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All Out Chill

SMELL THE FLOWERS walking or driving tour of the Columbus
Make a bee line to see what’s blooming Historic District, the Soft Drink Trail, Midtown
at the 36-acre Columbus Botanical Garden, Columbus, and parts of the Black Heritage
anchored by an 1896 farmhouse. Wander Trail. Brochures are available on our website
through a variety of settings, from a and at VisitColumbusGA.com. All house tours
mile-long nature trail to a scenic Rose are by appointment only.
Garden. Other attractions include a learning 716 Broadway • 706.322.0756
vegetable garden, an extensive Camellia historiccolumbus.com
collection and an herb and cottage garden.
Look for the perennial wildflower collection,
the pollinator garden and ginkgo shade “The homes are as colorful as they are beautiful.”
garden. The Garden is a Reader’s Choice EXPLORE UPTOWN COLUMBUS
Wedding Venue and offers tours, children
Uptown is the premier shopping and dining
and adult educational programming, social destination in Columbus. Visit for Market
and musical events. Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesday to Sunday. ( Joann Holt Walking Days, the Friday Night Concert Series, or
events such as RiverFest and Paddle South.
Trail only) 3603 Weems Rd. • 706.327.8400
columbusbotanicalgarden.org Come to Uptown anytime for the best local
retailers in town, and over 50 neighborhood
DISCOVER HISTORIC COLUMBUS restaurants serving up a variety of flavors, all
Discover Columbus’ history through a within walking distance from each other.
tour of the Walker-Peters-Langdon House, Along the river, between Dillingham Street
c. 1828, the oldest house in Columbus. The and 14th Street • 706.596.0111
home features a period kitchen garden, alwaysuptown.com
urban slave cabin, and Columbus history
exhibit. Admission is $5 for adults, $1 for “If you haven’t tried out Market Days on
students. You can also take a self-guided Saturdays, you are missing out.”

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