The purposes of Cornell Plantations are: To hold, manage, protect, and enhance the living botanical collections and the natural areas and gorges of Cornell for the benefit and use of the university community and the public.

Provides a community and national resource for horticultural and environmental information, research and public education. Develops and evaluates plants and horticultural practices for cold climates.

Located on a 79 acre site in St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden is world-renowned for its fundamental botanical research, horticultural display and education programs.

Extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines. Miami, Florida, USA.

A research and educational institution. It manages a collection of hardy trees, shrubs, and vines located on 265 acres and associated herbarium and library collections. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

The Garden features spectacular coastline, waterfalls in a deep palm jungle, sunny areas filled with tropical flowers. It presents a very wide variety of tropical rainforest habitats within a relatively small area that is easily accessible by gravel paths.

Research in a broad range of subjects including ecology, field biology, conservation, and natural history. The hundreds of acres of land are also important as a refuge for native plants and animals. Herbarium specimens collected in New England, with an emphasis on Connecticut. New London, CT, USA.

The website of Britain's major botanic garden with numerous links and many hosted websites. Kew, London.

A resource for herbalists, medics, and botanists. Hypertext tour and partial catalogue. Seattle, WA, USA.

The garden is engaged in the struggle to save the tropical plant world, which is under threat from all sides. This work is carried out through active programs in collection, propagation, conservation, research and education. Hawaii.

Its mission is to foster an awareness and appreciation of the role of plants in nature and in human affairs. Arcadia, CA, USA.

A visionary project and botanical science showcase built for the Millennium and beyond. Science programme includes systematics, biodiversity and conservation, sustainability and economic botany. Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK.

Australian plants, databases on living plants, herbarium specimens and photographs. Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Canada's largest botanical garden incorporates untamed and cultivated landscapes. Burlington, Ontario, near Hamilton, located 45 minutes from Toronto and Niagara Falls.

Australia's second oldest botanical gardens features a native Tasmanian section, Botanical Discovery Centre, Botanical Shop and Sub-Antarctic Plant House. Hobart.

Mounts is Palm Beach County's oldest and largest public garden. Our gardens and programs provide the best horticultural and botanical information available related to South Florida's unique plants and environment.

An Illinois Botanic Museum. Gardens, plants, flowers, greenhouses, educational classes, plant information. Events, visitor and membership information. Chicago, IL, USA.

A 17 hectare garden close to the city center, with a diverse collection of plants. Cambridge, England.

Thirty-one-hectare gardens founded in the 17th century. Open to the public: a major tourist attraction. Edinburgh, Scotland.

History, activities, functions and opening hours of this garden. Bonn, Germany.

San Marino, California, USA. The gardens, on 150 acres, include 10 specialized gardens, several theme areas, and collections from other countries cultivated to share with others.

The garden includes 28 speciality gardens including the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, Everett Children's Adventure Garden, and a 40-acre never been clear cut forest.

Horticultural and ecological education. The garden encourages responsible environmental stewardship, and provides a setting for enjoyment, relaxation and renewal for residents and visitors. Tucson, Arizona.

Belizean species are presented in an educational setting, including special collections such as Heliconias, orchids, and palms. Goals are to recreate specific habitats such as Pine Ridge, Baldy Beacon, as well as a savannah, a rainforest, and a riverine eco-system. Education on the horticultural heritage of Belize, including sustainable agriculture. San Ignacio, Belize.

Visitor and member information, educational programmes, map. Dallas, TX, USA.

Educational and scientific programs. Virtual tour, seedlist, links. Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.

A collection of over 2500 trees set in 134 acres of beautiful Worcestershire countryside with 11 pools, four miles of footpaths, a working farm, and an award winning Earth Centre set in a hillside. Wolverley, Kidderminster, Worcs, UK.

In Norfolk, UK, a private garden open to the public on selected days, featuring over 1000 named varieties of trees.. Information about the garden, its collections, and plants and other items for sale.

