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Lauritzen Gardens Omaha's Botanical Center, Omaha

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Stroll through the Victorian garden, English border garden, rose garden, and bird sanctuary on your visit to Lauritzen Gardens Omaha's Botanical Center. This 40 hectare (100 acre) property is home to more than a dozen types of landscaped gardens. The Marjorie K. Daugherty Conservatory encapsulates plants from tropical and temperate regions under glass. Watch for a model train running through the models of the city's landmarks. You can view the sculptures, waterfalls, and plant life via a self-guided tour, or take a narrated tram tour of the gardens, which are available seasonally. Find out how to plan Omaha trip without stress by asking Klarna Trips to help create an itinerary.
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Lauritzen Gardens Omaha's Botanical Center reviews

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  • Enjoyed visiting the botanical gardens during our stay in Omaha. Opted to go at night during the holidays to catch the lights and everything was beautiful. It was a little smaller than I expected... 
    Enjoyed visiting the botanical gardens during our stay in Omaha. Opted to go at night during the holidays to catch the lights and everything was beautiful. It was a little smaller than I expected...  more »
  • Always a great place to visit for a few hours. Beautiful walking trails with different gardens. The gift shop is so much fun. They have activities going on all of the time, so check their website... 
    Always a great place to visit for a few hours. Beautiful walking trails with different gardens. The gift shop is so much fun. They have activities going on all of the time, so check their website...  more »
  • Another gem in Omaha. Nice garden area right near visitor center. If any mobility issues, take the tram for a quick, easy way to see most of the gardens. It stops a couple times to view areas. I.....  more
    Another gem in Omaha. Nice garden area right near visitor center. If any mobility issues, take the tram for a quick, easy way to see most of the gardens. It stops a couple times to view areas. I.....  more »
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  • Me and my family just had an outing at Lawrence and gardens. It's nice that the library has a partnership with them so you can get in free with the library card print the ticket from the website on the library. They have beautiful flowers blooming right now. I love seeing all the different colored flowers and we took the tram which is nice it shows you a lot of the grounds we normally can't walk that far to see. It's nice they have a tram five bucks a person. It's also nice that they have benches everywhere inside and outside to sit on. They have a lot of beautiful blown glass pieces like glass flowers. We can avoid that another sculptures that are all through the gardens.
  • Absolutely superb botanical gardens. Very large and diverse park with plenty of shaded areas and well kept paths. The whole park is quiet the walk but they do offer a tram experience so you if walking is difficult you can still experience all the park had to offer. Also has a super neat model train exhibit that is a must see especially if you have kids. Really cool place.
  • This was our first time here. The map was helpful but not very clear as where to start walking. As a result we walked along the road when, on the return trip, we discovered there was a sidewalk just few yards away from the road. It was a bit windy and cool. I will have to come back in the spring time but there is a lot to see and walk around. Great source of relaxing excerises. Will being my camera next time(those photos are off the mobile phone) in the Japan area there were two tripods that were empty but sitting around on a bank which bothered me as to why they would leave something so foreign there near the zen garden. Bathroom, outdoors, was clean and spacious as well as ADA complainant. Wish they had at least one more or maybe even 2 spaces out throughout. The exit out of the greenhouse to the parking lot was confusing and it almost looked like you had to backtrack through the greenhouse to get out. Could have had better exit signs. For now a 4 star rating but I see possibilities of this place becoming a 5.
  • A wonderful place with many beautiful flowers and at times incredible offerings of art and music, miniature trains, and so much more throughout the year as I've tried to share with my photos. That flowers can come in so many different shapes, size, and colors never ceases to amaze me. The artistry and inventiveness of some has the same impact on me. I hope you get a chance to visit there someday; I hope you enjoy it as we have.
  • We came during the day to see the Christmas poinsettia display and visit the plant conservatories. The extra delight was the food at the cafe which looks out on the poinsettia tree and decorations. We had delicious food at reasonable prices and enjoyed catching up while relaxing after our walk through the displays. This is a beautiful place and was my first trip to see it since I moved to Omaha during the pandemic. It will be a regular place to visit from now on.

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