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The 100-acre Mobile Botanical Gardens are a relatively young botanical gardens, founded in 1974, and are located on Museum Drive in the Spring Hill community in Mobile, Alabama, USA. The Gardens are a blend of cultivated areas and natural habitats, including:

The gardens include cultivated areas, woodland trails, and a longleaf pine forest. The major divisions are as follows:

Rhododendron Garden
Fern Glade
Fragrance and Texture Garden
Camellia Wintergarden
Japanese Maple Garden
Herb garden Herb Garden]]
Longleaf Pine habitat, 40 acres

Collections of hollies, magnolias, roses, and perennials, are also of special interest.

The Rhododendron Garden deserves special mention as it contains eight collection of approximately 1,000 evergreen and native azaleas. This is the most comprehensive rhododendron collection anywhere along the Gulf Coast.

Another area of special note is the Longleaf Pine Habitat, a preserved remnant of the great southern longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem that once dominated the American South. It is an extremely diversified habitat with 49 vascular plant families, 159 vascular plant species, 72 woody species, and 21 naturalized species catalogued in May and June of 2007.

MBG is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and funding is mainly through contributions, grants, and membership dues. They are open year-round from dawn to dusk, and are free to the public.

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-The '''Mobile Botanical Gardens''' (100 acres; 40 hectares) are young [[botanical garden]]s located on Museum Drive, [[Mobile, Alabama]], [[United States|USA]]. They were established in 1974 and open to the public.
+The 100-acre '''Mobile Botanical Gardens''' are a relatively young [[botanical garden]]s, founded in 1974, and are located on Museum Drive in the Spring Hill community in [[Mobile, Alabama]], [[USA]]. The Gardens are a blend of cultivated areas and natural habitats, including:
 The gardens include cultivated areas, woodland trails, and a longleaf pine forest. The major divisions are as follows:
-* [[Camellia]] Winter Garden
+* [[Rhododendron]] Garden
 * [[Fern]] Glade
-* Founders Fragrance & Texture Garden
+* Fragrance and Texture Garden
+* [[Camellia]] Wintergarden
-* [[Herb garden|Herb Garden]]
 * [[Japanese Maple]] Garden
-* [[Longleaf Pine]] Forest
+* [[Herb garden]] Herb Garden]]
+* [[Longleaf Pine]] habitat, 40 acres
-* [[Rhododendron]] Garden
+Collections of hollies, magnolias, roses, and perennials, are also of special interest.
-The Rhododendron Garden deserves special mention. Currently being redesigned, it will soon include about 1,000 evergreen azaleas and native azaleas. When complete, this will be the most comprehensive rhododendron collection on the Gulf Coast.
+The Rhododendron Garden deserves special mention as it contains eight collection of approximately 1,000 evergreen and native azaleas.  This is the most comprehensive rhododendron collection anywhere along the Gulf Coast.
-== See also ==
-* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
+Another area of special note is the Longleaf Pine Habitat, a preserved remnant of the great southern longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem that once dominated the American South. It is an extremely diversified habitat with 49 vascular plant families, 159 vascular plant species, 72 woody species, and 21 naturalized species catalogued in May and June of 2007.
-[[Category:Botanical gardens in Alabama]]
+MBG is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and funding is mainly through contributions, grants, and membership dues. They are open year-round from dawn to dusk, and are free to the public.
-{{alabama-stub}}
-The 100-acre Mobile Botanical Gardens were founded in 1974 and are located in the Spring Hill community in Mobile, Alabama. The Gardens are a blend of cultivated areas and natural habitats, including a Rhododendron Garden, Camellia Wintergarden, Fern Glade, Japanese Maple Garden, Herb Garden, and collections of hollies, magnolias, roses, and perennials, as well as a 40-acre longleaf pine habitat.
+== See also ==
-The Rhododendron Garden deserves special mention as it contains eight collection of approximately 1,000 evergreen and native azaleas.  This is the most comprehensive rhododendron collection anywhere along the Gulf Coast.
+* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
+[[Category:Botanical gardens in Alabama]]
-Another area of special note is the Longleaf Pine Habitat, a preserved remnant of the great southern longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem that once dominated the American South. It is an extremely diversified habitat with 49 vascular plant families, 159 vascular plant species, 72 woody species, and 21 naturalized species catalogued in May and June of 2007.
+{{alabama-stub}}
-MBG is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and funding is mainly through contributions, grants, and membership dues. They are open year-round from dawn to dusk, and are free to the public.