Description of the history and philosophy of botanical gardens with links to nine of the world's best: Leiden, Jardin des Plantes, Kew, Singapore, Missouri, New York, Montreal, San Franscisco, UBC. Based on book by Mary Soderstrom.

Award-winning Sun Garden blooms with exotic tropical flowers, 14-foot waterfall and reflecting pools. Outdoor gardens feature magnificent conifer collection, thousands of spring bulbs, colorful, rare perennials and annuals, children's interactive features. Garden festivals, gift shop, art shows, guided group tours with reservations, banquet rooms, and ample parking.

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Information on operating hours, show schedules and seasonal exhibits. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Volunteer based organisation promoting public knowledge of plants and gardens. Provides an image gallery. Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Online tours of Boerner Botanical Gardens and the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory. Includes historical notes and visitor information. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.

Virtual tour features the Chinese Scholar's Garden. Educational programmes, visitor information. Staten Island, NY, USA.

A gateway to the natural and cultural histories of Clayquot Sound Biosphere Reserve. Virtual tour, visitor information. Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

1900 tri-domed glass conservatory designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Victorian Gardens. History, education programmes, events, virtual tour. Buffalo, NY, USA.

Visitor information and details of the collections at the four RHS gardens in the UK.

Includes 1,149 acres of plant collections and natural areas. Events, reports, collections, visitor information. Newark, Ohio, USA.

Plant collection, events, virtual tour. Midland, Michigan, USA.

Aims to enrich urban landscapes by promoting greater diversity of creative, environmentally sound landscapes. Calendar of events, virtual tour. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Plant displays, research, and education, representing and interpreting the diversity of the Earth's plant life for the academic community and the general public. Horticultural workshops and special plant sale events. Displays on palms, bromeliads, herbs, native, carnivorous plants, and riparian (wetland) forest, at the USF Tampa Campus.

Topiary and flower gardens plus a nature walk and historic home. Includes events calendar, history and rental information. Maryland.

Overview, events and education programs, specialty gardens and horticultural practices, research, support opportunities, and site search.

The web site of Canada's oldest university botanical garden. Current research themes include conservation, evolution (including molecular systematics), genomics (including the evolution of plant development) and plant breeding. The garden features a collection of over 7500 different taxa, many of which are of wild documented origin.

History of the gardens and plant collection database. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Virtual tour, volunteer and internship information.

Dedicated to conifers from all over the world. Its main aim is to help protect rare and endangered species. Located near Carcassone, southern France.

A regional center for research, conservation, and interpretation of plants located in Chapel Hill, NC.

Information about the garden, library, museum, research, biodiversity informatics, and other botanical projects and organizations.

Diverse collections are grown on a hilly site overlooking the Berkeley campus, near the San Francisco Bay.

Calendar of events, photos, and information about using the facility for weddings. Dubuque, Iowa, USA.

Class and activity schedule, photos, volunteer opportunities, and a list of board members. Clinton, Iowa, USA.

Includes history, photos, volunteer opportunities, and children's section. Orange, Texas, USA.

Calendar of events, list of activities, information about animal life, and volunteer opportunities. Houston, Texas, USA.

The oldest botanic garden in Texas, a 109-acre living museum displaying over 2,500 species of native and exotic plants. Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Offers educational events, programs, and classes year-round. San Antonio, Texas, USA.

History, membership information, calendar of events, information about activities and educational programs, and volunteer opportunities. Lubbock, Texas, USA.

Preserve with nature areas and trails. Includes maps, information about the collections, calendar of events, membership information, and volunteer opportunities. Athens, Georgia, USA.

Horticultural laboratory and arboretum. Includes maps, FAQ, and information about tours. Milledgeville, Georgia, USA.

Botanical and tropical gardens with golf course. Includes calendar of events and membership information. Augusta, Georgia, USA.

A visit to the southwest USA's leading desert arboretum. The site is fully described and a photo tour of the arboretum has been included. Superior, Arizona.

An interdisciplinary center that integrates art, science and the humanities.

