The Jerry E. Clegg Botanic Garden is a publicly open botanical garden

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...

 located at 1782 North 400 East, Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...

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Overlooking and running alongside the Wildcat Creek (Indiana)

Wildcat Creek (Indiana)

The Wildcat Creek is an creek in north-central Indiana that is a major tributary of the Wabash River. Wildcat Creek consists of three main forks-North, South, and Middle...

, the gardens setting includes prairie

Prairie

Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type...

 and oak savanna

Oak savanna

An oak savanna is a type of savanna, or lightly forested grassland, where oaks are the dominant tree species. These savannas were maintained historically through wildfires set by lightning, grazing, low precipitation, poor soil, and/or fires set by Native Americans...

restorations, with beds of wildflowers, labelled trees, nature trails, and bridges. The Jerry E. Clegg Botanical Garden is open year-round and daily until dusk http://www.discoveramerica.com/ca/indiana/clegg-botanical-gardens.html.