Spring is in the air, well hardly here in the midwest region. However, hopefully by May we will be experiencing some better whether and be able to get outdoors. Better Homes and Gardens has teamed up with the American Public Gardens Assoc., and local public gardens around the country to offer free admission on Friday, May 6, 2011.

Details of the offering can be seen on Better Home and Garden’s website. The list of participating gardens is extensive as detailed below…

AL, Theodore, Bellingrath Gardens and Home
AL, Huntsville, Huntsville Botanical Garden
AL, Mobile, Mobile Botanical Gardens
AZ, Superior, Boyce Thompson Arboretum
AZ, Phoenix, Desert Botanical Garden
AZ, Tucson, Tohono Chul Park
AR, Hot Springs, Garvan Woodland Garden
CA, Vista, Alta Vista Gardens
CA, La Canada Flintridge, Descanso Gardens
CA, San Jose, Guadalupe River Park Conservancy
CA, Glen Ellen, Quarryhill Botanical Garden
CA, Claremont, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
CA, Walnut Creek, The Ruth Bancroft Garden
CA, Encinitas, San Diego Botanic Garden
CA, San Francisco, San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
CA, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
CA, El Cajon, The Water Conservation Garden
CA, Berkeley, The UC Botanical Garden
Canada, BC, Tofino, The Ecolodge at the Tofino Botanical Gardens
Canada, NL, St. Johns, MUN Botanical Garden
Canada, Nova Scotia, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens
CO, Vail, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
CO, Denver, Denver Botanic Gardens
CO, Fort Collins, The Gardens of Spring Creek
CT, Stamford, Bartlett Arboretum and Garden
FL, Lake Wales, Bok Tower Gardens
FL, Key Largo, The Botanical Gardens at Kona Kai Resort
FL, Jacksonville, Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
FL, Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
FL, Coral Gables, John C. Gifford Arboretum
FL, Fort Myers,Lakes Park Botanic Garden
FL, Fort Pierce, Heathcote Botanical Gardens
GA, Atlanta, Atlanta History Center
GA, Pine Mountain, Callaway Gardens
GA, Milledgeville, Lockerly Arboretum
GA, Mount Berry, Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum
GA, Kennesaw, Smith-Gilbert Gardens
GA, Athens, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
ID, Moscow, University of Idaho Arboretum & Botanical Garden
ID, Boise, Idaho Botanical Garden
ID, Ketchum, Sawtooth Botanical Garden
IL, Glencoe, Chicago Botanic Garden
IL, Edwardsville, The Gardens at SIUE
IL, Lisle, Morton Arboretum
IL, Rockford, Rockford Park District
IL, Urbana, University of Illinois Arboretum
IA, Des Moines, Des Moines Botanical Center
IA, Madrid, Iowa Arboretum
IA, Ames, Reiman Gardens
IN, Calparaiso, Taltree Arboretum & Gardens
KY, Shepherdsville, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
KY, Lexington, The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
LA, New Orleans, Longue Vue House and Gardens
MD, Ridgely, Adkins Arboretum
ME, Boothbay, Costal Maine Botanical Garden
MA, Boston, The Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University
MA, Northampton, The Botanical Garden of Smith College
MA, Framingham, New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods
MI, Buchanan Township, Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Preserve
MI, Tipton, Hidden Lake Garden
MN, Chaska, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
MO, St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden
MO, Kingsville, Powell Gardens
NE, Omaha, Lauritzen Gardens
NM, Albuquerque, Rio Grande Botanic Garden
NM, Albuquerque, BioPark Botanic Garden
NJ, Montclair, Montclair Foundation/Van Vleck House & Gardens
NJ, Summit, Reeves-Reed Arboretum
NY, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
NY, Buffalo, The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
NY, Ithaca, Cornell Plantations
NY, Hempstead, Hofstra University Arboretum
NY, Annandale-on-Hudson, Landscape and Arboretum Program at Bard
NY, Flushing, Queens Botanical Garden
NY, Bronx, The New York Botanical Garden
NC, Raleigh, JC Raulston Arboretum
NC, Asheville, The North Carolina Arboretum
NC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden
NC, Durham, Sarh P. Duke Gardens
OH, Cleveland, Cleveland Botanical Garden
OH, Newark, Dawes Arboretum
OH, Youngstown, Fellows Riverside Garden
OH, Columbus, Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Garden
OH, Mansfield, Kingwood Center
OH, Willoughby, The Holden Arboretum
OH, Coshocton, Roscoe Village
OH, Toledo, Toledo Botanical Garden
OK, Tulsa, Oklahoma Centennial Garden
OK, Tulsa, Tulsa Garden Center
OR, Portland, Hoyt Arboretum Friends Fountain
OR, Portland, Leach Botanical Garden
OR, Silverton, Oregon Garden
PA, California, Arboretum at California University of Pennsylvania
PA, Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens
PA, Philadelphia, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
PA, Pittsburgh, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
PA, Swarthmore, The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
PA, Philadelphia, Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
PA, Media, Tyler Arboretum
RI, Bristol, Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
SC, Charleston, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
TX, Fort Davis, The Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center
TX, Weatherford, Clark Garden
TX, Fort Worth, The Fort Worth Botanic Garden
TX, Grapevine, Grapevine Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park
TX, Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
TX, Orange, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
TX, Corpus Christi, South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
VA, Winchester, Burnie Gardens at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
VA, Harrisonburg, Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
VA, Blacksburg, Hahn Horticulture Garden
VA, Richmond, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
VA, Norfolk, Norfolk Botanical Garden
VA, Lynchburg, Old City Cemetery
WA, Federal Way, PowellsWood
DC, Washington, Smithsonian Gardens
DC, Washington, Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
WI, New Berlin, Boerner Botanical Gardens
WI, Green Bay, Green Bay Botanical Garden
WI, Madison, Olbrich Botanical Gardens
WY, Cheyenne, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens