The Horticultural Center in Philadelphia, USA, contains an arboretum, greenhouse, demonstration gardens and a Japanese house and garden. It is located within Fairmount Park at the southeast corner of Belmont and Montgomery Drives. The grounds are open daily except holidays, without charge. An admission fee is charged for the Japanese house.

The Horticulture Center was built for the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebration, on the site of Philadelphia's earlier Horticultural Hall, built in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition. Its grounds contain:

Fairmount Park Horticulture Center (Philadelphia)

The Centennial Arboretum

An exhibition hall

A greenhouse with tropical plants

Seven demonstration gardens

Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens, with the house built in the 16th century shoin-zukuri style. Centennial comfort stations

Fairmount Park Horticulture Center (Philadelphia)

See also

List of botanical gardens in the United States

External links

Fairmount Park Horticulture Center - City of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

Botanical gardens in Pennsylvania

Buildings and structures in Pennsylvania

Greenhouses in the United States

Parks in Philadelphia

Japanese-American culture in Pennsylvania

West Fairmount Park

West Philadelphia

Fairmount Park Horticulture Center (Philadelphia)