This 331 acre Grand Rapids city park offers an arboretum and old growth forest of native woody plants bordering Sand Creek.

This formal garden with hundreds of roses and perennials includes Marshall M. Fredericks' sculpture "Flying Geese" and a fountain.

The campus of this university has been designated an official arboretum.

This arboretum displays Michigan native trees.

The first public arboretum in the state is part of the Wayne County Parks system.

A city owned arboretum of native woody plants. Also, while in Fremont (the baby food capital!, see Arboretum Park at the corner of Arboretum and Iroquois.

Formerly the home of Dr. W. E. Upjohn, founder of the Upjohn Company, now a hotel and conference center belonging to Michigan State University Division of Housing and Food Services, the 637 acre grounds were extensively landscaped by Dr. Upjohn with trees and flowers, especially irises and peonies.

This lovely garden features 800 perennials, ground cover and bulbs, 75 varieties of roses, a peony garden, an iris collection and 250 woodland plants.

Site of an art museum, a science museum and schools, Cranbrook also offers 42 landscaped acres featuring a Herb Garden, a Rock Garden, a Sunken Garden, a Greenhouse, an Oriental garden, a wildflower garden, a meadow, a bog, and many perennial gardens.

The fanciful home of a prolific adventure novelist, the Castle is now home to the ShiawasseeArts Center.

This 125 acre zoo provides a natural habitat for more than 1,300 animals and 700 varieties of trees, shrubs and flowering plants. Major exhibits include the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery, Great Apes of Harambee, Penguinarium, Matilda Wilson Free Flight Aviary, Holden Museum of Living Reptiles and Amphibians, polar bears, giraffes, Siberian tigers, African lions, sea lions, Asian elephants, Grevy´s zebras, Bactrian camels, snow monkeys and scimitar-horned oryxes. A fully enclosed 3,800 square foot Butterfly/Hummingbird Garden is home to hundreds of colorful butterflies and many hummingbirds.

The 110 acre garden displaying more than 1,700 varieties of trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and flowers were the creation of Herbert Dow (founder of Dow Chemical) and his descendents. Dow's guiding principle was to never reveal the gardens’ whole beauty at first glance. In addition to hardy plants including collections of rhododendrons and crabapple trees, the Gardens offer a conservatory that houses exotic flora.

This 87 acre Grosse Pointe Estate features naturalistic grounds designed by Jens Jensen and formal rose and perennial gardens.

This multi-facility public park features a rose garden, annual flower beds, and an arboretum.

The former home of automaker Henry Ford and his wife Clara, now on the campus of the University of Michigan, includes grounds transformed from farmland into a natural landscape by Jens Jensen. Five acres of gardens and grounds have been recently renewed and restored.

This city park includes a replica of a pioneer log cabin, a system of self-guided nature trails through woods and fields and around ponds, and a nature center and library.

Located on the St. Joseph River, this 105 acre site includes a 55 acre Nature Preserve, a 5 acre reconstructed prairie, 8 acres of gardens, a 40 acre naturalistic Arboretum, and 3 miles of hiking trails. Gardens include a Knot Gardeb, an Herb Garden, a Rock Garden, a Fragrance Garden, a Maze, a Japanese Garden, a Children's Garden, an English Cottage Garden, and a Greenhouse.

This spectacular riverfront mansion was purchased by Alfred Brush Ford, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, and Elisabeth Reuther Dickmeyer, daughter of United Auto Worker's President, Walter Reuther, in 1975 to convert it into a temple for fellow worshippers of the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Four acres of formal gardens are adorned with pools, fountains and roving peacocks.

This award-winning garden of the senses was one of the first such gardens.

This Arboretum and Nature Preserve includes 380 acres with 7 miles of trails. A schedule can be found at this library site.

Several formal gardens ornament this park, including an All-American Selections Garden (1000 rose bushes of 160 varieties), a woodland garden (with trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and wildflowers) and an annual garden (with 10,000 plants, an arbor and a picture bed).  The wedding rules!

The wonderful 118 acres of gardens, ornamented with sculpture, include the Leslie E. Tassell English Perennial and Bulb Garden, the Jennifer C. Groot New American Garden, the Gwen Frostic Woodland Shade Garden, the Peter Wege Nature Trail and Frey Boardwalk, The Earl and Donnalee Holton Arid Garden, the Earl and Donalee Holton Victorian Garden Parlor, the Grace Jarecki Seasonal Display Greenhouse, and the 15,000 square foot Lena Meijer Conservatory (with an exhibit of 2,000 orchids).

The 200 acres of the world's largest summer resort includes 50 acres of gardens showcasing annuals (105,000 per year), perennials, bulbs (30,000 per year), wildflowers (5 acres), topiary, container gardens, roses, lilacs, woodland plantings and greenhouse displays. And don't forget the 260 famous front porch boxes displaying 2,000 geraniums.

