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The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (14 acres / 5.7 hectares) (known as the Des Moines Botanical Center until 2013) is a botanical garden in central Iowa located at 909 Robert D. Ray Drive Des Moines Iowa USA on the east bank of the Des Moines River.Interest in a Des Moines botanical center began in 1929. A city greenhouse was acquired on the west side of the river in 1939 which served the city as a production and display greenhouse until the Botanical Center was completed in 1979.
