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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. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged. The center opened on June 20, 1998. Its 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 waterfall, reflecting pools with koi, and a 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. == External links == * (Quad City Botanical Center ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quad City Botanical Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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