Mount Vernon
Mt. Vernon, Virginia At George Washington's estate, the gardens look like they did in Washington's day, thanks to some archaeological excavations. At this 500-acre estate on the Potomac River, the public can enjoy a naturalistic landscape that had once been formal. In the view of the bowling green, there is even a hidden wall that kept domestic animals from invading the pleasure grounds.
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Tucson, Arizona
Cooling breezes, rustling palms and exotic flowers may lull visitors into thinking that they're on an island paradise. Instead, these delights are part of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. This 21-acre museum is a zoo, a botanical garden and a natural history museum all rolled into one. The endangered Mexican gray wolf and the more common black-tailed prairie dog live side by side with prickly pear, Joshua trees and sahuaro cactus.
Luther Burbank Home and Garden
Santa Rosa, California
This home and garden tucked behind a white picket fence was once the living laboratory of one of America's greatest horticulturists, Luther Burbank. Today visitors can tour the 1-1/2 acres to see several of Burbank's inventions, including a plumcot, the Shasta daisy, and a cactus without thorns. One of his most famous inventions was a blight-resistant potato, what we know today as the russet .
Resources Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
At the corner of Sonoma and Santa Rosa avenues in Santa Rosa, tours cost $4 per person and are offered daily, excluding Mondays, unless the Monday is a holiday, from April 1 through Oct. 31.
Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
PO Box 1678
Santa Rosa and Sonoma Avenues
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Phone: 707-524-5445
Website:
www.lutherburbank.org
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N. Kinney Road
Tucson, AZ 85743
Phone: 520-883-1380
Website:
www.desertmuseum.org/
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Association
Mt. Vernon
P.O. Box 110
Mt. Vernon, VA 22121
Phone: 703-780-2000
Website:
www.mountvernon.org/
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