Lauritzen Gardens

100-acre botanical garden on a bluff above the Missouri

Address 100 Bancroft St., Omaha, NE 68108
Website www.lauritzengardens.org

Omaha's botanical garden occupies a 100-acre site on a bluff above the Missouri River, a few kilometres south of downtown. The garden includes a rose garden, a children's garden, a Victorian conservatory, and extensive perennial borders. The setting along the bluffs is particularly good in spring and autumn. The Garden Train Show in January and February fills the conservatory with model trains running through miniature landscapes of famous American landmarks.

The garden connects via a paved trail to the Heartland of America Park and the riverfront, making it possible to combine a visit with a walk along the Missouri.

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