The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau would like to let you know that the State Botanical Garden of Georgia has made the Top 10 in the USA Today 10Best "Best Botanical Garden" contest. We came in at #7, with the Atlanta Botanical Garden following closely behind at #9. See below for the full list of winners:

The top 10 winners in the category Best Botanical Garden are as follows:

1. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum - Chaska, Minn.

2. New York Botanical Garden - Bronx, N.Y.

3. Missouri Botanical Garden - St. Louis

4. Desert Botanical Garden - Phoenix

5. Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens - Fort Bragg, Calif.

6. The Dawes Arboretum - Newark, Ohio

7. State Botanical Garden of Georgia - Athens, Ga.

8. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - Grand Rapids, Mich.

9. Atlanta Botanical Garden - Atlanta

10. Chicago Botanic Garden - Chicago

View online: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-botanical-garden-2017/.