-5440

 

Luthy Botanical Garden

2218 North Prospect Road

Peoria, IL 61603

ph. 309-686-3362

 

Northern Illinois Botanical Society

1220 Rock Street

Rockford, IL 61101

ph. 815-965-8146

 

Sun-Star Botanical Garden

201 N. 34th Street

Decatur, IL 62521

ph. 217-422-7156

 

Washington Park Botanical Garden

Springfield, IL 62705

ph. 217-753-6228

 

Indiana

 

Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory

1100 S. Calhoun Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

ph. 219-427-6440

 

Garfield Park Conservatory

2450 S. Shelby Street

Indianapolis, IN 46203

ph. 317-327-7184

 

Oakhurst Gardens

1200 N. Minnetrista Parkway

Muncie, IN 47303

ph. 765-282-4848

 

Iowa

 

Des Moines Botanical Center

909 East River Drive

Des Moines, IA 50316

ph. 515-242-2734

 

Dubuque Botanical Gardens

3800 Arboretum Drive

Dubuque, IA 52001

ph. 319-556-2100

 

Reiman Gardens

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011

ph. 515-294-0028

 

Kansas

 

Meade Park Botanic Gardens

124 N. Fillmore

Topeka, KS 66606

ph. 913-232-5493

 

Overland Park Botanical Garden

8500 Santa Fe

Overland Park, KS 66212

ph. 913-685-3604

 

Wichita Gardens

701 N. Amidon

Wichita, KS 67203

ph. 316-264-0448

 

Louisiana

 

New Orleans Botanical Garden

1 Palm Drive

New Orleans, LA 70124

ph. 504-483-9386

 

Maryland

 

London Town Botanical Garden

839 Londontown Road

Edgewater, MD 21037

ph. 410-222-1919

 

Massachusetts

 

Berkshire Botanical Garden

Stockbridge, MA 01262

ph. 413-298-3926

 

Smith College Botanic Garden

Northamptom, MA 01063

ph. 413-585-2748

 

Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden

South Hadley, MA 01075

ph. 413-538-2116

 

Worcester County Horticultural Society

11 French Drive

Boylston, MA 01505

ph. 508-869-6111

 

Michigan

 

Beal Botanical Garden

412 Olds Hall

East Lansing, MI 48824

ph. 517-355-9582

 

Dow Gardens

1018 W. Main Street

Midland, MI 48640

ph. 517-631-2677

 

Fernwood Botanical Garden

13988 Range Line Road

Niles, MI 49120

ph. 616-695-6491

 

Frederik Meijer Gardens

3411 Bradford NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546

ph. 616-957-1580

 

Minnesota

 

Linnaeus Arboretum and Gardens

Gustavus Adolphus College

St Peter, MN 56082

ph. 507-933-7324

 

Mississippi

 

Mynelle Gardens

4736 Clinton Blvd

Jackson, MS 39209

ph. 601-960-1894

 

Missouri

 

Missouri Botanical Garden

St Louis, MO 63166

ph. 314-577-5100

 

Powell Gardens

1609 NW U.S. Highway 50

Kingsville, MO 64061

ph. 816-697-2600

 

Nebraska

 

Omaha Botanical Gardens

Omaha, NE 68124

ph. 402-346-4002

 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Botanical Garden

1340 N. 17th Street

Lincoln, NE 68588

ph. 402-472-2679

 

Nevada

 

Desert Demonstration Gardens

1001 South Valley View Blvd

Las Vegas, NV 89153

ph. 702-258-3205

 

May Botanical Garden

1502 Washington Street

Reno, NV 89503

ph. 702-785-4153

 

New Jersey

 

New Jersey State Botanical Garden

Ringwood, NJ 07456

ph. 201-962-7527

 

Somerset County Botanical Garden

11 Layton Road

Far Hills, NJ 07931

ph. 908-234-2677

 

New Mexico

 

Rio Grande Botanic Garden

903 10th Street, SW

Albuquerque, NM 87102

ph. 505-764-6200

 

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Santa Fe, NM 87502

ph. 505-438-1684

 

New York

 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

1000 Washington Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11225

ph. 718-622-4433

 

Buffalo-Erie County Botanical Garden

2655 South Park Avenue

Buffalo, NY 14218

ph. 716-827-1584

 

Cornell Plantations

One Plantations Road

Ithaca, NY 14850

ph. 607-255-3020

 

Highland Botanical Park

180 Reservoir Avenue

Rochester, NY 14620

ph. 716-256-4967

 

New York Botanical Garden

Bronx, NY 10458

ph. 718-817-8700

 

Oceanside Botanical Garden

3160 Skillman Avenue

Oceanside, NY 11572

ph. 516-678-8568

 

Quaker Hill Garden

Pawling, NY 12564

ph. 914-855-1531

 

Queens Botanical Garden

43-50 Main Street

Flushing, NY 11355

ph. 718-886-3800

 

Staten Island Botanical Garden

1000 Richmond Terrace

Staten Island, NY 10301

ph. 718-273-8200

 

Wave Hill Botanical Garden

675 W. 252nd Street

Bronx, NY 10471

ph. 718-549-3200

 

North Carolina

 

Asheville Botanical Gardens

151 W. T. Weaver Blvd

Asheville, NC 28804

ph. 704-252-5190

 

Cape Fear Botanical Garden

Fayetteville, NC 28305

ph. 910-486-0221

 

Charlotte Botanical Garden

1800 Continental Blvd

Charlotte, NC 28273

ph. 704-331-5566

 

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

6500 S. New Hope Road

Belmont, NC 28012

ph. 704-825-4490

 

Duke Gardens

Duke University

Durham, NC 27708

ph. 919-684-3698

 

