Detroit Area Gardens

[JBMcB]

I'm trying to make a list of all the publicly accessible [[fee or otherwise) gardens and arboretums in the Detroit area, here's what I've come up with so far. I'm making a seperate list for major nature centers and parks. I'm also counting museums and historical areas with heavy landscaping with a theme towards gardening [[Fairlane, Meadowbrook, Greenfield Village, etc...) I'm also counting sites that are a day trip from the Detroit area, roughly two or three hours by car.

If anyone could add to the list I'd appreciate it.

Once finished I'm going to add these lists to a Google maps/wiki style thing for natural resources in the Detroit area.


Metro Detroit Area:

Anna Scripps Whitcomb conservatory [[Detroit)
http://www.bibsociety.org/

Cranbrook House and Gardens [[Bloomfield Hills)
http://www.cranbrook.edu/housegardens/

Edsel and Elanor Ford House [[Grosse Pointe Shores)
http://www.fordhouse.org/

Henry Ford Estate - Fairlane [[Dearborn)
http://www.henryfordestate.org/

Greenfield Village [[Dearborn)
http://www.thehenryford.org/village/

Meadow Brook Estate [[Rochester Hills)
http://www.meadowbrookhall.org/



Extended Area:

Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum [[East Lansing)
http://www.hrt.msu.edu/clarence-e-le...ape-arboretum/

Dow Gardens [[Midland)
http://www.dowgardens.org/

Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park [[Grand Rapids Township)
http://www.meijergardens.org/

Hidden Lake [[Irish Hills)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Lake_Gardens

Leila Arboretum [[Battle Creek)
http://www.leilaarboretumsociety.org/

Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens [[East Lansing)
http://www.hrt.msu.edu/our-gardens/

W.J. Beal Botanical Garden [[East Lansing)
http://www.cpa.msu.edu/beal/

Matthei Gardens [[Ann Arbor)
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/

Nichols Arboretum [[Ann Arbor)
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/

Slayton Arboretum [[Hillsdale)
http://www.hillsdale.edu/seminars/on.../arboretum.asp

[DetroitPlanner]

Good job I was going to suggest Hidden Lake as it is well.... Hidden!

Toledo Zoo has gardens I don't know if it is out of your scope to go out of State but that is one I would suggest.

City of Windsor has several. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_in_Windsor,_Ontario

[Jimaz]

Heritage Garden in Shelby Township at Van Dyke & 24 Mile Rd..

There may be a new one coming soon to Utica at Auburn & Davis. They've completely rebuilt that area with terraced walls just begging for a garden. Someone was watering something down there recently.

[Hypestyles]

for all the abandonment, there should be big sections of detroit returned to nature and re-dedicated as forest land..

[SaintMe]

Crosswinds Marsh

http://www.sumptertwp.com/Crosswinds_Marsh.html