Hershey Gardens
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Hershey Gardens (23 acres) are nonprofit botanical gardens and arboretum located at 170 Hotel Road, Hershey, Pennsylvania. They are open daily year 'round; an admission fee is charged.
The gardens were first established in 1937 by American chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945) as a rose garden occupying 3.5 acres. By 1942 they had been enlarged to their current size.
Today the gardens include an arboretum, children's garden, herb garden, Japanese garden, magnolia grove, oak grove, ornamental grass collection, perennial garden, rock garden, two substantial rose gardens, and a seasonal flower garden. The rose garden contains about 7,000 rose bushes representing 275 varieties. The gardens also contain a butterfly house featuring 300 butterflies of some 25 varieties.
