W. J.
Beal Botanical Garden: West Circle
Drive, (517)355-9582.
- The 5 acre Beal Botanical Garden, the oldest continuously
operating university botanical garden in the U.S., displays more than 5,000
varieties of plants in four collections: the Systematic Collection, the Economic
Plants Collection, the Ecological Collection, and the Ornamental Plants
Collection, plus an exhibit of Endangered and Threatened Species in Michigan.
Clarence E. Lewis Landscape
Arboretum: Location: Bogue Street and Service Road, South Campus, Mailing:
Department of Horticulture Plant and Soil Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI
48824-1325 (517)355-0348.
- The Lewis Arboretum includes, now or in the future, a
Living Sculpture Garden, the Dedication Patio, a Hosta Garden, the Mawby Fruit
Collection, the Vegetable Garden, the Herb Garden, the Topiary Gardens, the MDLA
Central Court, the Water Garden, the Yvonne V. Wilson Native Plant Garden, the
Sculpture Garden, the Jane Smith Conifer Garden, the Specialty Gardens, the
Kathleen and Milton Muelder Japanese Garden, the Overlook, the Arbor Garden, the
Backyard Escape, the Sensory Garden, and the Lily Pond.
Hidden Lake Gardens: Michigan
State University, 6214 W. Monroe Road (Michigan Route 50),
Tipton, MI 49287
(517)431-2060.
- Situated on 755 acres surrounding Hidden Lake, the gardens
feature thousands of labeled trees, shrubs and flowers including include azaleas
and rhododendrons, birches, crab apples, lilacs, magnolias, maples, and
ornamental shrubs, the Harper Collection of Dwarf and Rare Conifers, and a Plant
Conservatory showcasing tropical plants, arid plants, and a wide variety of
flowering houseplants.
Horticultural
Demonstration Garden: Location: South Campus, corner of Wilson Road and
Bogue Street,
East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 (517)355-5191
- The 7 acre
Horticultural Demonstration Garden includes six different gardens for
inspiration to home gardeners and students: a perennial garden, an All America
Rose Selections rose garden, an annual trial garden, a foyer garden, an idea
garden, and the 4-H Children's Garden.