What’s Blooming Now? Winter Gardens! Brave the Cold & Explore!

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Visitors to public gardens value the colorful blooms in spring and summer, but there is still much to appreciate even during the cold, bleak winter months!  Outdoor winter gardens and arboretums feature bright fruit, colorful & textural tree bark, steadfast evergreen backdrops, fantastic form & structure, and even appealing art & sculpture.

Here’s a list of some great gardens to visit to brighten your day:

• Chicago Botanic Garden:  Illinois
• Fernwood Botanic Garden and Nature Preserve:  Niles, Michigan
• Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park:  Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Powell Gardens:  Kingsville, Missouri
• Duke Farms:  Hillsborough, New Jersey.  Enjoy maple syrup straight from the tree at their Sugar Maple Celebration on February 23.
• Grounds for Sculpture:  Hamilton, New Jersey
• New York Botanic Garden:  Bronx, New York
• Wave Hill:  New York (30 minutes north of mid-town Manhattan)
• Albright Winter Garden:  Temple University, Ambler, Pennsylvania
• Longwood Gardens:  Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.  The Topiary Garden is especially interesting at this time of year.
• Witt Winter Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum (pictured here):  University of Washington, Seattle
• Green Spring Gardens:  Washington, D.C. area.

To learn more about some of the amazing plants that can add interest to your own winter garden, read my previous post here.

 

Tag(s): Events, The Great Green Outdoors

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