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    Noccalula Falls Park

    Noccalula Falls Park

    Noccalula Falls Park is a 250 acre (101 ha) public park located in Gadsden, Alabama.
    The falls are located on land once owned by R.A. Mitchell, who gave the site to the city of Gadsden, so that the area could be improved, and everyone could enjoy the majestic falls. Across the street from the falls you [...]

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    Mobile Botanical Gardens

    Mobile Botanical Gardens

    The 100-acre (0.40 km2) Mobile Botanical Gardens were founded in 1974, and are located on Museum Drive in the Spring Hill community in Mobile, Alabama, USA. The Gardens are a blend of cultivated areas and natural habitats, including:

    Rhododendron Garden
    Camellia Wintergarden
    Fern Glade
    Fragrance and [...]

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    William Bartram Arboretum

    William Bartram Arboretum

    The William Bartram Arboretum is an arboretum located at 2521 Fort Toulouse Road, near Wetumpka, Alabama, in the United States. Operated by the Alabama Historical Commission, the “William Bartram Arboretum” is a part of the 165 acre (66.8 hectare) Fort Toulouse-Jackson Park at the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers. The Arboretum is a [...]

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    Aldridge Gardens

    Aldridge Gardens

    Aldridge Gardens is a 30 acre (121,000 m²) botanical garden, prominently featuring hydrangeas, located on the former Coxe Estate in Hoover, Alabama, U.S.A..
    The gardens were started in 1977 by local nurseryman Eddie Aldridge, who along with his father, found and patented Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’, a double-flowering form of oakleaf hydrangea. In the mid 1990s the [...]

  • Alabama, Gardens of North America, Usa

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    Jasmine Hill Gardens

    Jasmine Hill Gardens

    Jasmine Hill Gardens (20 acres) are botanical gardens located on U. S. Route 231 near Wetumpka, Alabama, north of Montgomery, Alabama. The gardens are open to the public most days of the week; an admission fee is charged. (At present the gardens may be temporarily closed.)
    The gardens were established in the early 1930s, by Benjamin [...]

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    Huntsville Botanical Garden

    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 gardens include a seasonal butterfly house, and aquatic, annual, daylily, fern, herb, perennial, rose, and wildflower gardens, as well as [...]

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    Birmingham Botanical Gardens

    Birmingham Botanical Gardens

    The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is a 67.5 acre (273,000 m²) botanical garden located inside of Lane Park at the southern foot of Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama. It is home to some 3,000 different types of plants in 20 different gardens that includes a Japanese garden. With more than 300,000 annual visitors, the Birmingham Botanical [...]

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    Bellingrath Gardens and Home

    Bellingrath Gardens and Home

    The Bellingrath Gardens and Home consists of gardens and a mansion located on the Fowl River in Theodore, a suburb of Mobile, Alabama. They contain 65 acres (26 hectares) and are open daily for a fee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 19 October 1982.

    Gardens
    The gardens include a bridal [...]