Quad City Botanical Center
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The Quad City Botanical Center is a set of botanical gardens located next to the Mississippi River at 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois. The center is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged. The center opened on June 20, 1998.
Gardens
[edit]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.
Other programs
[edit]In 2024, the Quad City Botanical Center introduced a mobile Plant Discovery Bus to bring its educational programs and garden to local students.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Allen, Olivia (June 13, 2024). "QC Botanical Center unveils Plant Discovery Bus". Quad-City Times. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
External links
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