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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Kent County, Michigan, United States. Commonly referred to as "Meijer Gardens", it rapidly became one of the most significant sculpture experiences in the midwestern USA and is gradually earning a reputation as a cultural site of global significance. In April 2005 The Wall Street Journal wrote that "there’s nothing quite like Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park this side of the Kroller-Muller Museum and Sculpture Park in The Netherlands".[citation needed]
In May 2009 it was listed as one of the "30 Must-See Museums" in the world in 1,000 Places to See before You Die.[1] It is the second-largest MiFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Kent County, Michigan, United States. Commonly referred to as "Meijer Gardens", it rapidly became one of the most significant sculpture experiences in the midwestern USA and is gradually earning a reputation as a cultural site of global significance. In April 2005 The Wall Street Journal wrote that "there’s nothing quite like Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park this side of the Kroller-Muller Museum and Sculpture Park in The Netherlands".
Meijer Gardens opened to the public on April 20, 1995 through the generosity of Frederik and Lena Meijer, the spouses behind the Meijer Corporation, who donated money, land, and their whole sculptural collection to the Gardens.
In 1990 the West Michigan Horticultural Society approached Frederik Meijer regarding donating a parcel of land that he owned as a site for a botanical garden and conservatory. 118
