Water Garden at the Huntsville Alabama Botanical Gardens

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Huntsville Botanical Garden

Alabama


Huntsville residents take great pride in these gardens, which sprawl across 112 acres at the edge of town. On site you'll find a birding trail, aquatic gardens, nature trails, storybook gardens aimed at kids, scads of local dogwoods and azaleas, and stages where various shows and events take place throughout the year.


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