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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI

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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Stroll 158 acres of gardens dotted with more than 200 sculptures, plus a Japanese garden and a five-story tropical conservatory.

1000 East Beltline Ave NE · Grand Rapids, MI

About Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Opened in 1995, this 158-acre botanical garden and sculpture park pairs horticulture with modern and contemporary art. You walk among more than 200 works of sculpture set in the landscape, an 8-acre Japanese garden, the Michigan Farm Garden and a children's garden. Indoors, the five-story Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory holds coconut palms, orchids and banana trees, and annual traditions include a spring butterfly exhibit and fall mums.

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