Omaha Botanical Gardens

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Omaha Botanical Gardens
Type	Municipal (Omaha)
Location	South Omaha
Opened	1982
Status	Open all year

Omaha Botanical Gardens (100 acres), officially known as Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's Botanical Center, ^[1] are botanical gardens and an arboretum located at 2001 South 6th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. The gardens are open daily during business hours; an admission fee is charged.

Contents 1 About 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] About

The gardens began in 1982, following two years of preliminary planning. Construction started in 1995 on the rose garden. Other early gardens included a shade hosta garden, herb garden, children's garden, and spring flowering walk.

The arboretum (4 acres) represents seven regional plant communities: prairie, savannah, oak hickory forest, maple linden forest, farmstead windbreak, marsh, and flood plain river margin.

[edit] See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States
• Lauritzen Corporation
• Kenefick Park

[edit] External links

• Omaha Botanical Gardens

• Omaha Botanical Gardens is at coordinates 41°14′04″N 95°54′58″W / 41.234397, -95.916116 (Omaha Botanical Gardens)Coordinates: 41°14′04″N 95°54′58″W / 41.234397, -95.916116 (Omaha Botanical Gardens)

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