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Quad City Botanical Center
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Website	www.qcgardens.com

TheQuad City Botanical Center is a set ofbotanical gardens located next to theMississippi River at 2525 4th Avenue,Rock Island, Illinois. The center is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged. The center opened on June 20, 1998.

Gardens include:

• Sun Gardenconservatory (6,444 square feet) - includes sweetacacia,allspice,arrowhead,bamboo,banana,bird of paradise,bromeliads,cacao,cardamom,cassava,coconut,coffee,ferns,frangipani, Arabianjasmine,lychee,orchids,palms,papaya,papyrus,pineapple,sapodilla,vanilla, andylang-ylang, as well as a 14-foot (4.3 m) waterfall, reflecting pools withkoi, and a 70-foot (21 m) skylight.
• Scott County Regional Authority Conifer Garden (established 2001) - over 40conifers from the collection of Justin C. Harper, including cultivars such asGinkgo biloba 'Todd's Broom',Taxus cuspidate 'Fastigiate Aurea', andThuja standishii.
• Physically Challenged Garden (established July 2003) - planting beds at varying heights for gardeners with physical limitations.
• Scrambled Alphabet Garden - for children.

In 2024, the Quad City Botanical Center introduced a mobile Plant Discovery Bus to bring its educational programs and garden to local students.^[1]

• List of botanical gardens in the United States

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• Botanical gardens in Illinois
• Buildings and structures in Rock Island, Illinois
• Culture of the Quad Cities
• Tourist attractions in Rock Island, Illinois
• Protected areas of Rock Island County, Illinois
• Greenhouses in Illinois
• 1998 establishments in Illinois

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