Spring Activity The arrival of springtime is your cue to experience newly bloomed flower gardens, freshly grown peaches and strawberries, and our bounty of enticing spring festivals. These activities – plus Georgia’s mild spring temperatures – are why visitors and residents alike love to get outside and enjoy the state’s beautiful natural playground. Georgia’s long growing season and rich assortment of native plants make it a prime spot for botanical gardens – and there’s no better time to explore them than in spring, when it’s boasting a kaleidoscope of fresh flora. As Georgia warms up, our botanical gardens undergo their annual glow-up. Admire everything from our iconic dogwoods to rainbows of tulips reawakening. PICK YOUR PERFECT At the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens , explore themed landscapes like the International Garden, which traces the history of plant cultivation since the Middle Ages, and the Dunson Native Flora Garden, showcasing hundreds of Southeastern U.S. plants such as lady slipper orchids and bloodroot. There’s also plenty of opportunity for outdoor amazement in North Georgia at Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground , when the early March to mid-April Daffodil ColorFest blankets the landscape in a frothy, vibrant yellow. With more than 20 million perfectly planted bulbs dotting 50 rolling acres, this is the largest daffodil display in the U.S. – voted best in the nation in 2025 by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The centerpiece of the Savannah Botanical Gardens is a dazzling rose garden – think crimson, blush, coral, and golden-yellow blooms cultivated by local garden clubs. Nearby, the historic 1840s Reinhard House , with its gingerbread trim, anchors the 12-acre site as the garden’s visitor center. But it’s the roses that command all the attention. 66 #EXPLOREGEORGIA
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