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Free public gardens.
These gardens list free general admission on their own websites. Some still charge for parking, special exhibits or events.
Alabama 2
- Aldridge Gardens Hoover, AL
- Admission
- Free
- Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham, AL
- Admission
- Free
California 3
- Clovis Botanical Garden Clovis, CA
- Admission
- Free
- Gamble Garden Palo Alto, CA
- Admission
- Free
- The Gardens at Heather Farm Walnut Creek, CA
- Admission
- Free
Colorado 4
- Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Vail, CO
- Admission
- Free
- Montrose Botanic Gardens Montrose, CO
- Admission
- Free
- The Hudson Gardens & Event Center Littleton, CO
- Admission
- Free
- Yampa River Botanic Park Steamboat Springs, CO
- Admission
- Free
Connecticut 1
- Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens Stamford, CT
- Admission
- Free
Georgia 1
- Lockerly Arboretum Milledgeville, GA
- Admission
- Free
Hawaii 1
- Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Honolulu, HI
- Admission
- Free
Idaho 2
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden Ketchum, ID
- Admission
- Free
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- Admission
- Free
Illinois 1
- Luthy Botanical Garden Peoria, IL
- Admission
- Free
Iowa 2
- Central Gardens of North Iowa Clear Lake, IA
- Admission
- Free
- The Brenton Arboretum Dallas Center, IA
- Admission
- Free
Maryland 1
- Adkins Arboretum Ridgely, MD
- Admission
- Free
Massachusetts 1
- Botanic Garden of Smith College Northampton, MA
- Admission
- Free
Michigan 1
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- Admission
- Free
Minnesota 1
- The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College St Peter, MN
- Admission
- Free
New Jersey 1
- Rutgers Gardens North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Admission
- Free
New York 3
- Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield Hyde Park, NY
- Admission
- Free
- Cornell Botanic Gardens Ithaca, NY
- Admission
- Free
- Lasdon Park, Arboretum, and Veterans Memorial Katonah, NY
- Admission
- Free
North Carolina 2
- JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University Raleigh, NC
- Admission
- Free
- Juniper Level Botanic Garden Raleigh, NC
- Admission
- Free
Ohio 3
- Clary Gardens Coshocton, OH
- Admission
- Free
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- Admission
- Free
- The Stanley M. Rowe Arboretum Cincinnati, OH
- Admission
- Free
Pennsylvania 1
- The Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum at LancasterHistory Lancaster, PA
- Admission
- Free
South Carolina 1
- Piedmont Physic Garden Union, SC
- Admission
- Free
Tennessee 1
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum Knoxville, TN
- Admission
- Free
Texas 1
- Beaumont Botanical Gardens Beaumont, TX
- Admission
- Free
Virginia 2
- Hermitage Museum and Gardens Norfolk, VA
- Admission
- Free
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- Admission
- Free
Washington 1
- Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Shoreline, WA
- Admission
- Free
Wisconsin 1
- Allen Centennial Garden Madison, WI
- Admission
- Free
Wyoming 1
- Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Cheyenne, WY
- Admission
- Free