200 Best Public Gardens in America 2023

See the ranking below of the best public gardens in America that families would most like to visit this year.

DescriptionDescription
RankingGardenState
26 Greenwood Gardens New Jersey
27 Montgomery Botanical Gardens At Oak Park Alabama
28 Norfolk Botanical Garden Virginia
29 Rutgers Gardens New Jersey
30 Santa Fe Botanical Garden New Mexico
31 Tizer Botanic Gardens Montana
32 Arboretum of the University of Central Florida Florida
33 Hidden Lake Garden Michigan
34 McBryde Garden Hawaii
35 Portland Japanese Garden Oregon
36 The Kampong Florida
37 Zilker Botanical Garden Texas
38 Allentown Rose Gardens Pennsylvania
39 Brookgreen Gardens South Carolina
40 Tulsa Botanic Garden Oklahoma
41 Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens Texas
42 Seaside Gardens (Carpinteria) California
43 The Polly Hill Arboretum Massachusetts
44 Aldridge Gardens Alabama
45 Boyce Thompson Arboretum Arizona
46 Hahn Horticulture Garden Virginia
47 Myriad Botanical Gardens Oklahoma
48 Landscape Demonstration Garden New Mexico
49 Krohn Conservatory (Cincinnati) Ohio
50 Longwood Gardens Pennsylvania
51 ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden New Mexico
52 Castle Gardens Petroglyph Site Wyoming
53 Colonial Williamsburg Gardens Virginia
54 Elizabeth Park Connecticut
55 Knoxville Botanical Gardens Tennessee
56 Morrill Homestead Gardens Vermont
57 Nemours Estate Delaware
58 Turrets Seaside Garden Maine
59 Chicago Botanic Garden Illinois
60 Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close Oregon
61 Fort Worth Botanic Garden Texas
62 Japanese Friendship Garden Arizona
63 Ladew Topiary Gardens Maryland
64 The Will Rogers Gardens Oklahoma
65 UT Gardens Tennessee
66 Yampa River Botanic Park Colorado
67 William Paca Gardens Maryland
68 Brookside Gardens Maryland
69 Ethel M Botanical Cactus Garden Nevada
70 Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens California
71 Sandhills Horticultural Gardens North Carolina
72 Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens Georgia
73 Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens Georgia
74 Dothan Area Botanical Gardens Alabama
75 Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve Michigan
76 Gardens of the American Rose Center Louisiana
77 Hagley Museum and Library Delaware
78 John C. Gifford Arboretum Florida
79 Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Virginia
80 Memphis Botanic Garden Tennessee
81 Merryspring Nature Center Maine
82 Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site New Hampshire
83 UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden California
84 Bellevue Butterfly Garden Iowa
85 Bloedel Reserve Washington
86 Cady's Falls Vermont
87 Innisfree Gardens New York
88 Leach Botanical Garden Oregon
89 Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri
90 Normandale Japanese Garden Minnesota
91 Old Westbury Gardens New York
92 Roger Williams Park Rhode Island
93 The Arboretum State Botanical Garden of Kentucky Kentucky
94 Troy University Arboretum Alabama
95 Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Colorado
96 Bissonnette Gardens at Oglebay Resort West Virginia
97 Filoli California
98 Green Bay Botanical Garden Wisconsin
99 Lake Katherine Illinois
100 Munsinger Gardens Minnesota
101 Springfield Botanical Gardens Missouri
102 West Virginia Botanic Garden West Virginia
103 Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum Nebraska
104 Botanica Kansas
105 Cleveland Botanical Garden Ohio
106 College of the Ozarks Missouri
107 Fountain Hills Desert Botanical Garden Arizona
108 Fullerton Arboretum California
109 Kuhnert Arboretum South Dakota
110 Lauritzen Gardens Nebraska
111 Mobile Botanical Gardens Alabama
112 Mt. Cuba Center Delaware
113 Sunken Gardens Nebraska
114 Babcock Arboretum Massachusetts
115 Baker Arboretum Kentucky
