H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens — Attraction in State College

I Love this Botanical Garden. It has a wonderful rose garden where they also add wisteria and sweet autumn clematis. I Love the mix of wild flowers and common species as well. This place has a wonderful Children's garden with a cave (with bats), a stream, a veggie garden, and even several mallet instruments that add a wonderful sound to the area. There is a bird watching building that allows anyone to sit in the shade in comfortable chairs and watch the birds, enjoy the pond and flowers all around. These gardens have a sundial and a fountain. Inside the garden are educational beehives along with solitary beehives with educational information about the hives and the bees. The gardens are very well landscaped, plants and trees are marked well, and the whole garden is very well kept up. Thank you for a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the flowers,...

This is a beautiful place to visit. Gorgeous flowers and plantings and idyllic settings to relax, study and walk. Lots of information about research being done there and fun interactive exhibits at Childhood's Gate. (The adults can have fun there too.) There are many water features, which draw an abundance of wildlife. Be sure to have a...

Absolutely gorgeous and peaceful gardens. They have many different exhibits of all kinds is flowers/plants. Not sure if the exact mileage but there are several miles of paved paths for brisk walking though wooded sections of the property. You do have to pay to get in/park but I think it’s worth the experience especially if your an...