Quad City Botanical Center
The Quad City Botanical Center is a set of botanical gardens located next to the Mississippi River at 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged.
The center opened on June 20, 1998. Its gardens include:
- Sun Garden conservatory (6,444 square feet) - includes sweet acacia, allspice, arrowhead, bamboo, banana, bird of paradise, bromeliads, cacao, cardamom, cassava, coconut, coffee, ferns, frangipani, Arabian jasmine, lychee, orchids, palms, papaya, papyrus, pineapple, sapodilla, vanilla, and ylang-ylang, as well as a 14-foot (4.3 m) waterfall, reflecting pools with koi, and a 70-foot (21 m) skylight.
- Scott County Regional Authority Conifer Garden (established 2001) - over 40 conifers from the collection of Justin C. Harper, including cultivars such as Ginkgo biloba 'Todd's Broom', Taxus cuspidate 'Fastigiate Aurea', and Thuja standishii.
- Physically Challenged Garden (established July 2003) - planting beds at varying heights for gardeners with physical limitations.
- Scrambled Alphabet Garden - for children.
External links
- Quad City Botanical Center
See also
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- Henry County
- Mercer County
- Rock Island County
- Moline
- Rock Island
- East Moline
- Aledo
- Andalusia
- Annawan
- Barstow
- Bishop Hill
- Buffalo Prairie
- Cambridge
- Carbon Cliff
- Cleveland
- Coal Valley
- Colona
- Coyne Center
- Dayton
- Edgington
- Galva
- Geneseo
- Green River
- Hampton
- Hillsdale
- Hooppole
- Kewanee
- Illinois City
- Matherville
- Milan
- North Henderson
- Nekoma
- Oak Grove
- Ophiem
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- Osco
- Port Byron
- Reynolds
- Sherrard
- Silvis
- Swedona
- Woodhull
- American Pickers
- Ballet Quad Cities
- Bally's Quad Cities
- Bix 7 Road Race
- Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
- Credit Island
- Downtown Davenport
- Festival of Trees
- Figge Art Museum
- Iowa 80
- Rhythm City Casino Resort
- John Deere World Headquarters
- John Deere Classic
- Mississippi River
- Modern Woodmen Park
- Niabi Zoo
- NorthPark Mall
- Putnam Museum
- Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center
- Quad City Air Show
- Quad City Botanical Center
- Quad City Downs
- Quad City-style pizza
- Quad City Symphony Orchestra
- River Music Experience
- RiverCenter
- Rock Island Arsenal
- SouthPark Mall
- Vibrant Arena at The MARK
- The Freight House
- TPC at Deere Run
- Village of East Davenport
- Walnut Grove Pioneer Village
- Illinois
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- Rock Island County
- Iowa
- Scott County
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