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Great Gardens Near Smith

Here is a list of some wonderful plant places to visit in and around the Valley. Visit them on beautiful spring days, or, when the weather is crappy, visit the indoor ones. You don't know how incredible the palm house is at Lyman Plant House until it's a cold, snowy day. Clears your head of all your worries right away.

• Smith College Botanic Garden right in our backyard


• Magic Wings Butterfly House in Deerfield, MA


• Tower Hill Botanic Garden near Worcester, MA


• Dunfee Conservatory and Gardens at UMass


• The Food Bank Farm (a great place to volunteer)


• Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, MA


• Mt. Holyoke Botanic Garden at, you guessed it, Mt. Holyoke College


• Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Monson, MA


• Stanley Park and Grandmother's Garden in Westfield, MA

And, if you want to take a bit of a hike:

• Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University


• Brooklyn Botanic Garden


• New York Botanical Garden

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