The Top 20 Best Public Gardens to Visit in the United States
For the past year I have been compiling a list of Public Gardens in the United States. These gardens all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? The most popular public gardens (based on online chatter) in the USA are:
20. New Orleans Bot. Garden in New Orleans, Louisiana …a tie for #20… 20. Cleveland Bot. Garden in Cleveland, Ohio 19. Beaumont Bot. Gardens in Beaumont, Texas 18. Memphis Botanic Garden in Memphis, Tennessee 17. San Antonio Botanical Garden in San Antonio, Texas 16. Missouri Bot. Garden in Saint Louis, Missouri 15. Queens Bot. Garden in Flushing, New York 14. New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York 13. Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 12. Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado 11. Green Bay Botanical Garden in Green Bay, Wisconsin 10. Atlanta Botanical Garden in Atlanta, Georgia 9. Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pennsylvania 8. Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah 7. Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, Alabama 6. Chicago Botanic Garden in Chicago, Illinois 5. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in Santa Barbara, California 4. San Francisco Botanical Garden in San Francisco, California 3. United States Botanic Garden in Washington, District of Columbia 2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn, New York …and the most popular public garden in the United States of America is… 1. United States National Arboretum in Washington, District of Columbia
We have an excellent mix of public gardens in the United States, with fourteen states and the District of Columbia making it into the top twenty. New York, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Texas, and California placed multiple times. Also nice to see a mix around the country, with gardens on each coast and scattered throughout the country.
So get out there and visit some of these magnificent gardens and arboretums, and be sure to take the time to smell the roses … and orchids!
I compiled this list by searching for each public garden listed on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online.
