Quad City Botanical Center

Quad City Botanical Center

The Quad City Botanical Center is a set of botanical gardens located next to the Mississippi River at 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged.

The center opened on June 20, 1998. Its gardens include:

* Sun Garden conservatory (6,444 square feet) - includes sweet acacia, allspice, arrowhead, bamboo, banana, bird of paradise, bromeliads, cacao, cardamom, cassava, coconut, coffee, ferns, frangipani, Arabian jasmine, lychee, orchids, palms, papaya, papyrus, pineapple, sapodilla, vanilla, and ylang-ylang, as well as a 14-foot waterfall, reflecting pools with koi, and a 70-foot skylight.

* Scott County Regional Authority Conifer Garden (established 2001) - over 40 conifers from the collection of Justin C. Harper, including cultivars such as "Ginkgo biloba 'Todd's Broom'," "Taxus cuspidate 'Fastigiate Aurea'," and "Thuja standishii".

* Physically Challenged Garden (established July 2003) - planting beds at varying heights for gardeners with physical limitations.
* Scrambled Alphabet Garden - for children.

External links

* [http://www.qcgardens.com Quad City Botanical Center]

See also

* List of botanical gardens in the United States


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