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Massee Lane Gardens (9 acres) are 
The gardens were originally created by David C. Strother in the 1930s within the property around his farm house. In 1966, he donated his property to the American Camellia Society. Its headquarters building was completed in 1968 and named in his honor. The T. J. Smith Memorial Greenhouse was constructed in 1969, and now houses some 200 camellia plants.
Today the gardens contain more than 1,000 varieties of
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Massee Lane Gardens (9 acres) are botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
s focusing on camellia
''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controversy ...
s, located at the American Camellia Society headquarters, 100 Massee Lane, Fort Valley, Georgia
Fort Valley is a city in and the county seat of Peach County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 8,780.
The city is in the Warner Robins metropolitan area and the Macon–Warner Robins combined statisti ...
. They are open to the public for an admission fee.
The gardens were originally created by David C. Strother in the 1930s within the property around his farm house. In 1966, he donated his property to the American Camellia Society. Its headquarters building was completed in 1968 and named in his honor. The T. J. Smith Memorial Greenhouse was constructed in 1969, and now houses some 200 camellia plants.
Today the gardens contain more than 1,000 varieties of camellia
''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controversy ...
, as well as the Abendroth Japanese Garden
are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desig ...
with tea house
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and koi
or more specifically , are colored varieties of the Amur carp ('' Cyprinus rubrofuscus'') that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.
Koi is an informal name for the colored variants of ''C. rubrofuscus'' ke ...
fish, the Environmental Garden featuring plants native to the southeastern United States
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, the Scheibert Rose Garden with more than 150 rose
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s, and plantings of azalea
Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and '' Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and Octob ...
s, chrysanthemum
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s, daffodil
''Narcissus'' is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil,The word "daffodil" is also applied to related genera such as '' Sternbergia'', ''Is ...
s, daphne
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There are several versions of the myth in whi ...
s, daylilies
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, and more.
The Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Educational Museum in the visitor center features a large collection of Boehm
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* Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (b ...
porcelain. The visitor center also includes a slide show about the gardens, a gift shop, auditorium and reception room.
Photo gallery
See also
*List of botanical gardens in the United States
This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States.Botanical gardens in Georgia (U.S. state)
Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
Museums in Peach County, Georgia
Decorative arts museums in the United States
Art museums and galleries in Georgia (U.S. state)
Protected areas of Peach County, Georgia
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