Tennessee is home to some of the best botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States. These lush repositories of local, imported, and rare plants range from public university research facilities to private gardens into which visitors are welcomed, and today we’re sharing the details on them all.

We all know that spending time in nature benefits both our physical and mental well-being. In our time in the great outdoors, we experience a boost in our immune system functioning, our heart health improves incrementally, our blood pressure reduces, and our levels of vitamin D rise when we are exposed to sunlight.

Spending time in green spaces is also calming, reducing our levels of stress and anxiety. Interacting with the world’s natural beauty