Huntsville Botanical Garden

The Huntsville Botanical Garden is a 112 acres (453,000 m²) botanical garden located at 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama, near the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. It is open year-round for a fee. The garden is fifth on the list of Alabama's top paid tourist attractions, receiving 307,985 visitors in 2008.[1]

The gardens include a seasonal butterfly house, and aquatic, annual, daylily, fern, herb, perennial, rose, and wildflower gardens, as well as a nature path and collection of Flowering Dogwood trees. Specific sections of the garden are as follows:

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References

  1. Doyle, Steve (27 January 2010), "Space Center, garden tram gets green light", The Huntsville Times, Huntsville
  2. "Welcome to the Garden: Fern Glade". Huntsville Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2016-07-22.

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Coordinates: 34°42′25″N 86°37′59″W / 34.707°N 86.633°W / 34.707; -86.633


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