Reiman Gardens in Ames is celebrating 30 years of growth on the Iowa State University campus. The attraction has over six-thousand types of plants and boasts 26 themed garden areas including a children’s garden, trial plots and the world’s largest concrete gnome, as well as an indoor butterfly area containing up to one-thousand butterflies. Spokesman Andrew Gogerty told Radio Iowa they’ve grown from the original five acres to 17 acres now.
Over the past three decades, the gardens have hosted students for research and internships, as well as collaborating on class projects including horticulture, marketing and industrial design. The gardens will host a “Botanical Bash” on Saturday to celebrate the anniversary. Proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the gardens and its programming.
Story courtesy Radio Iowa. Full story here: https://www.radioiowa.com/2025/09/09/home-to-6000-plant-species-reiman-gardens-marks-30th-anniversary-at-isu/
