Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens
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Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens (53 acres) are nonprofit botanical garden
s located at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank, Washington
. They are open daily; an admission fee is charged.
The gardens were founded by Ann and Max Meerkerk in the early 1960s on 13 acres (52,609.2 m²), and served as a site where they collected and hybridized rhododendron
s. They gradually expanded the garden to 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) of rhododendrons surrounded by an additional 43 acres (174,015 m²) of woodlands. Ann Meerkerk left the gardens to the Seattle Rhododendron Society in 1979.
Today the garden features more than 1,500 varieties of rhododendron species and hybrids.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
s located at 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank, Washington
Greenbank, Washington
Greenbank is an unincorporated community on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, USA.Greenbank, which was named by Calvin Philips after his homestead in Delaware, has a population around 250...
. They are open daily; an admission fee is charged.
The gardens were founded by Ann and Max Meerkerk in the early 1960s on 13 acres (52,609.2 m²), and served as a site where they collected and hybridized rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
s. They gradually expanded the garden to 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) of rhododendrons surrounded by an additional 43 acres (174,015 m²) of woodlands. Ann Meerkerk left the gardens to the Seattle Rhododendron Society in 1979.
Today the garden features more than 1,500 varieties of rhododendron species and hybrids.