The Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, a woodland sanctuary, is a public urban garden and forested greenspace that preserves native plant species, promotes knowledge of the botanical and natural world.

Green Spring Gardens has naturalistic native plant garden, more than 20 thematic demonstration gardens, a greenhouse, a a historic house, and a horticultural reference library.

The Hahn Horticulture Garden encompasses nearly six acres of teaching and display gardens on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Visitors learn about plants, landscaping concepts, and environmental awareness.

The Huntington Park Rose Garden include 74 varieties of roses and provide informational tours of the garden to learn all about roses with the landscape services staff.

The Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens is 50-acres of horticultural exhibits which include the Cherry Tree Walk, Asian Valley, Cochrane Rose Garden, Woodland Walk, Edible Display Garden, and the interactive Children’s Garden.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens features three distinct native plant collections include the Potomac Valley Collection, the Native Tree Collection and the Virginia Native Wetland Collection.

With over 60 different gardens to explore, the Norfolk Botanical Garden showcase local flora or from different parts of the world.  The WOW Children’s Garden offers opportunities for learning and exploration.

The State Arboretum of Virginia has over 5000 living trees, a diverse collection of 200 kinds of conifers, 162 types of boxwood, a 300 tree ginkgo grove, a cedar of Lebanon allee, a herb garden and the Virginia Native Plant Trail.

The Williamsburg Botanical Garden features 15 gardens, highlighting  the Heirloom Garden, the Wildflower Meadow and the Calcareous Ravine. The Garden also provides information on butterflies and their host plants that visit the garden.