Alice H. Richards Children's Garden

In 2019, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia opened the Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden —the ideal place for children to play and learn in an environment that inspires their sense of adventure, wonder and love for nature. The children’s garden is a 2.5-acre wonderland, teaching families about nature in a fun and interactive way with garden plots and edible plants, a tree-house, fossil wall, granite map of Georgia and more.

Alice H. Richards Children's Garden is one of the garden centers listed in Athens, Georgia. The business is registered at 2450 S Milledge Ave, Athens, GA 30606; use this page to check its hours, phone number and Google rating before you make the trip. Google also lists it under garden, which is worth knowing if you are comparing several options in the area.

Garden centers and plant nurseries sell annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, vegetables and houseplants, along with soil, mulch, fertilizer, pots and tools. Independent nurseries often grow part of their own stock and carry varieties that do well in the local climate, while big-box garden departments compete on price for common plants. Wholesale nurseries and growers sell to landscapers and sometimes to the public at volume prices; tree nurseries sell balled-and-burlapped and container trees and can deliver and plant large specimens. Specialty growers focus on bonsai, cactus and succulents, orchids or native plants, and hydroponics stores sell lights, nutrients and systems for growing indoors.

Hours are published for 7 days a week. Typical hours are 7 am–7 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Alice H. Richards Children's Garden at (706) 542-1244; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, botgarden.uga.edu.

Customers rate it 5.0 out of 5 on Google across 11 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded garden centers in Athens.

Athens is in Georgia, in the Southeast, where summers are long, hot and humid, winters are mild, and afternoon thunderstorms and the hurricane season from June to November can change plans at short notice. US addresses list the street number and name, then the city, state abbreviation and ZIP code, and Athens follows the same pattern; a suite or apartment number such as Ste 200 refers to a unit inside the building. The map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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