Just up 54th Street from the Locks visitors' center is a very nice, water-front botanical garden. Containing mostly plants indigenous to the Pacific Northwest, it does have some 500 different species of plants, some very rare, from around the world. Open during daylight hours.

  You have the choice of taking a self-guided tour whenever convenient or taking one of several guided tours each day. For more information and schedules you may phone 1-206-783-7059. The U.S.Army Corps of Engineers (who maintain and operate the lock) have a very interesting page on their web site about the garden (created by one of their employees). View it at: Carl English Garden.

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From I-5 take exit 167 to Mercer Street. Head west on Mercer to Aurora Ave (WA-99) and turn right. Head north on Aurora to Dexter Ave and turn left. Follow Dexter (it changes its name to Nickerson Street) along the ship canal to its end at 15th Avenue West. Turn right and follow 15th Avenue over the bridge (you are crossing the ship canal). Continue northbound on 15th to Market Street (which is one block after NW 54th Street). Turn left and follow Market westbound to NW 54th Street (this is another 54th Street) which is a half-left (45º) turn. The Garden is just beyond the Chittenden Locks Visitors' Center.