Cactus Plantation: 1088 Champion Hill Road,
Edwards, MS 39066 (601)852-2705.
- The world's only cactus plantation fills several
greenhouses with over 3,500 varieties of cacti, succulents, colorful
bromeliads, daylilies, tropical foliage and seasonal plants.
Crosby Arboretum,
Mississippi State University: 370 Ridge Road,
Picayune,
MS 39466 (601)799-2311.
- A Savanna exhibit, a Woodland Exhibit and a Aquatic
Exhibit highlight this 104 acre arboretum displaying plants native to the
Pearl River Drainage Basin ecosystem.
Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis Home:
2244 Beach Boulevard,
Biloxi, MS 39531 (228)388-9074
or (800)570-3818.
- The 52 acre estate, formerly the retirement estate of
Confederate President Jefferson Davis, includes the home where he wrote and
landscaped grounds.
Faulkner Literary Garden: Union County Heritage Museum, 114 Cleveland Street, New Albany, MS 38652 (662)538-0014
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Located a stone's throw from the writer's birth site and surrounded by the Frenchman's Bend exhibit area, this
delightful garden is filled with the plants
and book quotes of Faulkner's landscape and art work related to the writer's work.
The House on
Ellicott's Hill: 1798. N. Canal St.,
Natchez, MS
(601)443-9065.
- Andrew Ellicott, in defiance of Spain, raised the
American flag on this hill in 1797. This National Historic Landmark is a
historic restoration project of the Natchez Garden Club.
Jackson City Hall: 219
South President Street,
Jackson, MS 39209
(601)960-1084.
- One of Jackson's oldest surviving antebellum structures,
this 1846 Greek Revival building includes a plaza with formal gardens and a
statue of Andrew Jackson.
Jackson Zoological Park:
2918 West Capitol Street,
Jackson, MS 39209
(601)352-2582.
- This small but excellent
zoo has endangered
species, extensive plantings, re-created natural habitats, and a butterfly
meadow.
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum: 1150 Lakeland Drive,
Jackson, MS (601)713-3365.
- The complex of museum buildings includes an All America
Rose Selections accredited rose garden listed on the National Rose Register.
Mynelle
Gardens: City of Jackson, 4736 Clinton Boulevard,
Jackson,
MS 39209 (601)960-1894.
- The Gardens, the work of Mynelle Westbrook Haywood and
now a city park, include an Azalea Trail, an All-American Selection Garden,
a Camellia Trail, a Oriental Island, a White Lawn (Wedding Lawn), and a
Hemerocallis Society Display Garden.
Palestine Gardens: 201 Palestine Gardens Road, Route 9, Box 792,
Lucedale, MS 39452 (601)947-8422.
- This 5 acre garden
is a scale model of the Holy Land at the time of Jesus, with the River Jordan,
the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
Private John Allen
National Fish Hatchery: 111 Elizabeth Street,
Tupelo, MS 38802
(662)842-3215.
- The Pvt. John Allen National-Fish Hatchery is a scenic outdoor
facility where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service propagates native fish for use
in restocking programs. A charming 1903 Victorian house which was the home to
hatchery managers for many years offers a Grandmother's Garden of
turn-of-the-century plants.
Rosalie:
100 Orleans Street,
Natchez, MS 39120 (601)446-5676.
- This 1820 Georgian style
mansion, a National Historic Landmark owned by the DAR, offers colorful gardens
including a Bicentennial Garden. Landscaped grounds overlook the Mississippi.
Rose Garden: University of Southern Mississippi Campus, Hardy Street
entrance,
Hattiesburg, MS (601)266-6951.
- This All America Rose Selections
accredited garden features 750 Hybrid Tea and Grandiflora patented rose bushes.
Open year-round, the blooming season is late spring and summer. A campus
newspaper
article
offers a detailed description.
Rowan Oak (Faulkner House): University of Mississippi, Old Taylor Road,
Oxford, MS 38655 (662)234-3284.
- Enjoy the beautifully landscaped grounds of
writer William Faulkner's house.
Springdale Hills Arboretum and Christmas Tree
Farm: 2116 Springdale Road,
Pocohontas, MS 39209 (601)366-4679.
- This 104 acre
arboretum offers trails, over 150 species of trees, ponds for fishing, picnic
areas and the ruins of an 1830s mansion.
Washington County Courthouse
Arboretum: 900 Washington Avenue,
Greenville, MS 38703
- Planted in 1895 by Dr.
Orville Blanton, the first white child born in Washington County, this arboretum
is curated by the Greenville Garden Club and features trees native to Washington
County. Trees are marked by name and description.
Wister Gardens:1440
State Highway 7,
Belzoni, MS 39038 (662)247-3025.
- This 14 acre garden abounds
with thousands of azaleas, hundreds of roses in two rose gardens, daylilies,
crape myrtles, and flowering fruit trees. A lake provides a home for white and
black swans.