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The '''Hahn Horticulture Garden''' (est. 1984) is a horticulture garden located on six acres of land along Washington Street.
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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.]]
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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>
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*[http://www.hort.vt.edu/hhg/index.html Official Site]
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*[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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<gallery>
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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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[[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]]

Revision as of 08:29, 17 August 2012

Spring flowers bloom near a bridge and waterfall. The multi-purpose Peggy Lee Hahn Garden Pavilion sits in the background.

The Peggy Lee Hahn Horticulture Garden (7 acres), formerly the Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden, is a horticulture garden located on the Virginia Tech campus on Washington Street SW, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. The largest public garden in western Virginia, it is open daily without charge.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Garden features include:

  • Perennial Border— More than 90 species and cultivars.
  • Shade Beds — natives and unusual woody plants from Asia and Europe.
  • Trident Maple Allee — Maples underplanted with perennials and annuals.

  • A waterfall empties into a pond at the garden.

  • Fall foliage lines the pond.

  • A sculpture by Frank Lloyd Wright greets garden visitors interested in seeing the April flowers.

  • Orange and maroon-clad Virginia Tech students and community members tour the garden and pavilion.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Greiner, Lori (2006-06-16). "Virginia Tech dedicates new garden pavilion in honor of Peggy Lee Hahn". Virginia Tech News. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 
  2. ↑ Greiner, Lori (2010-04-19). "Hahn Horticulture Garden offers something new with each visit". Virginia Tech News. Retrieved 2010-04-20. 

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