University of Rhode Island Botanical Garden
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BGCI Member: No
About the University of Rhode Island Botanical Garden
The University of Rhode Island has a long and distinguished history as Rhode Island’s agricultural and Land Grant institution. An important part of this history over the past 100 years has included teaching Horticultural Science and planting trees on the Kingston campus. Formal Gardens were created here over 50 years ago. They are now known as the URI Botanical Gardens, started in 1991 with a donation from the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association. The 4.5 acre Botanical Gardens and Horridge Conservatory now rank among the most beautiful places on the URI campus, frequented and treasured by URI faculty, staff, and students. The Gardens are also a valuable teaching and research tool and a model of sustainable landscaping for URI students and faculty from many departments, as well as appreciative visitors from all over New England. Along with the contiguous 1,200 acres of the Everett P. Christopher Arboretum, the URI Botanical Gardens have become a horticultural gem in southern New England.
Main Address:
University of Rhode Island Botanical Garden
Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology
215 Woodward Hall
Kingston
Rhode Island 02881 United States of America
Telephone: (401) 874-5372
Fax: (401) 874-2494
URL: cels.uri.edu/uribg
Primary Email: bmaynard@uri.edu