Tropical Talk: an international network of horticulturalists

Let us know the Glasshouses or Gardens which you think are 'must see' - You can list by country or region too!

I'll post one to try and get this moving.

In the US, the public garden / greenhouse that is my favorite so far is the Atlanta Botanical Garden especially the Fuqua Conservatory and Fuqua Orchid Center, but then I am a little biased towards orchids.

In general the Atlanta Botanic Garden is a set of wonderfully maintained gardens and indoor colections. They even have frogs and birds inside to make the tropical areas more "real life".

A heart felt Great job!, to anyone connected to this work.

Thanks GGal, a good suggestion!

Recently I put out my feelers regarding this very topic and the resulting list is as follows (current version as at August). Would love to hear more suggestions too!

Recommended Gardens to visit

Drawn from responses via AERGC, WGI and Aroid-L email networks (as at August) NB: This list is far from exhaustive, and is more a starting point than a comprehensive list of top-notch Gardens and sustainability links. The links were relevant at the time of compilation, and may change over time.

USA:
• Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/home.do
• Botanic Gardens of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.
http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/governmen ... php#Howard
• Cheyenne Botanical Garden, Cheyenne, Wyoming http://www.botanic.org/
• Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Fran, CA
http://www.conservatoryofflowers.org/
Fairchild Botanical Garden, Miami, FL http://www.fairchildgarden.org/
• Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, Hawaii http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/hbg/hmbg.htm
• Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/ ... lHome.html
• Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Gainesville, FL http://www.kanapaha.org/
• L.A. Arboretum, Arcadia, Ca http://www.arboretum.org/
• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Va. http://www.lewisginter.org/
• Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA http://www.longwoodgardens.org/
• Lyon Arboretum, Hawaii http://www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum/
• Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, FL http://www.selby.org/
• McMillan Greenhouse, University of North Carolina, Charlotte http://gardens.uncc.edu/
• Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Missouri http://www.mobot.org/
• National Tropical Botanic Garden (5), http://ntbg.org/index.php
• Sarah P Duke Gardens, Durham, North Carolina http://www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens/
• Sherman Gardens Corona del Mar, CA http://www.slgardens.org/default.asp
• United States Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C. http://www.usbg.gov/
• Waimea Arboretum, Hawaii http://www.waimeavalley.org/map.html


Europe:
• Bonn Botanic Garden (Germany) http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/index.html
• Botanical Garden of Munich (Germany) http://www.botanik.biologie.unimuenchen.
de/botgart/e/default.html
• Federal Gardens Vienna and Innsbruck, Vienna (Austria) http://www.federalgardens.
at/frames/start.htm
• Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (Edinburgh) & 3 satellite gardens, Scotland
http://www.rbge.org.uk/
• Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (London) & Wakehurst Place (West Sussex), England
http://www.kew.org/
• Royal Horticultural Society Gardens (4), England http://www.rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/index.htm
• The Eden Project, Cornwall, England http://www.edenproject.com/


Australia:
• Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, QLD
http://www.cityofcairns.qld.gov.au/cair ... g_main.htm
• Kings Park Botanic Gardens, Perth, WA http://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/
• Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne & Cranbourne, Victoria http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/
• Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, NSW http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/
• Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart, Tasmania http://www.rtbg.tas.gov.au/