North Carolina Botanical Garden

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

ph. 919-962-0522

 

Ohio

 

Cincinnati Botanical Garden

3400 Vine Street

Cincinnati, OH 45220

ph. 513-559-7734

 

Cleveland Botanical Garden

11030 East Blvd

Cleveland, OH 44106

ph. 216-721-1600

 

Franklin Park Botanical Garden

1777 E. Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43203

ph. 614-645-8733

 

Schoepfle Garden

12882 Diagonal Road

La Grange, OH 44050

ph. 216-965-7237

 

Toledo Botanical Garden

5403 Elmer Drive

Toledo, OH 43615

ph. 419-936-2986

 

Oklahoma

 

Lendonwood Gardens

1308 W. 13th Street

Grove, OK 74345

ph. 918-786-2281

 

Myriad Botanical Gardens

100 Myriad Gardens

Oklahoma City, OK 73102

ph. 405-297-3995

 

Oklahoma Botanical Garden

Oklahoma State University

360 Agriculture Hall

Stillwater, OK 74078

ph. 405-744-5414

 

Oregon

 

Berry Botanic Garden

11505 SW Summerville Avenue

Portland, OR 97219

ph. 503-636-4112

 

Leach Botanical Garden

6704 SE 122nd Avenue

Portland, OR 97236

ph. 503-761-9503

 

Pennsylvania

 

Erie Zoological Society

423 W. 38th Street

Erie, PA 16508

ph. 814-864-4091

 

Henry Foundation for Botanical Research

801 Stony Lane

Gladwyne, PA 19035

ph. 610-525-2037

 

Horticultural Society of Western Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, PA 15206

ph. 412-826-0626

 

Jenkins Arboretum and Botanical Garden

631 Berwyn-Baptist Road

Devon, PA 19333

ph. 610-647-8870

 

Longwood Gardens

Kennett Square, PA 19348

ph. 610-388-1000

 

Muhlenberg College Botanical Garden

2400 Chew Street

Allentown, PA 18104

ph. 610-821-3258

 

Phipps Conservatory

One Schenley Park

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

ph. 412-622-6915

 

Rodef Shalom Botanical Garden

4905 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

ph. 412-621-6566

 

South Carolina

 

Kalmia Gardens

Coker College

1624 West Carolina Avenue

Hartsville, SC 29550

ph. 803-383-8145

 

Riverbanks Botanical Garden

Columbia, SC 29202

ph. 803-779-8717

 

South Carolina Botanical Garden

Clemson University

103 Lehotsky Hall

Clemson, SC 29634

ph. 803-656-3405

 

South Dakota

 

Great Plains Native Plant Society

Hot Springs, SD 57747

ph. 605-745-3397

 

Tennessee

 

Cheekwood Botanical Garden

1200 Forrest Park Drive

Nashville, TN 37205

ph. 615-353-2148

 

Memphis Botanic Garden

750 Cherry Road

Memphis, TN 38117

ph. 901-685-1566

 

Reflection Riding Botanical Garden

400 Garden Road

Chattanooga, TN 37419

ph. 423-821-9582

 

Texas

 

Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens

8545 S. Staples Street

Corpus Christi, TX 78413

ph. 512-852-2100

 

Dallas Arboretum and Botanic Garden

8617 Garland Road

Dallas, TX 75218

ph. 214-327-8263

 

Dallas Horticulture Center

Dallas, TX 75315

ph. 214-428-7476

 

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

3220 Botanic Garden Blvd

Fort Worth, TX 76107

ph. 817-871-7686

 

Heard Natural Science Center

One Nature Place

McKinney, TX 75069

ph. 972-562-5566

 

Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens

22306 Aldine-Westfield Road

Humble, TX 77338

ph. 281-443-8731

 

San Antonio Botanical Garden

555 Funston Place

San Antonio, TX 78209

ph. 210-821-5143

 

Utah

 

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

University of Utah

18-A de Trobriand Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84113

ph. 801-581-5322

 

Utah Botanical Center

Utah State University

Logan, UT 84322

ph. 801-797-1984

 

Utah State University Botanical Garden

1817 North Main

Farmington, UT 84025

ph. 801-451-3204

 

Vermont

 

New England Tropical Conservatory

Bennington, VT 05201

ph. 413-458-5336

 

Virginia

 

James Madison University Botanical Garden

Harrisonburg, VA 22807

ph. 540-568-6906

 

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

1800 Lakeside Avenue

Richmond, VA 23228

ph. 804-262-9887

 

Norfolk Botanical Garden

Azalea Garden Road

Norfolk, VA 23518

ph. 757-441-5830

 

Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden

Saunders Hall

Blacksburg, VA 24061

ph. 540-231-5783

 

Winkler Botanical Preserve

4900 Seminary Road

Alexandria, VA 22311

ph. 703-578-7888

 

Washington

 

Lakewold Gardens

12317 Gravelly Lake Drive, SW

Tacoma, WA 98498

ph. 206-584-4106

 

Seymour Botanical Conservatory

316 South G Street

Tacoma, WA 98405

ph. 206-591-5330

 

Yakima Arboretum and Botanical Garden

1401 Arboretum Drive

Yakima, WA 98901

 

Wisconsin

 

Boerner Botanical Gardens

5879 S. 92nd Street

Hales Corners, WI 53130

ph. 414-425-1131

 

Green Bay Botanical Garden

2600 Larsen Road

Green Bay, WI 54307

ph. 414-490-9457

 

Olbrich Botanical Gardens

3330 Atwood Avenue

Madison, WI 53704

ph. 608-246-4551

 

Wyoming

 

Cheyenne Botanic Garden

710 S. Lions Park Drive

Cheyenne, WY 82001

ph. 307-637-6458

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