Religious themed botanical garden and public attractive. Features detailed plant information, photos, frequently asked questions and guestbook. Warsaw, Indiana, USA.

Calendar of events, information about educational programs, volunteer opportunities, and membership information. Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

Also conducts joint research on cold hardiness of fern species and cultivars. Virtual tour, information about classes offered, volunteer opportunities, and membership information. Also offers a children's garden. Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

A public garden located on the Isle aux Oies River. Features seasonal blooms and offers river cruises. Theodore, Alabama, USA.

50-acre partially wooded park designed to preserve the early southern garden in an environment that presents native plants in an attractive balance with traditional botanical garden elements. Dothan, Alabama, USA.

Virtual tour, calendar of events, news, volunteer opportunities, information about rental, and a list of classes and trips. Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

200-acre arboretum in a ponderosa pine forest. Guided tours, gift shop, nature trails, endangered plants and animals and cultivated gardens. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

History, how to get involved, calendar of events, and information about student projects. Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Calendar of events, information about programs, and collections policy. Vail, Colorado, USA.

Offers garden directory, hours and admissions, exhibits and tours, botanical information and growing guide, and special events. Denver, Colorado, USA.

A classic regional display garden, comprised entirely of plants, flowers and trees that grow in the dry Colorado climate. Offers numerous classes, workshops, field trips and tours for all ages, year round. Littleton, Colorado, USA.

Contains thousands of plants, including several champion trees, and features a pond, swamp, and stream. North Stamford, Connecticut, USA.

Information on their role in the marketing and promotion of horticulture and landscape architecture in Oklahoma.

Teaching, research, and public education institution affiliated with Montreal's McGill University.

A 16-acre public garden above Okanagan Lake with irrigated and xeriscaped areas, collections of penstemons, irises, roses, and a museum of antique scientific equipment. Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.

The Association's mission is to assist Baltimore City in preserving Cylburn's grounds and buildings through horticultural and educational programs. Cylburn Arboretum is the city's horticultural headquarters. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Established in 1971 as a teaching garden for the University of Papua New Guinea Biology Department. Includes a large area of rainforest, an unusual sight for normally dry and dusty Port Moresby. Collections include many palm species, bamboos, heliconias, cordyline, pandanus, native trees and shrubs. Well known for its extensive collection of Papua New Guinea orchid species. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Magical spring and gardens with holy thorn trees, said to have sprouted from Joseph of Arimathea's staff. Wide herbaceous borders either side of the path are a riot of colour and perfume in Summer, views across the Vale of Avalon. Beneath Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England.

Community botanical garden of the world's rarest and most unusual plants in themed environments, bringing together art, people, and nature. City of Vista, California.

Research and educational collection of more than 70 species of medicinal plants, including mainstay drug-producing plants whose products are currently in use in clinical practice around the world. Located at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The Arboretum occupies one of the most propitious horticultural sites in the world, part of the holdings of pioneer Henry Cowell. Climatic and topographic diversity allow experimentation with amost every species that might be grown along the coast between San Diego and Crescent City, and the diversity of the soils--the underlying rock includes granite, schist, limestone, and several types of sandstone--can scarcely be matched anywhere.

Soekershof Walkabout portrays the spiritual diversity of South Africa in mazes, a cactus labyrinth, a philosopher's garden, and other gardens containing more than 1500 succulent plants and unique indigenous plants. There is no such a garden in the Southern Hemisphere. Klaas Voogds West Robertson, West Cape, Republic of South Africa.

Features trees, shrubs, animal life, and wetlands. Includes news, birding information, volunteer opportunities, and photos. Located in Dallas Center, Iowa, USA.

Schedules and information about tours, projects, and education programs, as well as photo gallery and searchable type specimen register. Austin, Texas, USA.

Personal reviews of botanical gardens, with links.

Information about the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan's botanic garden.

Information about activities and programs, virtual garden. Located in Clemson.

