The Botanical Garden Society of Northwest Michigan (BGSNM) is a non-profit
organization that, since 2000, has been working to create a regional
botanic garden in northwest Michigan. We have finalized an agreement
with the Traverse City-Garfield Township Recreational Authority to
establish a 25-acre public garden on a portion of a 54-acre parcel of
land at the Commons, a lovely site within the city limits of Traverse
City.
After ten years of planning, friend-raising and fundraising, the botanical garden has a home at last! Located on 25 acres of land within the Historic Barns Park, on the site of the old Traverse City State Hospital, the garden encompasses a wide range of ecosystems, from meadows to woodlands to wetlands. A variety of display, demonstration and research gardens will be designed and planted in the core area of the garden, including landscaped beds around the historic barns themselves.
