W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory

Exotic tropical plants and seasonal floral displays await you at the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Wright Park. This historic glass conservatory, with its distinctive twelve-sided central dome, is listed on the City of Tacoma, Washington State and National historic registers. 3,000 panes of glass make up the dome and wings of the conservatory. In 2008, the conservatory was voted the Best Plact to Relax in Tacoma by readers of the Tacoma Weekly. The conservatory boasts a permanent biological collection with more than 250 individual plant species, More than 200 orchids, and between 300-500 blooming plants during four seasonal displays. Large collections include tender azaleas, Vireya rhododendrons, Clivias, Cymbidium, Agapanthus, Epiphyllum Cacti, and exhibition chrysanthemums. The Botanical Garden is located in Wright Park in Tacoma.