Reccomended Public Gardens Garden tours Etc.

[Az Gardener]

I like to visit gardens and go on garden tours when I am on vacation. Sometimes they are hard to find and they can keep odd hours but I enjoy it none the less. I am asking for recommendations of gardens you have been to or public gardens in your area.

They do not need to be limited in any way I would love to hear about European gardens and I have heard of some great ones in Canada too. Problem is it is always in passing and never written down. So all I can remember is there are some great gardens in Canada.

I will kick it off by listing The Garden Conservancy www.info@gardenconservancy.org as a great resource for tours of private gardens across the US. I have also been to and would recommend Longwood Gardens in New Orleans (pre Katrina)
Huntington Gardens in Pasadena Calif.

I look foreword to everyones contributions.

[ProMo]

I have done some volenteer work at http://www.leugardens.org/ another one you might enjoy known for the singing tower is http://www.boksanctuary.org/index.html

[dwlah]

Bellingrath Garden in Mobile AL
My parents go there everytime thay head down there

[Dollar Spot]

OARDC, Wooster, OH - one of the largest crabapple collections in USA
Kingwood Gardens, Dayton, OH - beautiful
Swathmore College, Philly, PA - great botanical garden
Geneva on the Lake, Canada -up from the falls, has large floral clock
All should have websites.
So many places to see and so little time to see them.

[Dollar Spot]

The list goes on.
Golden Gate Park, San Fran, CA - awesome, has the pollarded London Plane trees that have been in many movies.
Japanesee Garden, San Fran, CA - can't sit there long enough to take it all in.
University of Tennessee, display gardens, Knoxville, TN - gets better every year.

[GroundsGuy]

Butchart Gardens, in Victoria, British Columbia Canada:
http://www.butchartgardens.com/main.php

Filoli Gardens, 30 miles south of San Fransisco:
http://www.filoli.org/

Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, outside of Los Angeles:
http://www.descansogardens.org/site/home.cfm

[AUHort1990]

Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain Georgia.

http://www.callawaygardens.com/

[Dollar Spot]

I love the azaleas at Callaway. I met Fred Gallo, the Godfather of azaleas there when I was in college.

[Dollar Spot]

One correction
Kingwood Gardens is located in Mansfield

[AUHort1990]

Bellingrath Gardens - Mobile Alabama

http://www.bellingrath.org/

Aldridge Gardens - Hoover, Alabama (Birmingham)

http://www.aldridgegardens.com/

[Dollar Spot]

We went up to the Cleveland Art Museum to see the Monet exhibit this Saturday and got a glimpse of the botanical garden there. I will be making a special trip in the coming weeks to check it out and I'll let you know how it was.