116 Biedenharn Museum & Gardens Louisiana
117 Boone County Arboretum Kentucky
118 Delaware Botanic Gardens (Dagsboro) Delaware
119 Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Ohio
120 Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens Pennsylvania
121 Olbrich Botanical Gardens Wisconsin
122 Path of Life Sculpture Garden Vermont
123 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Pennsylvania
124 Sarah P. Duke Gardens North Carolina
125 The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens California
126 The Monet Garden of Muskegon Michigan
127 The North Carolina Arboretum North Carolina
128 The Ritter Park Rose Garden West Virginia
129 University of Alabama Arboretum Alabama
130 Washington Park Arboretum Washington
131 Williams Conservatory Wyoming
132 Bellagio Botanical Gardens Nevada
133 Berkshire Botanical Garden Massachusetts
134 Birmingham Botanical Gardens Alabama
135 Jensen-Olson Arboretum Alaska
136 Kalmia Gardens South Carolina
137 Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden Illinois
138 Memorial Rose Garden Montana
139 Rawlings Conservatory Maryland
140 Red Butte Garden Utah
141 State Botanical Garden of Georgia Georgia
142 Wellfield Botanic Gardens Indiana
143 Willowwood Arboretum New Jersey
144 Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library (near Wilmington) Delaware
145 Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden Connecticut
146 Chatham Manor Virginia
147 Cranberry Glades Botanical Area West Virginia
148 Fell Arboretum Illinois
149 Fuller Gardens New Hampshire
150 Garfield Park Conservatory Illinois
151 James Irving Holcomb Botanical Gardens Indiana
152 Japanese Gardens Grand Forks North Dakota
153 Northern Plains Botanic Gardens North Dakota
154 Red Hills Desert Garden Utah
155 South Arkansas Arboretum State Park Arkansas
156 The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden South Carolina
157 The University of Southern Mississippi All-American Rose Garden Mississippi
158 Wister Gardens Mississippi
159 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Michigan
160 Hopeland Gardens South Carolina
161 Adkins Arboretum Maryland
162 Hoyt Arboretum Oregon
163 Manhattan City Park Kansas
164 Manito Park and Botanical Gardens Washington
165 Powell Gardens, Kansas City's Botanical Gardens Missouri
166 Sawtooth Botanical Garden Idaho
167 Skylands, New Jersey Botanical Garden New Jersey
168 Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Massachusetts
169 Boise Rose Garden Idaho
170 Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Wyoming
171 Conservation Garden Park Utah
172 Cylburn Arboretum Maryland
173 Gatiss Gardens Montana
174 International Peace Garden North Dakota
175 Lincoln Park Conservatory Illinois
176 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Arboretum & Xeric Garden Nevada
177 Whitehall House & Gardens Kentucky
178 Yew Dell Botanical Gardens Kentucky
179 Arnold Arboretum Massachusetts
180 Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum Rhode Island
181 Conservatory & Botanical Garden Nevada
182 Formal Gardens, South Dakota State University South Dakota
183 Garvan Woodland Gardens Arkansas
184 Kirkwood Gardens New Hampshire
185 The Bellevue Botanical Garden Washington
186 Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park Minnesota
187 Kansas State University Gardens Kansas
188 Deep Cut Gardens New Jersey
189 Idaho Botanical Garden Idaho
190 Marberry Arboretum Illinois
191 Presby Memorial Iris Gardens New Jersey
192 Reiman Gardens Iowa
193 Western Kentucky Botanical Garden Kentucky
194 Bickelhaupt Arboretum Iowa
195 Garfield Park Conservatory and Gardens Indiana
196 Garvan Woodland Gardens Arizona
197 Hollister House Garden Connecticut
198 McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum South Dakota
199 The Crosby Arboretum Mississippi
200 McLaughlin Gardens Maine