“Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation’s oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark.”
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Holden Arboretum
The Holden Arboretum is located near Cleveland, in Kirtland, Ohio.
Harvard University Herbaria
“The Harvard University Herbaria, with more than 5 million specimens, are one of the 10 largest Herbaria in the world in number of specimens, and along with the library, form the world’s largest university owned herbarium.”
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
“Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a tranquil, 52-acre urban oasis featuring more than 10,000 different kinds of plants from around the world.”
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
“BGCI was founded in 1987 to link botanic gardens as a co-operating global network for effective plant conservation. It now links over 2500 institutions in over 120 countries, all working together to preserve and promote plant diversity for people and the planet.”
Arnold Arboretum
“The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is the oldest public arboretum in North America.”
VanDusen Botanical Garden
“A beautifully laid out garden containing thousands of rare, unusual and interesting plants.”
University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden
“Organized into geographical groupings of Asian, European, Eastern, and Western North American sections, and display plantings are hundreds of species and cultivars of North Temperate trees and shrubs and a xeriscape garden.”
Seattle Chinese Garden
“The 4.6-acre Seattle Chinese Garden will be one of the largest Chinese gardens outside of China, showcasing not only plants, but also stone, architecture and water elements that are customary to Chinese gardens.”
Portland Japanese Garden
The Portland Japanese Garden features five gardens that include a Tea garden and a Sand and Stone garden.