botanical garden
noun
variants
or less commonly botanic garden
: a garden often with greenhouses for the culture, study, and exhibition of special plants
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The artist shared a close friendship with the late philanthropists Fred and Lena Meijer, whose vision helped shape the institution into one of the Midwest’s leading sculpture parks and botanical gardens.
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 30 Apr. 2026
Leaders of the gardens have been undergoing a master planning effort for more than a year in an effort to accommodate visitation of the botanical garden doubling to more than 300,000 people annually over the past decade.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
But Florida also has botanical gardens, historic hotels, nature preserves, incredible architecture, and so much more.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
His projects have been with athletes, politicians, chief executive officers, the director of a botanical garden, a physician, a Nepalese monk, a theoretical physicist.
—John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 30 Apr. 2026
Leaders of the gardens have been undergoing a master planning effort for more than a year in an effort to accommodate visitation of the botanical garden doubling to more than 300,000 people annually over the past decade.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
But Florida also has botanical gardens, historic hotels, nature preserves, incredible architecture, and so much more.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
His projects have been with athletes, politicians, chief executive officers, the director of a botanical garden, a physician, a Nepalese monk, a theoretical physicist.
—John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Botanical garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botanical%20garden. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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