This is the ‘most beautiful’ garden in MS, HGTV says. Here’s where to find it
HGTV recently chose the best garden in each state based on “colorful flower beds, inventive landscaping and inspiring art.”
Mississippi’s Crosby Arboretum in Picayune was chosen as the “most beautiful” garden in the state, according to HGTV.
The 700-acre garden stood out for the arboretum’s Pinecote Pavilion, a Mississippi landmark designed by E. Fay Jones and built in 1986, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives & History.
The structure “seems to float above a pond,” according to HGTV.
Affiliated with Mississippi State University, the Crosby Arboretum includes more than 300 indigenous trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses, according to the arboretum’s website. It was originally a strawberry farm but was transformed to an interpretive center for native plants after 1978 in memoriam of L.O. Crosby, a civic leader and philanthropist who was passionate about nature.
Now, the arboretum is the Southeast’s premier native plant conservatory with a 104-acre native plant center.
Several bridges around the lake, along with the Pinecote Pavillion, were designed by Fay Jones, according to the arboretum’s website.
The arboretum is open to visitors between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children 12 years old and under and $4 for seniors and members of the military.
