Dow Gardens
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Dow Gardens is a 110 acre (445,000 m²) botanical garden located at 1809 Eastman Avenue, Midland, Michigan, USA. It is open to the public, and currently contains over 1700 varieties of plants hardy in mid-Michigan. The main entrance has geographical coordinates of .
The Dow Gardens were started in 1899 by Herbert Dow, founder of The Dow Chemical Company, on eight acres (32,000 m²) of flat, sandy land. Subsequent generations of the Dow family have continued to develop the gardens.
