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.
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
Address: 183 Gore Creek Drive
Vail, CO 81657
Region: Rocky Mountain
Phone: (970) 476-0103
Fax: (970) 476-8702
Web: www.bettyfordalpinegardens.org
Organization Scope: City/Local
Organization Type: Botanic Garden
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Work on restoration projects
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Conducts research
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Propagate native plants
- Native plant sales
Native Plant Focus: High altitude impact from development, overuse solutions, Adopt-a-rare-plant through Colorado Natural Heritage Program.
Publications: Gore Creek Wildflower (newsletter qtrly); Mountain Gardening - a booklet on high altitude gardening
Description: Collects and displays herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs primarily native to the North American Rocky Mountains; public education on plants which grow in mountain region.
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