Public Orchid Collection Guide Many fabulous botanical gardens and institutions feature orchids in their collections. Become mesmerized by the charm and beauty of the plants. Check the listing below for facilities near you. Prior to your visit, please call for confirmation of public hours, admission fees and directions. Enjoy your visit at the facilities. CALIFORNIA Golden Gate Park Conservatory
McLaren Lodge, Fell and Stanyan Streets,
San Francisco, California 94117
Telephone: (415) 666-7077
Contact: George Marcopulous
E-Mail: gmarcopulos@compuserve.com
Public Hours: Please call for current hours Los Angeles State and County Arboretum
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, California 91006-2697
Telephone: (626) 821-3221
Contact: Julie Norman
Public Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, daily
San Diego Zoo
2920 Zoo Drive
San Diego, California 92112-1515
Telephone: (619) 231-1515
Contact: Janette Gerrity
E-Mail: mbostwick@sandiegozoo.org
Public Hours: The orchid facility is open on the third Friday of
every month from 10 am to 2 pm. Special tours outside the normal
hours can be arranged in advance with the approval of Michael Bostwick.
COLORADO Denver Botanical Gardens
909 York Street
Denver, Colorado 80206
Telephone: (720) 865-3500
Contact: Nicholas Snakenberg
E-Mail: snakenbn@botanicgardens.org
Public Hours: 9:00 am – 5 pm, daily DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA United States Botanical Gardens
245 First Street
Washington, D.C. 20024
Telephone: (202) 225-6647
Contact: Robert Pennington
E-Mail: rpenning@aoc.gov
Public Hours: Please call for current hours. FLORIDA
American Orchid Society-International
Orchid Center
16700 AOS Lane
Delray Beach, Florida 33446-4351
Telephone:(561)404-2000
Contact:Lee Cooke
Public Hours: 10 am to 4 pm, Monday to Saturday
Fairchild Tropical Garden
10901 Old Cutler Road
Miami, Florida 33156-4299
Telephone: (305) 667-1651
Contact: Craig M. Allen
Public Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm, daily
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
811 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, Florida 34236
Telephone: (941) 366-5731
Contact: Nancy Edmondson
Public Hours: 10 am – 5 pm, daily GEORGIA Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Dorothy Fuqua Conservatory
1345 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Telephone: (404) 876-5859
Contact: Becky Brinkman
E-Mail: m.groves@mindspring.com
Public Hours: 9 am – 6 pm, Tuesday through Sunday HAWAII Foster Botanic Gardens
180 North Vineyard Boulevard
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Telephone: (808) 522-7066
Contact: Scott Mitamura
Public Hours: 9 am – 4 pm, daily Wahaiwa Botanical Garden
1396 California Avenue
Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786
Telephone: (808) 621-7321
Contact: Scott Mitamura
Public Hours: 9 am – 4 pm daily Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden
59-864 Kamehameha Highway
Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712
Telephone: (808) 638-8655
Contact: David Orr
E-Mail: walmeaf@aloha.net
Public Hours: 10 am – 5:30 pm, daily ILLINOIS Lincoln Park Conservatory
2391 North Stockton Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Telephone: (312) 742-7736
Contact: Steve Meyer
Public Hours: 9 am – 5 pm, daily Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
2218 North Prospect Road
Peoria, Illinois 61603-2193
Telephone: (309) 686-3362
Contact: Bonnie Gudat
Public Hours: 10 am – 5 pm, Monday through Saturday
12 pm – 5 pm, Sunday Oak Park Conservatory
617 Garfield Street
Oak Park, Illinois 50304
Telephone: (708) 386-4700
Contact: John Seaton
Public Hours: 10 am – 4 pm, Tuesday through Sunday INDIANA Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
1100 S. Cahoun Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Telephone: (219) 427-6443
Contact: Andy Force
E-Mail: andy.force@ci.ft-wayne.in.us
Public Hours: 10 am – 5 pm, Monday through Saturday
12 pm – 4 pm, Sunday Garfield Park Botanical Conservatory
2505 Conservatory Drive
Indianapolis, Indiana 46203
Telephone: (317) 327-7187
Contact: Jeff Neese
Public Hours: 10 am – 6 pm, daily Wheeler Orchid Collection and Species Biology Department,
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306
Telephone: (765) 285-8839
Contact: Cheryl Le Blanc
E-Mail: 00cmLeBlanc@bsuvc.bsu.edu
Public Hours: 8 am – 4:30 pm, daily LOUISIANA
New Orleans Botanical Garden
1 Palm Drive, City Park
New Orleans, Louisana 70124
Telephone: (504) 483-9386
Contact: Richard Barnes
Public Hours: 10 am – 4:30 pm, Tuesdays through Sunday
MASSACHUSETTS
Botanical Garden of Smith College Lyman Conservatory
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063
Telephone: (413) 585-2740
Contact: Rob Nicholson
Public Hours: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, daily
Gardens in the Woods New England Wildflower Society
180 Hemenway Road,
Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
Telephone: (508) 877-7630
Contact: Bill Cullina
E-Mail: cullina@newfs.org
Public Hours: 9 am – 5 pm, daily
Mount Holyoke College Botanical Garden
50 College Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075
Telephone: (413) 538-2116
Contact: Ellen Shukis
E-Mail: eshukis@mtholyoke.edu
Public Hours: 9 am – 4 pm, Monday through Friday
1 pm – 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday
MICHIGAN
Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
City of Detroit Recreation Department
Detroit, Michigan 48207
Telephone: (313) 852-4064
Contact: James Justus
E-Mail: JVIRGILI@AOL.COM
Public Hours: 10 am – 5 pm, daily
University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1800 North Dixboro Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Telephone: (734) 9998-7061
Contact: Dr. David Michener
E-Mail: micherner@umich.edu
Public Hours: 10 am – 4:30 pm, daily
MINNESOTA
Como Park Conservatory
1325 Aida Place
St. Paul, Minnesota 55103
Telephone: (651) 487-8201
Contact: Bob Martin
E-Mail: robertmartin@cistpaul.MN.U
Public Hours: 10 am – 4 pm, daily
MISSOURI
Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63166
Telephone: (314) 577-1234, ext. 6
Contact: Babs Wagner
E-Mail: blanche.wagner@mobot.org
Public Hours: Tours must be arranged.
