PowellsWood Garden

The three acres of this tiny garden are brimming with flowers, trees, and decorative plants, all very meticulously tended. The adjacent PowellsWood’s Nature Preserve adds an additional 175 acres that can be explored by following a trail through a lush, forested ravine.

A few areas of the garden are moderately accessible. Most of it is hilly or has steps. The Nature Preserve is not accessible. If you don't have a pass, it's not worth the trip and the admission fee even though it is a beautiful garden. 

Parking for large vehicles is a grassy lot at the entrance to the garden. The driveway to the gardens is steeply downhill with overhanging tree branches.  Cars can be driven down the driveway and parked near the admission box which makes it a little easier to see the gardens. Garden  47.33191, -122.32842

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

The garden features a main garden with plants that grow in the five major Mediterranean climate zones of the world, a Children's Garden, and a walking trail. Both main garden and the Children's Garden are small but nicely done. My favorite thing is the fence with pickets painted by visiting children.

 

Most of the main garden and Children's Garden are accessible. The trail is not but we pushed our way up the switchbacks to the summit to see the mosaic sundial and a view of the rolling hills.

The parking lot is large enough for any vehicle.  Garden  35.33193, -120.72899

 

Berman Museum of World History

The founding of this museum is as interesting as the artifacts. During WWII Farley Berman was an American spy and Germaine Louise Kinne was a member of the French Resistance. Both were assigned to North Africa with a mission to spy on the other as each was suspected of being a double agent. When this was proven to be false they became friends, fell in love and married in 1945 then moved to Anniston, Alabama, Farley's hometown. Even though they remained there for the rest of their lives they continued to travel the world and collect thousands of historical artifacts, weapons, and pieces of art. 

Their collection was donated to the museum after they died and has grown as more items were added. The collection is eclectic and diverse, and includes unusual historic weapons, concealed weapons such as a pipe gun, Native American artifacts, western art, artifacts from Napoleon Bonaparte and Catherine the Great, Asian art, and WWII history and artifacts. 

We're not fans of mounted animals so we skipped the natural history museum located a short walk/roll away. The Longleaf Botanical Gardens surrounds the museums. Due to a lack of time and rainy weather we did not explore the gardens. 

The museum is accessible.

RVs will fit in the lot on the opposite side of museum drive. Museum  33.69704, -85.8191

 

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia

The main garden is fairly small but the property has miles of hiking trails. Download a map because they aren't available at the garden. Besides the planted garden areas there's also a conservatory, a decorative arts museum, a children's play area and garden, and chapel used for weddings. 

   

    

The conservatory and the art museum are accessible. The garden paths are paved but visitors in wheelchairs will need assistance due to the hilly terrain. The hiking trails are too hilly and rough for wheelchair access. 

Our 25' RV fit in the accessible parking spaces in the upper parking lot. Longer RVs can be parked across the spaces. Look for the main entrance and follow the walkway to the elevator to access the gardens. Garden  33.90216, -83.38292