Mission is to create a world renowned Botanical Garden and Conservation Learning Center in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Collects and studies trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world; features searchable plant information database, educational programs, gift shop, and membership, employment and volunteer opportunities.

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA) institution with indoor and outdoor collections. History, photo tour of the gardens, database of species, and information about research, educational classes, and special exhibits and events.

The oldest botanic garden in Britain. Contact and visitor information. Oxford, UK.

Includes photos of the Arboretum's native Wisconsin habitat restorations and Longenecker Gardens, seasonal events calendar, Naturalists' Notes, Earth Partnership for Schools (ecological restoration), curriculum resources, woodland database, research resources.

Tabular overview of botanical gardens, arboreta, and zoos in Ukraine, listing the size and number of species for each.

Features a spectacular array of plants from the world's Mediterranean and mild temperate climates, to high-elevation tropical cloud forests. San Francisco, USA.

Tropical glasshouse and surrounding botanical gardens, featuring ferns, cycads, and flowering plants. Overview of botanical divisions, history, and visiting information.

Lithuanian academic facility presents information about its research, departments, and history.

Greenhouse, gardens, and arboretum featuring several specialty gardens and collections. Information about education, research, and annual flower show. South Hadley, Massachusetts.

This garden in Sonoma Valley, California, houses a large collection of scientifically documented temperate Asian plants.

At the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands). Specializes in solanaceae, with an extensive image list of plants in this family and links to other resources.

Overview of history, mission, research, and educational opportunities, visitor information, and calendar of events.

Collaboration of botanical gardens and arboreta in the Netherlands. Provides locations of member organizations and offers an alphabetical listing of plant collections.

Offers news, virtual tour, programs, events, articles, shopping, research, and information for visitors. New York.

National botanical garden in China presents its ten landscaped sections, plant collections, and scientific research.

Includes a Japanese garden, floral gardens and a collection of native and alpine plants. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Maintains a collection of living plants for use in research and teaching, and takes part in an international seed exchange. Information about public and research collections, greenhouses, and tours.

Facility in Ghana aiming to promote plant diversity through research, horticultural training, cultivation and introduction of endangered plants, and management of natural resources. Summary information, map, and history.

Dedicated to research, education, and preservation of native California plants. Information, photographs, calendar of events.

The department of ecology and evolutionary biology presents the greenhouse facilities, visiting information, research capabilities, and an index to basic data sheets for many of the plant holdings.

Details of the collection, including rare trees, champion trees, and visitor facilities at this national arboretum. Westonbirt, Glos, UK.

Arboretum of Steven F. Austin University, Texas. Information on the conservation, evaluation, and use of the native plants of the state.

The garden will showcase an extensive collection of subtropical and tropical plants from countries as near as Cuba and as far as Indonesia, ranging from desert to rainforests. Naples, Florida.

Based in Essex, UK and featuring woodland walks, footpaths and a visitor centre offering a tea room, gift shop, plant centre and picnic area.

Mission: To heighten the awareness of human relationships with the environment by considering issues of renewable natural resources conservation.

Photos, calendar of events, volunteer opportunities, membership information, and a list of members. Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.

Garden in Encinitas features rare bamboo groves, desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, California native plants, Mediterranean climate landscapes, and a subtropical fruit garden. Information about visiting, volunteering, children's and adult events and classes.

Professional association for public gardens in North America. Information for members and the public, with a featured garden.

Founded in 1937, is a living museum dedicated to desert lands research and education. Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Featured gardens and special events. Waterloo, IA, USA.

The oldest continually operating botanic garden in the United States. Site offers background, event information, gift shop, and related links. Washington, DC, USA.

Created in 1754 by Archduchess (Empress) Maria Theresia of Austria the Garden was first used by the Medical Faculty of Vienna University. The Garden is a synthesis between a 19th century landscape garden and a display of plants in systematic and plant-geographical arrangement. Maps, staff lists, and historical information. Vienna, Austria.

Overview, news, events, plus information on guided tours and list of plants available for purchased. Located in Ljubljana, Slovenia