#west virginia botanic garden
Sometimes the best winter hike is right around the corner. Tibbs Run Preserve at the West Virginia Botanic Garden conserves the historic artifacts of the Tibbs Run Reservoir and a lovely old-growth hemlock forest, which - like all ancient forests - attains an incredibly intense, primordial beauty after a newly fallen snow. This natural gem nestles in a gentle mountain bowl only ten minutes outside the Morgantown city limits.
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A gorgeous winterberry (Ilex verticillata), one of Appalachia’s native deciduous hollies, lights up the alder swamp at the West Virginia Botanic Garden. The shrub’s winter regalia is particularly stunning against the snow.
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