Beaumont Botanical Gardens
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The Beaumont Botanical Gardens (23.5 acres), also known as the Tyrrell Park Botanical Gardens, are botanical garden
s and a conservatory
located in Tyrrell Park at 6088 Babe Zaharias Drive, Beaumont, Texas
, USA. The gardens are open to the public every day during daylight hours at no charge; the conservatory has relatively restrictive hours and charges an admission fee.
The gardens contain the Binks Horticultural Center; the 10000 square feet (929 m²) Warren Loose Conservatory which features tropical plants from around the world, a waterfall, a Koi fish pool; and many theme gardens displaying camellia
s, modern and antique rose
s, bromeliads, and native plants. The gardens were first established in 1968, with the Beaumont Garden Center Building dedicated on August 20, 1971. In 1972, a master plan for the gardens was drawn up, and labeling of the trees, vines, and shrubs begun. The Beaumont Garden Center became the Beaumont Botanical Gardens in 1996.
A variety of gardens and structures have been added over the subsequent years, including: Green and White Garden (1986), Stream Bed Garden (1986), Antique Rose Garden (1987), Shelter Building in the Garden (1988), Grandmother's Garden (1989), Modern Rose Garden (1990), Japanese garden
(1991), Gazebo (1991), Azalea
Trail (1991), Daylily
Display Garden (1991), Native Plant Garden (1992), Bromeliad Display Garden (1992), herb garden (1994), Violet's Garden (1994), Camellia
Garden (1995), Vi's Fountain (1996), Secret Garden (2000), Palm
and Agave
Garden (2001), and the Bob Whitman Propagation House (2001).
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
s and a conservatory
Conservatory (greenhouse)
A conservatory is a room having glass roof and walls, typically attached to a house on only one side, used as a greenhouse or a sunroom...
located in Tyrrell Park at 6088 Babe Zaharias Drive, Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...
, USA. The gardens are open to the public every day during daylight hours at no charge; the conservatory has relatively restrictive hours and charges an admission fee.
The gardens contain the Binks Horticultural Center; the 10000 square feet (929 m²) Warren Loose Conservatory which features tropical plants from around the world, a waterfall, a Koi fish pool; and many theme gardens displaying camellia
Camellia
Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Korea and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number...
s, modern and antique rose
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
s, bromeliads, and native plants. The gardens were first established in 1968, with the Beaumont Garden Center Building dedicated on August 20, 1971. In 1972, a master plan for the gardens was drawn up, and labeling of the trees, vines, and shrubs begun. The Beaumont Garden Center became the Beaumont Botanical Gardens in 1996.
A variety of gardens and structures have been added over the subsequent years, including: Green and White Garden (1986), Stream Bed Garden (1986), Antique Rose Garden (1987), Shelter Building in the Garden (1988), Grandmother's Garden (1989), Modern Rose Garden (1990), Japanese garden
Japanese garden
, that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles....
(1991), Gazebo (1991), Azalea
Azalea
Azaleas are flowering shrubs comprising two of the eight subgenera of the genus Rhododendron, Pentanthera and Tsutsuji . Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks...
Trail (1991), Daylily
Daylily
Daylily is the general nonscientific name of a species, hybrid or cultivar of the genus Hemerocallis . Daylily cultivar flowers are highly diverse in colour and form, as a result of hybridization efforts of gardening enthusiasts and professional horticulturalists...
Display Garden (1991), Native Plant Garden (1992), Bromeliad Display Garden (1992), herb garden (1994), Violet's Garden (1994), Camellia
Camellia
Camellia, the camellias, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalaya east to Korea and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number...
Garden (1995), Vi's Fountain (1996), Secret Garden (2000), Palm
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
and Agave
Agave
Agave is a genus of monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies ; they are commonly known as the century plant....
Garden (2001), and the Bob Whitman Propagation House (2001).
See also
- In God We Trust, United We Stand, September 11, 2001, Memorial GardenIn God We Trust, United We Stand, September 11, 2001, Memorial GardenIn God We Trust, United We Stand, September 11, 2001, Memorial Garden is a community garden that was constructed to commemorate the lives of those that were lost to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. The garden is located in Beaumont, Texas right in front of the Beaumont Botanical Gardens, which...
- List of botanical gardens in the United States