The Botanical Gardens

About Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta botanical Garden is botanical garden in United States; it's located in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. First build in 1976 and now have more than 70 employees. Atlanta botanical garden has many focuses such as Advancement, Horticulture, Education, Conservation and research. Now it's lead by Mary Pat Matheson as CEO and President.

Atlanta Botanical Garden 1985 Building

History of Atlanta Botanical Garden

In 1973 until 1976 Atlanta was private non-profit garden. In 1979-1980 Ann Lyon Crammond make huge change in history of Atlanta botanical garden He made this garden open to public. Promotional activities such as exhibitions of art and social event started. and in the first three year there are more than 50.000 visitors come to this botanical garden. In 1985 this organization make formal institution and expand the size of garden. There were Fuqua conservatory (1989), Children's Garden (1999), and in 2012 Fuqua Orchid Center was added.

Atlanta Botanical Garden Exhibition

There are many famous exhibition held in Atlanta botanical gardens. in 2003 there are Blockbuster summertime exhibitions, in 2004 there are Chihuly in the Garden exhibition, in 2005 Locomotion in the garden featured G-scale model trains, in 2007 David Rogers big bugs and killer plants exhibitions, in 2008 Sculpture in motion, and in 2009 art choreographed by Nature exhibition. 2010-2013 Atlanta botanical garden focused on expansion of green garden area the tagline is Plants larger than life.

Green Expansion and Canopy Walk in Atlanta Botanical Garden

In 2010 Green expansion already done, this project made Atlanta botanical garden twice large than before and at the same time Atlanta BG become more modern garden. the sustainability of garden planed more advance, water saving, art, energy efficient, environmental quality improved. To improve the services for visitor Atlanta botanical garden build Canopy Walk, a 600 ft sky-walk area that allow visitor has sightseeing around the botanical garden with fresh air, sound of animal and beauty natural urban forest in Atlanta Botanical Garden. in 2011 the new innovation provide one million energy efficient LED light bulb make new program called Atlanta Botanical Garden Lights Holiday Night

Atlanta Botanical Garden Chihuly Exhibition

Atlanta Botanical Garden locomotion in the garden

Atlanta Botanical Garden Big bug and Killer plants exhibition

Atlanta Botanical Garden Scarecrow in garden

Atlanta Botanical Garden Orchid daze

Atlanta Botanical Garden TREEmendous TREEhouses

Garden Lights at Atlanta Botanical Gardens using LED bulbs

Atlanta Botanical Garden Skywalk - Canopy Walk

Edible Garden Spot at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta Botanical Garden Blooming flowers

The Botanical Garden Definition

According to Wikipedia The botanical Gardens are well maintained areas that include various features of plants labeled with their botanical names. It usually contains specialist plant collection from another place of the world. people know Botanical gardens as greenhouse but not always botanical garden is a green house you can also fine botanical garden as shade house. The Botanical gardens contain such as rare plants, awesome plants, herbal plants, cactus, exotic plants, and alpine plants.

Botanical garden give services to visitor. The type of service contain: educational programs, art exhibition, theatrical performances, open-air musical, library and many types of entertainment.  Botanical gardens made by botanists to learn and preserve native plants or to compare plants from another place of the worlds. This type of gardens saves plants for the extinction, analyst what function of the plants and record the data.

Botanical Garden at Atlanta this building open in 1989

The Botanical Gardens History

The histories of botanical gardens start from Italy in the mid 16 century. Pisa botanical garden considered as the first botanical gardens in the world. The next second and third botanical garden also starts in Italy known as Florence and Padua. Then in the next century botanical gardens spread over Europe country such as England, Germany, France and Netherlands. But if we review the botanical gardens old history its inspired by Hanging garden of Babylon.

Short Gallery The Botanical Gardens in US

Atlanta The Botanical Gardens: Fish Cocktail

Atlanta Botanical Gardens: Chihuly Art

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens: The Fountain

Brooklyn The Botanical Gardens: Flowers and butterfly

Brooklyn Botanical Garden: The green pole

Denver The Botanical Gardens: outside gardens

Denver Botanical Gardens: Rain forest spot

Botanical Gardens for Vacation

If you have a free time in the weekend, try to visit botanical gardens and increase your knowledge about botany knowledge. In know a day there are many botanical gardens and I guest it’s already in your country. The famous one botanical garden in the United States is Atlanta botanical gardens, but there is more such as Chicago botanical gardens, Brooklyn botanical gardens and NY botanical gardens. it may need some money to visit botanical gardens but you will never regret to visit The Botanical Gardens