West Virginia Botanic Garden

Mission

The West Virginia Botanic Garden (WVBG), in harmony with nature, seeks to enhance the quality of life through public enjoyment and education involving inspirational landscapes and displays of a rich variety of ornamental plants appropriate to the region.

The Dream

      Imagine beautifully landscaped gardens reflecting on a shimmering pond. Trails weave from bright flowering meadows into a cool shaded woodland. Streams sparkle beneath stately hemlocks. Some visitors stand silently, resting in the splendor of the vista; others laugh and chatter as they explore this wonderful community resource, the new West Virginia Botanic Garden.

      Begun as only a dream in 1983, the WVBG is on its way to becoming a reality on the 82 acre former Tibbs Run Reservoir property off the Tyrone Road in Monongalia County, WV. The old 15 acre basin will be transformed into two smaller pools with islands and aquatic plant displays. The old water works, still present, will stand as a link to the past.

      The new WVBG will feature a large variety of plants appropriate to the region's climate and soils, located in both designed and natural settings. Visitors will learn from these gardens in every season of the year. Most of the land is wooded and much will remain undisturbed, except for trail construction and some plant enhancement.

The WVBG Master Plan is emerging; the new facility will also feature:

❀    a visitor center with meeting rooms

❀    an amphitheater for programs and events

❀     wheelchair accessible trails & gardens

❀    a wedding gazebo

❀    a butterfly garden