Visiting Indiana’s Public and Botanical Gardens

Visiting Indiana’s Public and Botanical Gardens
Today the author talks about his newest book, Visiting Indiana’s Public and Botanical Gardens
From the Book:

Visiting Indiana’s Public and Botanical Gardens

Transcript:

Greetings, today I will talk about my newest book, Visiting Indiana’s Public and Botanical Gardens: Botanic and Public Gardens, Arboretums and Conservatories. It is available now on Amazon as well as other online book retailers. You can also purchase the book direct from me at my website, http://www.mossyfeetbooks.com. The web link for the book is in listed in the description of this video and podcast.
From the Book:
https://mossyfeetbooks.com/2026/01/12/visiting-indianas-public-and-botanical-gardens/

Indiana possesses a wealth of botanical gardens, allowing plant researchers to study the plants growing there as well as provide casual visitors a place to learn about, and enjoy, them. Readers of Indiana Botanical Gardens will discover the history of botanical gardens in addition to listings of the world’s, United States and Indiana’s botanical gardens.

The book divides the state into 9 regions with gardens, conservatories and arboretums located in every region except the southeast region. Many large cemeteries are arboretums as well as resting places for the departed and these are included as well.

One highlight of the South Central region is the TC Steele State Historic Site, located near Nashville, Indiana. TC Steele was a leading artist of his era, which was the late 19th Century through the early 20th Century. He and his wife Selma Neubacher purchased the property in 1907. They built a house they called the House of the Singing Winds. Selma landscaped the property, planting hundreds of flower, trees and shrubs. The house and garden are open to the public, operated as a State Historic Site managed by the Indiana State Museum.

Located east of Richmond Indiana visitors will find the Hayes Regional Arboretum. The arboretum features a museum, arboretum, guest quarters, nature center, Adena and Hopewell Indian mounds, ponds, fields, and wetlands and trails for hiking. The 466-acre property contains a portion of virgin, old growth forest, one of the few such stands in Indiana. Visitors can hike, take an auto tour, watch birds or bike during a visit to the Arboretum.

Garfield Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden – Indianapolis
136 Acres
Garfield Park includes a three-acre formal classical European garden. The brick paved walkways, three fountains, and extensive plantings provide a restful place to walk in a serene setting. Designed by German landscape architect George Edward Kessler, the botanical garden opened on October 29, 1916.
There are three main floral displays during in the Garfield Park botanical garden. the year. The spring tulip display peaks about mid-April. The summer annual flower display is usually best from June through August. September and October are when the fall mum display takes place.
The Garfield Park Conservatory is, at 10,000 square feet, almost two acres of luxuriant tropical beauty. There are cacao plants, banana trees, fig trees, an extensive orchid collection, and a host of other plantings which can turn a cold winter day into a tropical vacation.

Visitors to Fort Wayne must put a visit to the Foellinger-Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory at the top of their to-do list. The extensive conservatory and outdoor gardens provide several hours of enjoyment as you walk among the waterfalls and plants. The conservatory has a number of different habitats including tropical and desert environments.

Ogden Botanical Garden
4-acre garden in Valparaiso, Indiana that features a Japanese Garden, bridges, koi pond and Tea House. The Japanese garden opened in 2005 and has trails meandering around the garden leading to ponds, bridges, streams and a tea house. The garden derives its name from the first gardener that worked there, Otto Ogden. A gazebo occupies the central part of the garden. Memorial bricks form a wedding walkway to the gazebo. Visitors may rent the gazebo in 1 hour and 45-minute increments.

This is just a small sampling of what you will find in the book. You can find the book on my website, http://www.mossyfeetbooks.com. It is available in a number of formats included ebook, softbound and audio book on Amazon as well as many other online book retailers. You may also purchase the book direct from me, the author, on the website.

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