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University Botany Greenhouse
139 Bio Science Building
Durham, North Carolina 27706
Telephone: (919) 660-7334
Contact: Beverly Calhoun
E-Mail: bcalhoun@acpub.duke.edu
Public Hours: 10 am – 4:30 pm, Monday through Thursday
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Garden
University of North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina 28223
Telephone: (704) 547-4055
Contact: Dr. T. Lawrence Mellichamp
E-Mail: tlmellic@email.uncc.edu
Public Hours: 10 am – 3 pm, Monday through Saturday
NEW YORK
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11225-1099
Telephone: (718) 623-7242
Contact: Jackie Fazio
Public Hours: 8 am – 4 pm (Tuesday through Thursday), 10 am – 4:30 pm (Saturday & Sunday)
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
2655 South Park Avenue
Lackawanna, New York 14218
Telephone: (716) 827-1584
Contact: Dr. David Headley
E-Mail: gardens@bufnet.net
Public Hours: 9 am – 4 pm, daily
Highland Botanical Par Lamberton Conservatory
Monroe County Park Department
180 Reservoir Avenue
Rochester, New York 14620
Telephone: (716) 271-5391
Contact: Kent A. Millham
Public Hours: 10 am – 4 pm, daily during the winter
10 am – 6 pm, daily during the summer
New York Botanical Garden
200th Street and Southern Boulevard
Bronx, New York 10458
Telephone: (718) 817-8700
Contact: Keith Lloyd
Public Hours: 10 am – 4 pm, November 1 through March 31
10 am – 6 pm, April 1 through October 31
Planting Field Arboretum Historical State Park
P.O. Box 58
Oyster Bay, New York 11771
Telephone: (516) 922-9200
Contact: Paul W. Dose
Public Hours: 10 am – 4:30 pm, daily
OHIO
Krohn Conservatory
1501 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio
Telephone: (513) 421-5707
Contact: Andrea Schepmann
E-Mail: AndreaSchepmann@cinparks.rec.org
Public Hours: 8 am – 5 pm, daily OKLAHOMA
Myriad Botanical Garden
100 Myriad Gardens
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Telephone: (405) 297-3395
Contact: Allan Storjohann
Public Hours: 9 am – 6 pm, Monday through Saturday
12 pm – 6 pm, Sunday
PENNSYLVANIA
Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square
Pennsylvania 19348
Telephone: (610) 388-1000, ext. 557
Contact: Lee Alyanakian
E-Mail: lalyanakian@longwoodgardens.org
Public Hours: Opens 10 am daily, Closing hours vary seasonally
Phipps Conservatory
1 Schlenley Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Telephone: (412) 622-5914
Contact: Georgia Wahl
E-Mail: Horticulture@Phipps.pgh.pa.us
Public Hours: 9 am – 5 pm, Tuesday through Sunday
TENNESSEE
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts
Forrest Park Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37205
Telephone: (615) 353-2148
Contact: Teri Rice
E-Mail: TRICE@CHEEKWOOD.org
Public Hours: 9 am – 5 pm, Monday through Saturday
11 am – 5 pm, Sunday
TEXAS
Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens
8545 South Staples Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78413
Telephone: (361) 852-7875
Contact: Samuel A. Jones
Public Hours: 9 am – 5 pm, daily; closed on Mondays
San Antonio Botanical Garden
555 Funston Place
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Telephone: (210) 207-3263
Contact: Don Pylant
E-Mail: donpylant@sabot.org
Public Hours: 9 am – 5 pm, daily
WASHINGTON
University of Washington Department of Botany
Box 355325
Seattle, Washington 98195
Telephone: (206) 543-0436
Contact: Doug Ewing
E-Mail: dewing@u.washington.edu
Public Hours: Call for an appointment
Volunteer Park Conservatory
1400 East Galer
Seattle, Washington 98112
Telephone: (206) 684-4745
Contact: Stephanie Johnson-Tolliver
E-Mail: Stephanie.Johnson-tolliver@ci.seattle.wa.us
Public Hours: 10 am – 4 pm, daily
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