Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens
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| Michigan State University Garden | |
| Use | Botanical garden |
| Style | N/A (Outdoors) |
| Erected | 1982-1987 |
| Demolished | N/A (Extant) |
| Location | Bogue Road north of the Canadian National Railway |
| Namesake | N/A |
| Architect | N/A |
| Number of species | 5000 |
| Website | Official website |
The Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens are horticultural gardens, with a landscape arboretum, located on Bogue Street on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Michigan. The gardens are open to the public daily without charge.
The gardens surround the Plant and Soil Sciences Building and its teaching greenhouses. Main features are as follows:
- Amien and Florence M. Carter Annual Garden - more than 1,000 varieties of annuals and helpful student workers!
- Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum, founded in 1982 - a working arboretum for landscape students.
- Frank's Nursery Rose Garden - over 700 rose cultivars.
- Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden - 55 theme areas plus the Goon Squad.
- Perennial Garden - 400 species suited for Michigan.
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[edit] References
- Stanford, Linda O. (2002). MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 0-87013-631-3.
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 The Perennial section. |
 The Rose Garden section. |
 Water fountain between the Gardens and the Plant Biology Lab. |
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