Highlands Biological StationHighlands Botanical Gardens · Bartram Walk
A walk through the gardens

The Bartram Walkthirty plants, two routes

Thirty mapped plants connected to John and William Bartram, with two ways to walk the gardens. Follow a route, or look up one plant and see where it grows.

30plants mapped
22forward stops
20reverse stops
340 mnorth to south
All 30 points, to scale. Select one.
The routes

Walk it forward or in reverse

The forward route starts at the Amphitheater and ends in the Bog Garden. The reverse route begins at the Parking Area Buckeyes and ends in the Ethnobotanical Garden. Select a garden to see its plants on the map.

Forward · 22 stops · 9 gardens

Amphitheater to Bog Garden

    Reverse · 20 stops · 8 gardens

    Parking Area to Ethnobotanical Garden

      The map

      Find a plant, follow a route

      Select a pin or a name to see its place on the walk. In a route view the dashed line joins the stops in order.

      Basemap image from the station’s ArcGIS map
      On a walk routeMapped, not on a routeListed as not currently in the gardens

        Positions come from the station’s ArcGIS layer. The basemap is an image from the station’s ArcGIS map, lined up to the points, and it does not zoom in sharply. Grid squares are 25 m. Pins in crowded spots separate as you zoom in.

        Why these plants

        What the Bartrams saw

        A few of the plants on the walk, with what the Bartrams wrote or did.

        Reading the numbers

        Three numbers, one plant

        The map, the walk routes and Leslie Costa’s primary text each number the plants their own way. Pick a plant to see all three.

        Map no.

        5

        The number on the ArcGIS map, 1 to 30. It is the main key in the guide.

        Stop

        6 · 17

        Position on the forward route, then the reverse route.

        Text entry

        7

        The numbered entry in Leslie Costa’s primary text. A dash means the plant has no entry there.

        QR code for the Bartram Walk interactive map

        Take the map outside

        The station’s ArcGIS map shows every point on a topographic basemap, with photos and plant details. Open it on a phone while you walk, or scan the code.

        Open the interactive map
        Plant notes draw on Leslie Costa’s primary text and the Bartram Walk Guide. Point data: Highlands Biological Station ArcGIS layer, 30 points.