Gardens and

FOUNDERS MEMORIAL GARDEN North Campus

Opened in 1939, this garden is dedicated to the 12 founders of the Ladies’ Garden Club of Athens, which was the first garden club in the U.S. The 2.5-acre site, managed by the UGA College of Environment and Design, houses over 300 species with a formal boxwood garden, a sunken perennial garden, two courtyards, a terrace and an arboretum.

LATIN AMERICAN ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN North Campus

Managed by the UGA Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, this garden includes about 150 culturally important plants. The garden was created to research the horticultural requirements of medicinal plants used by the Tzotzil and Tzeltal Maya as part of a collaborative program between UGA and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur.

Oconee Forest Park

Intramural Fields Area

Managed by the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Oconee Forest Park is a 60-acre area filled with century-old trees. Visitors can enjoy Lake Herrick as well as picnic facilities, a hiking area, a dog park and tennis courts. There’s plenty of parking, the park is ADA accessible and the area can be reached by UGA buses and Athens Transit.