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Dow Gardens, Midland, MI

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Dow Gardens

Historic family-estate botanical garden in Midland, Michigan, with flower displays, water features, and a canopy walkway.

1809 Eastman Avenue, Midland, MI 48640 · Midland, MI

About Dow Gardens

Dow Gardens occupies a family estate in Midland, Michigan, that the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation shares with the public. Visitors can wander through seasonal flower beds, pass bridges and towering pines, and see water features spread across the grounds. Guests may join an educational program, tour the historic Pines Home, walk the country's longest canopy walkway, or explore the landscape on their own. The gardens were begun in 1899 by Herbert Henry Dow, who had founded the Dow Chemical Company in 1897.

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