Botanical Gardens on Pinterest
A shared board where botanical gardens post themselves: Chicago, Missouri, Atlanta, Coastal Maine, Australia and more, with conservatories and plant sculpture.
What it is
"Botanical Gardens on Pinterest" is a collaborative board started in 2012 by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. Its description calls it a shared board for botanical gardens on Pinterest, and the pins come from the member gardens themselves. The board data lists Atlanta Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Phipps Conservatory, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and the Australian National Botanic Gardens, among others.
There are nearly 200 pins. Gardens show off their own grounds and their peers': sunset over a rose garden, the Earth Goddess plant sculpture in Atlanta, the Cheekwood patio in Nashville, the Chihuly exhibit at Missouri Botanical Garden. It reaches beyond the US too: the Copenhagen Botanical Garden conservatory reflected in its pond, Montreal's Botanical Garden, Vaux-le-Vicomte in France, the kitchen garden at the Château de la Chatonnière where each segment of a leaf-shaped bed is a different edible plant, and the greenhouse at Grüningen Botanical Garden in Switzerland.
Why we picked it
It's a rare board run not by hobbyists but by the gardens themselves, and it shows. Plants come with proper names: Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Chiffon' at Coastal Maine, toad lilies that Lewis Ginter grows too, a rare Herrania balaensis photographed by a botanist. Next to them is the architecture of gardens: conservatories, pavilions and water parterres.
The board is alive. It has been fed for more than a decade, and the latest pins arrived in August 2026. Think of it as a postcard from a dozen gardens at once, an easy way to decide where to travel or just to see how great gardens are put together.
We also like that the format is open. Gardens share not only their own photos but also finds from elsewhere, so Swiss greenhouses featured in Dezeen, French parks and Canadian gardens all end up here.
Where to start
- Scroll the whole board; nearly 200 pins makes a pleasant evening.
- Look for the conservatories: Copenhagen, Grüningen, a glass house in the woods at night.
- Check out the plant sculptures; Atlanta's Earth Goddess sticks in the mind.
- Find the Chatonnière kitchen garden for vegetables turned into garden art.
- Like a garden? Visit the member's own profile; many have boards of their own.
Who it's for
Gardeners and landscape designers hunting for ideas. Travelers who collect botanical gardens and want a bucket list. Botany students looking for interesting plants. And anyone who simply loves flowers. Gardens occasionally slip in event promotions; this is a showcase, not a scientific catalog.
Quick answers
Who runs the board? Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden created it, and member gardens add the pins.
How many pins? Nearly 200.
Is it only American gardens? Mostly, but there are gardens from Europe, Canada and Australia as well.
