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<p>Isn’t Princeton’s and Duke’s gardens like world famous?</p>

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<p>Duke’s gardens are wonderful, but I’m very familiar with them. I was wondering about gardens/arboretums elsewhere.</p>

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<p>Perhaps this little part of The Farm might soften your stance:</p>

<p>[Rodin</a> Sculpture Garden at Stanford University on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/1905013]Rodin”>Rodin Sculpture Garden at Stanford University on Vimeo)</p>

<p>For a more comprehensive view, see [Stanford</a> University on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/1969159]Stanford”>Stanford University on Vimeo)</p>

<p>You could also google Arizona Cactus Garden Stanford and see a few videos/images.</p>

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<p>What a great topic warblers! I, too, am a huge greenspace lover!</p>

<p>“How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence.” </p>

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<li>Benjamin Disraeli </li>
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<p>Virginia Tech’s Hahn Horticulture Garden is stunning, as is the area around the Duck Pond, and then there is the green grass expanse of the Drill Field…Such a pretty campus at Blacksburg. </p>

<p>The Hahn Horticulture Garden:
Here are a few pictures and a nice video:
[Video:</a> Hahn Horticulture Garden | Virginia Tech Home | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-video.html]Video:”>http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-video.html)
[Hahn</a> Horticulture Garden offers something new with each visit | Virginia Tech Home | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-garden.html]Hahn”>http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-garden.html)</p>

<p>The Duck Pond Park:
[Hokie</a> Spirit Garden Trail: Duck Pond Park](<a href=“http://www.cpsvp.vt.edu/HSGT/3.html]Hokie”>http://www.cpsvp.vt.edu/HSGT/3.html)</p>

<p>Images of the Drillfield with the award winning Solar Lumenhaus making a home there:
[Images:</a> Lumenhaus | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/photo-galleries/LumenhausDrillfieldGallery.html]Images:”>http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/photo-galleries/LumenhausDrillfieldGallery.html)</p>

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<p>in my sixteen years in Ithaca i never tired of walking through the various gardens at Cornell – set up for all seasons.</p>

<p>[Explore</a> Cornell - Natural Beauty - Campus Gardens](<a href=“http://www.cornell.edu/tours/scenea834.html]Explore”>http://www.cornell.edu/tours/scenea834.html)</p>

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<p>Stanford’s arboretum, Cactus Gardens, etc. provide a lot of open green space.</p>

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<p>[The</a> Stanford Lands: Stanford University Facts](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/about/facts/lands.html]The”>http://www.stanford.edu/about/facts/lands.html)
[Trees</a> of Stanford](<a href=“http://trees.stanford.edu/]Trees”>http://trees.stanford.edu/)</p>

<p>Also, the University of California Botanical Garden is a 34-acre garden in Berkeley with some 12,000 species of plants. Pretty awesome.</p>

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<p>Great pictures! Xiggi, Stanford’s Cactus Garden is definitely more what I had in mind, even if it does look very dry. :p</p>

<p>KandKsmom, I absolutely love those pictures of Virginia Tech! I think the duck pond is a winner.</p>

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<p>Botanical gardens are nice and all, but how about one of the worlds largest butterfly gardens?</p>

<p>[FLMNH</a> - Butterfly Rainforest - Image Gallery Search Results](<a href=“http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflygallery/butterfly_proc.asp]FLMNH”>http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflygallery/butterfly_proc.asp)</p>

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<p><2,700 automatic irrigation valves></p>

<p>I guess they are not too worried about the water shortages that hit from time to time.</p>

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<p>I’ve also heard that Scott Arboretum at Swat is very nice, though I’ve not visited–
[Take</a> A Tour - Scott Arboretum](<a href=“http://www.scottarboretum.org/special/taketour.html]Take”>http://www.scottarboretum.org/special/taketour.html)</p>

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<p>Two large public parks bracket the University of Chicago campus, Washington Park to the West and Jackson Park to the East (bordering Lake Michigan). A mile-long expanse of grass, called the Midway Plaisance, bisects the U of C campus and connects these two great parks. North of campus is the residential Hyde Park neighborhood (pre-election home to President Obama).</p>

<p>[UChicago</a> Maps | Hyde Park](<a href=“http://maps.uchicago.edu/hydepark.shtml]UChicago”>http://maps.uchicago.edu/hydepark.shtml)
[Jackson</a> Park, Osaka Garden](<a href=“trishmorse.com - This website is for sale! - trishmorse Resources and Information.”>http://www.trishmorse.com/Japanese-Garden.htm)
[Washington</a> Park <a href=“Washington%20Park%20was%20a%20proposed%20venue%20site%20in%20Chicago’s%20losing%202016%20Olympics%20bid”>/url</a></p>

