ROGER WILLIAMS PARK BOTANICAL CENTER

摘要

The Roger Williams Park Botanical Center in Providence, RI, is said to be the largest public indoor garden in New England. It has two greenhouses: the Conservatory and the Mediterranean Room, which together contain roughly 12,000 square feet of growing space. That space includes about 150 different species and cultivars.There are, however, few apparent themes unifying the plants on display - the cactus garden was being rebuilt when I was there but there does not appear to be any consistent grouping of different tropical trees, nor an area of colorful flowering vines. It would seem to be a bit of a mish-mash of plants around the edges of the concrete walkways. I would, for example, like to see an island garden with a variety of tropical fish and aquatic plants.