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| − | [[File:HahnHorticultureGarden1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Spring flowers bloom near a bridge and waterfall. The multi-purpose Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion sits in the background.]]
| + | The '''Hahn Horticulture Garden''' (est. 1984) is a horticulture garden located on six acres of land along Washington Street. |
| − | The '''Peggy Lee Hahn Horticulture Garden''' (7 acres), formerly the '''Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden''', is a [[horticulture]] garden located on the [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] campus on Washington Street SW, [[Blacksburg, Virginia]], USA. The largest public garden in western Virginia, it is open daily without charge. | |
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| − | The garden was established in 1984, and renamed in 2004 to honor Mrs. Hahn and her husband, [[T. Marshall Hahn]], former president of Virginia Tech (1962-1974). All features have been built and planted by students, staff, faculty, and volunteers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=344|title=Virginia Tech dedicates new garden pavilion in honor of Peggy Lee Hahn|publisher=Virginia Tech News|last=Greiner|first=Lori|date=2006-06-16|accessdate=2009-02-04}}</ref>
| + | ==External Links== |
| | + | *[http://www.hort.vt.edu/hhg/index.html Official Site] |
| | + | *[http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-video.html A video from "Spotlight On Impact"] |
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| − | Today the garden is used by students in the [[horticulture]], [[landscape architecture]], [[urban forestry]], and [[entomology]] undergraduate programs. More than 50 volunteer gardeners from [[Blacksburg, Virginia]], and the surrounding area assist at the garden throughout the year. Many of them fulfill their requirements with the [[Virginia Cooperative Extension]] Master Gardener program at the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-garden.html|title=Hahn Horticulture Garden offers something new with each visit|publisher=Virginia Tech News|last=Greiner|first=Lori|date=2010-04-19|accessdate=2010-04-20}}</ref>
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| − | Garden features include:
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| − | * Dwarf [[Conifer]] Display
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| − | * Perennial Border— More than 90 species and cultivars.
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| − | * Pond — [[Japanese maple]]s with beds of tender annuals.
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| − | * Shade Beds — natives and unusual woody plants from Asia and Europe.
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| − | * Steam Garden — over 20 species of [[bog]] and [[aquatic plant]]s.
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| − | * Trident Maple Allee — [[Maple]]s underplanted with perennials and annuals.
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| − | * Wisteria Arbor — [[wisteria]] and climbing [[hydrangea]].
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| − | * [[Xeriscaping|Xeriscape]] Area
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| − | Image:HahnHorticultureGarden2.jpg|A waterfall empties into a pond at the garden.
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| − | Image:HahnHorticultureGarden3.jpg|Fall foliage lines the pond.
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| − | Image:HahnHorticultureGarden4.jpg|A sculpture by Frank Lloyd Wright greets garden visitors interested in seeing the April flowers.
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| − | Image:HahnHorticultureGarden5.jpg|Orange and maroon-clad Virginia Tech students and community members tour the garden and pavilion.
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | * [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
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| − | * [[Virginia Tech]]
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.hort.vt.edu/hhg/ Hahn Horticulture Garden]
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| − | * [http://www.vt.edu/spotlight/impact/2010-04-19-hahn/hahn-garden.html Hahn Horticulture Garden offers something new with each visit] - Virginia Tech spotlight on impact
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| − | {{coord missing|Virginia}}
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| − | [[Category:Botanical gardens in Virginia]]
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| − | [[Category:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
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| − | [[Category:Blacksburg, Virginia]]
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| − | [[Category:Visitor attractions in Montgomery County, Virginia]] | |