An amazing collection of Americana, including buildings (e.g., Luther Burbank's garden office from California), are displayed on this 12 acre site. Gardens include the "Garden of the Leavened Heart," an herb garden at the Martha Mary Chapel.

This 104 acre public park features an arboretum and an Age of Discovery community playground.  The hardwoods are graced by spectacular wildflowers in the spring.

A 53 acre public park with a flower garden.

This county zoo is home to over 1100 animals representing the wilds of Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and the United States.

This 1,000 acre nature preserve displaying live birds of prey and other animals, includes a Tropical Sun-Rain Room, the Martha G. Parfet Butterfly House and Invertebratarium, an 11 acre arboretum featuring trees and shrubs native to Michigan, and a Hummingbird-Butterfly Garden.

This 716 acre forest, managed by Michigan State University and replanted over the last 60 years, displays 150 tree species.

This 72-acre public park exhibits gardens and more than 3,000 species of trees.

This one hundred acre arboretum covers marsh, meadow, planted red and white pines, and second-growth deciduous forest. Established in 1998, its trails include the Meadow Run Trail, the Magnificent Pines Trail, the Powerline Trail, the Gathje Hill Trail, the Marsh Woods Trail, the Bobayundel Trail, Bernie's Landing Trail, Chestnut Pointe Trail, the Not-So-Magnificent Pines Trail, and the Fern Oak Trail.

 Created by the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan and the U.S. Forest Service, this sanctuary displays more than 150 species of native Michigan wildflowers, shrubs and trees in lake, marsh and wooded habitats. A 1.5 mile trail and boardwalk offers numbered posts corresponding with a trail guide.

A lovely Victorian home with restored flower and herb gardens.

This public park, with a statue of Father Marquette, has a 10 acre lilac display garden and hosts a Lilac Festival each year.

This elegant 350 acre botanical garden features a Conservatory (1,200 exotic plants in an Arid House, Tropical House and Warm Termperate House), a Gateway Garden of New World Plants, the Marie Azary Rock Garden, the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden (cooking, medicinal, fragrance, and everlasting herbs), the Perennial and Rose Garden (a formal English style garden with 120 varieties), a Shade Garden, the Helen V. Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden (100 varieties), plus nature trails (the Dix Pond Trail, the Ethnobotanical Trail, the Fleming Creek Trail, the Musclewood Trail, and the Parker Brook Trail), mature woodlands, a Constructed Wetland, several ponds, and a tall grass prairie.

This restored Victorian bed and breakfast has a lovely 1 acre restored Victorian Shakespearean garden.

This 110 room mansion, part English Neo-Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean architecture, now a conference center for Oakland University (part of Michigan State University), includes a rose garden.

Beal Botanical Garden: West Circle Drive, (517)355-9582.

Botany and Plant Pathology Live Collection: East Circle Drive Oval, (517)355-0229.

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.

Hidden Lake Gardens: Michigan State University, 6214 W. Monroe Road (Michigan Route 50), Tipton, MI 49287 (517)431-2060.

Horticultural Demonstration Garden: Location: South Campus, corner of Wilson Road and Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 (517)355-5191

This well-cared-for 123 acre arboretum, created in 1907, displays a diverse collection of trees and shrubs and includes a peony garden (700 plants with 260 "old" varieties), the Appalachian Collection, the Shrub Collection, and the Dow Prairie Collection.

This art museum, housed in a Georgian Revival House designs by Charles Adams Platt, features formal gardens also designed by Platt.

Begun in 1892 and planted and nurtured by students and professors, this 40 acre arboretum on the north end of campus with 1,100 plant species features pools, a cascading waterfall through a rock garden, two new gardens, a water garden, and special collections of lilacs, magnolias and crabapples.  The Barber House and Children's Garden are nearby.

A sunken garden is located at the prison, an imposing and picturesque Victorian structure.

This lovely Japanese Garden with an authentic Tea House was constructed as part of Saginaw's sister city relationship with Tokushima, Japan.

This colorful commercial nursery farm features 4 million tulips each spring (plus 500,000 daffodils and 10,000 Hyacinths) 7 acres of landscape summer gardens, 1.3 million daylilies, plus a Wooden shoe factory and a delftware factory.

 Site of Master Gardener classes.

This fabulous greenhouse includes five areas of display: the Palm House, the Tropical Room, the Cacti House, the Greenery, and the Show House (showcasing seasonal flowering plants). The orchid collection was begun by a 1953 gift of 600 orchids which spurred renovations to the glass-domed building. Outside, ten acres of formal plantings include perennial gardens, an Old-World Rose Garden, and a Water Lily Garden.

A 230 year old Dutch windmill highlights 36 acres of manicured gardens (including 100,000 tulips), dikes, canals and picnic areas.