<p>The following site shows good aerial views of the green spaces surrounding some of America’s most beautiful college campuses (including the U of C):
[url=&lt;a href=“http://structurehub.com/blog/2009/09/americas-ten-most-beautiful-college-campuses/]Ten”&gt;structurehub.com is for sale]Ten</a> Most Beautiful Campuses](<a href=“http://www.hydepark.org/parks/washington.htm]Washington”>http://www.hydepark.org/parks/washington.htm)</p>

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<p>UCLA’s Sculpture Garden is really nice…very relaxing and peaceful. [L.A</a>. Places: UCLA Sculpture Garden](<a href=“http://laplaces.blogspot.com/2009/05/ucla-sculpture-garden.html]L.A”>L.A. Places: UCLA Sculpture Garden)</p>

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<p>you will find a few campus gardens here:</p>

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<p>UW has a few from formal to natural</p>

<p>[Home</a> Page](<a href=“http://www.horticulture.wisc.edu/allencentennialgardens/About.htm]Home”>http://www.horticulture.wisc.edu/allencentennialgardens/About.htm)</p>

<p>[Untitled</a> Document](<a href=“http://www.botany.wisc.edu/garden/UW-Botanical_Garden/Photo.html#anchor21416869]Untitled”>http://www.botany.wisc.edu/garden/UW-Botanical_Garden/Photo.html#anchor21416869)</p>

<p>[UW-Madison</a> Arboretum: Photos](<a href=“http://uwarboretum.org/photos/]UW-Madison”>http://uwarboretum.org/photos/)</p>

<p>[Picnic</a> Point - Lakeshore Nature Preserve](<a href=“http://www.lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/visit/picnicpoint.htm]Picnic”>Picnic Point – Lakeshore Nature Preserve – UW–Madison)</p>

<p>[Lakeshore</a> Path - Lakeshore Nature Preserve](<a href=“http://www.lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/visit/lakeshorepath.htm]Lakeshore”>The Lakeshore Path – Lakeshore Nature Preserve – UW–Madison)</p>

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<p>Stanford’s campus is absolutely breathtaking! There are many beautiful spots to sit and read!</p>

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<p>The other UW ;), the one in Seattle, also has some wonderful gardens. The University owns the Arboretum, 260 acres of botanical beauty adjoining the campus. When the rhodies are in bloom, it is a sight to see. </p>

<p>On the grounds of the Arboretum are the Japanese Garden [Seattle</a> Parks & Recreation: Japanese Garden](<a href=“http://www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/japanesegarden.htm]Seattle”>Japanese Garden - Parks | seattle.gov)</p>

<p>The Botanic Gardens are located throughout the Arboretum [University</a> of Washington Botanic Gardens Home](<a href=“http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/]University”>University of Washington Botanic Gardens | Plants for life)</p>

<p>The Medicinal Herb Garden is on campus [University</a> of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden Home Page](<a href=“http://www.biology.washington.edu/mhg/]University”>http://www.biology.washington.edu/mhg/)</p>

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<p>The Pacific northwest and BC is so beautiful.</p>

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<p>My alma mater, Wellesley, has the most wonderful arboretum…wonderful for contemplation and renewal. Even more gorgeous 30 years later.<br>
Here it is: [Wellesley</a> College Botanic Gardens - Arboretum Virtual Tour](<a href=“http://www.wellesley.edu/WCBG/Visit/Tour/arboretum.html]Wellesley”>http://www.wellesley.edu/WCBG/Visit/Tour/arboretum.html)</p>

<p>Also, touring colleges with my son, the gardens at Union in NY took my breathe away:
Here it is: [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.union.edu/Campus/trees/gardens.php]College”&gt;http://www.union.edu/Campus/trees/gardens.php]College</a> Gardens<a href=“this%20is%20only%20a%20little%20blurb%20but,%20trust%20me,%20the%20garden%20is%20wonderful!”>/url</a></p>

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<p>The Connecticut College Arboretum is a beautiful expanse, covering hundreds of acres, of specimen trees, shrubs, flowers, ponds and landscape done in a naturalistic way. It’s a wonderful place to explore, read, play and renew.</p>

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<p>Warblers, this isn’t what you had in mind, but at UW, the winters were no time to be outdoors- so I am going to voice my support for the green houses on campus that function much like outdoor gardens [Untitled</a> Document](<a href=“http://www.botany.wisc.edu/garden/UW_Greenhouse/htdocs/htdocs/htdocs/tour/index.html#anchor213765]Untitled”>http://www.botany.wisc.edu/garden/UW_Greenhouse/htdocs/htdocs/htdocs/tour/index.html#anchor213765)</p>

<p>Sadly, not all campuses open these up to the student population.</p>