Zilker Botanical Garden
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The Zilker Botanical Garden (31 acres; 125,000 m²) is a botanical garden
of varied topography located on the south bank of the Colorado River at 2220 Barton Springs Road, near downtown Austin, Texas
, USA
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The Botanical Garden was established as a non-profit organization in 1955, and is the centerpiece of Zilker Park
. It features several independently maintained gardens, each of a particular focus:
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...
of varied topography located on the south bank of the Colorado River at 2220 Barton Springs Road, near downtown Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The Botanical Garden was established as a non-profit organization in 1955, and is the centerpiece of Zilker Park
Zilker Park
Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in the heart of south Austin that comprises over of publicly owned land. It is named after its benefactor Andrew Jackson Zilker, who donated the land to the city in 1917. It was developed into the park during the Great Depression in the 1930s...
. It features several independently maintained gardens, each of a particular focus:
- City of Austin's Green Garden
- Cactus and Succulent Garden
- Hartman Prehistoric GardenHartman Prehistoric GardenThe Hartman Prehistoric Garden is a botanical garden within the Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, Texas, USA.In 1992 amateur paleontologists discovered more than 100 preserved tracks made by six or seven prehistoric reptiles, along with the bones of an ancient turtle within Zilker Park....
- Herb and Fragrance Garden
- Isamu TaniguchiI Oriental Garden
- Mabel Davis Rose Garden
- Doug Blachly Butterfly Trail and Garden
- Pioneer Village