Sunday, April 21, 2013

South Arkansas Arboretum


The South Arkansas Arboretum, located in El Dorado, Arkansas, was opened in 1965, and is Arkansas' only state park located within a city.  It's a 13 acre garden which features plants found in the Arkansas West Gulf Coastal plain.  Visitors will enjoy a pretty stream and small waterfall along with all of the flowering plants.  There are about two miles of paved trails and nice places to stop and have a picnic.


The Arboretum is open daily, except for holidays, from dawn to dusk.  Admission is free.


16 comments:

  1. This looks so beautiful and peaceful. It would be nice to spend some quiet time reading and writing here.

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  2. Doesn't El Dorado border Texas? Or am I thinking of Texarkana?

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    1. It borders Louisiana. I don't know about Texarkana.

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  3. I never would have guessed this garden was in the middle of a city. Before I read that I was thinking how rural it looked.

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  4. A prat of Arkansas I never got to visit. (I lived there for five years.)

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  5. I've been out of touch for a while, but everytime I return,I'm amazed by the wonderful photos you post of places on the earth! I agree with M.J Joachim- it would be a great place to sit, be still and take it all in!!

    Wonderful!

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  6. That is so beautiful.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  7. You are very lucky to have something so big in the city

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