Lockerly Arboretum (50 acres) is a private, nonprofit arboretum located at 1534 Irwinton Road, Milledgeville, Georgia. It is open daily, except Sundays, without charge.
The arboretum was chartered in 1965 on the grounds of the antebellum "Lockerly" (originally "Rose Hill") mansion (1852) constructed by Judge & Mrs. Daniel R. Tucker whose grounds were influenced by their friend A. J. Downing. In 1998, Col. Oliver N. Worley donated an additional 200 acres (0.81 km2) to the foundation for an Environmental Education facility.
lockerly, arboretum, acres, private, nonprofit, arboretum, located, 1534, irwinton, road, milledgeville, georgia, open, daily, except, sundays, without, charge, arboretum, chartered, 1965, grounds, antebellum, lockerly, originally, rose, hill, mansion, 1852, c. Lockerly Arboretum 50 acres is a private nonprofit arboretum located at 1534 Irwinton Road Milledgeville Georgia It is open daily except Sundays without charge The arboretum was chartered in 1965 on the grounds of the antebellum Lockerly originally Rose Hill mansion 1852 constructed by Judge amp Mrs Daniel R Tucker whose grounds were influenced by their friend A J Downing In 1998 Col Oliver N Worley donated an additional 200 acres 0 81 km2 to the foundation for an Environmental Education facility The arboretum is a horticultural laboratory with collections of azalea camellia conifers holly rhododendron and viburnum as well as daylily iris and a greenhouse for cactus and tropical plants The Rose Hill mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 See also editList of botanical gardens in the United StatesReferences editGuide to the Gardens of Georgia Lilly Pinkas Pineapple Press Inc 2000 pages 48 50 ISBN 9781561641987 Explorer s Guide Georgia Second Edition Carol Thalimer Dan Thalimer The Countryman Press 2012 page 297 ISBN 9781581577747 A Visitor s Guide to the Literary South Trish Foxwell The Countryman Press 2013 pages 67 68 ISBN 9781581571493 External links editLockerly Arboretum 33 03 40 N 83 13 35 W 33 06107 N 83 22633 W 33 06107 83 22633 nbsp This article related to a garden in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This arboretum article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Baldwin County Georgia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lockerly Arboretum amp oldid 1187830660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
