hi Jane many thanks for your input. Trees arent really my thing other than to see the Red Woods. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] visit to the US > Mark Smyth is not the first visitor to North America who wants to see a lot > of plants and isn't quite sure how much he can fit in! There are some > states and provinces, especially in the West, that take as long to drive > end to end (on our good freeways) as it does to drive across most European > countries. > > Mark, if you want to see alpine flora (and who doesn't?), you may find > yourself in Colorado, and there are two superlative public gardens there: > the Denver Botanic Garden and the Betty Ford Alpine Garden in Vail. Within > an hour's drive of either, you can hike at 11,000 feet and upward. > > In the Pacific Northwest, there are many good places to see wild plants, > and some public gardens too. The Bellevue Botanic Garden in Seattle is > admired for its perennial plantings, and the nearby Rhododendron Species > Foundation for the obvious sort of thing. If you like trees, the Hoyt > Arboretum in Portland is world-famous, and there are also a staggering rose > garden and one of the best Japanese gardens outside Japan in the same park. > Many of the Northwest's nurseries, such as Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in > Medford and Northwest Garden Nursery in Eugene, also have remarkable > display gardens that are open pretty much continually during the growing > season. If you are going to Canada and find yourself in Vancouver, British > Columbia, visit the University of British Columbia Botanic Gardens, where > you can see a renowned Asian collection and a fine rock garden. > > A section of the new book "Rock Garden Design and Construction" (Timber > Press and NARGS, 2003) describes many public gardens in the USA and Canada. > The focus is on rock gardens but most of those described are just small > sections of much more complex public botanic gardens. > > Jane McGary > Northwestern Oregon > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >