Norfolk Botanical Gardens , Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 14, 2010

1. Norfolk Botanical Gardens Marker

Inscription. These gardens were conceived by City Manager Thomas Thompson during the Great Depression. His idea was executed by city gardener Frederic Heutte; noted landscape architect Charles F. Gillette served as a consultant. In 1938 about 200 black women were paid with Works Progress Administration funds to clear and plant the first 25 acres. The first phase of the garden, which now occupy 175 acres and include landscaped vistas, arboretums, and special display areas, were their creation.

Erected 1988 by Department of Conservation and Historic Resources. (Marker Number KN-2.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Man-Made Features. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR), and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.

Location. 36° 54.099′ N, 76° 12.1′ W. Marker is in Norfolk, Virginia. It is in Norfolk Botanical Gardens. It is on Botanical Gardens Ac Road. Marker is in Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Norfolk VA 23518, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads,

specifically in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Air Traffic Control (about 600 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Norfolk International Airport (about 600 feet away); How do Planes Fly? (about 600 feet away); U.S.N. Armed Guard of World War II Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Col. John Thorowgood Jr. (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Norfolk 17 (approx. 2.1 miles away); City Beach (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named The Norfolk 17 (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norfolk.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 14, 2010

2. Norfolk Botanical Gardens Marker

Norfolk Botanical Gardens(Childrens Center) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 14, 2010

3. Norfolk Botanical Gardens(Childrens Center)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,436 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2010, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.