on 10/20/03 1:17 PM, Mark Smyth at mark@marksgardenplants.com wrote: > > hi all > > I'm planning a visit to the US next summer. Can anyone recommend some > gardens to visit? Gardens with interesting but not just everyday plants. > > Mark > N Ireland Some of my favorites for neat stuff: Strybing (San Francisco) Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix, AZ--in summer, wait until monsoon rains come) Boyce-Thompson Arboretum (near Florence, AZ--spring my favorite time) UC Santa Cruz Arboretum (Santa Cruz, CA) Quail Botanical Gardens (Encinitas, CA--nera San Diego) Flagstaff Arboretum (Flagstaff, AZ) Best wishes, Shawn Pollard Tucson, AZ