Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens, The
Address: UNC - Charlotte, Dept. of Biology
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
Region: Southeast
Phone: (704) 687-2364
Web: gardens.uncc.edu
Organization Scope: National
Organization Type: Botanic Garden
Services this organization provides
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
Description: The UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens consists of a notable combination of outdoor and indoor garden facilities on campus. Our three main garden areas are the Van Landingham Glen, the Susie Harwood Garden, and the McMillan Greenhouse. The 7-acre Van Landingham Glen is a woodland garden showcasing native plants of the Carolinas, as well as being one of the most diverse rhododendron gardens in the Southeast. The 3-acre Harwood Garden presents hardy ornamental landscape plants in a semi-Oriental motif. The McMillan Greenhouse complex consists of 8 "rooms", plus surrounding beds, terraces, and a courtyard bog garden. The greenhouse contains an outstanding orchid collection, a rainforest conservatory, desert succulents, and many plants from the world's tropical habitats.
Last Update: 2003-12-03
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