Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina has a large number of cultural attractions and historic landmarks as well as entertainment options. It is an incredibly beautiful city in which its residents are proud to call home. In addition to its citizens Charlotte is also the home of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, which in itself has a number of interesting features that attract both students and locals. One of these features is the Botanical Gardens that are located on the campus. City botanical gardens are frequently popular with residents and are excellent at highlighting regional horticulture, which also makes them popular with tourists. This is the case with the UNC Charlotte Gardens, which are always enticing to the guests staying in one of the near by luxury hotels in Charlotte.
The Botanical Gardens at the university have a strong mission that is aimed toward promoting knowledge as well as an appreciation for plants, which helps to encourage environmental awareness and activism as well as to recognize the aesthetic appeal of plant species. There are three predominate areas in the gardens and these include the three acre Susie Harwood Garden, the McMillan Greenhouse complex and the seven acre Van Landingham Glen. In total this is an impressive area that is efficient as serving the main intentions of the garden as well as to continue its development.
Each of the gardens that comprises the whole of the garden complex offers something unique to its area and thematic orientation. There are orchids, carnivorous plants and desert plants as well as the wondrously beautiful tropical plants found in the greenhouse. There is a common element to each of the individual areas and that is an overall focus on diversity of species and cultivars. And something that all visitors to the gardens should be aware of is that they are truly oriented toward giving the guest a great experience and hopefully one they have never had before. They want people to return and smelling as well as touching the plants is allowed. Please though, do be respectful and if you want to know the feel of a particular plant treat it as though you were feeling a baby’s skin, regardless of how soft the plant may or may not feel.
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