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Garden Map

The Gardens Layout

The 22 display gardens are “strung like pearls on a necklace” along the main path system so that visitors can easily experience them. When completed, the Gardens will promote educational programs reiterating the rich educational history of the property.

Please pass your mouse over the various regions of the gardens. For more information on each garden, click when your mouse turns into a pointing finger. An alphabetical list of our gardens is also included below the Garden Map.

Growing, growing, growing...

Stroll along winding pathways and over unique

Bridges

to enjoy more than 22,000 annual and perennial flowers.

Beginning with the

Arrival Gardens

, each garden shares its own magnificent beauty. Enhancing the romantic charm is ths the

Stream Garden

meandering its way past the

Bird Garden

,

Wetland Garden

,

Meadows Garden

, and

Woodlands Garden

.

The

Pond Garden

with its delightful waterfalls reflects a Victorian time period while full sun falls on a blanket of native and non-native wildflowers within the

Wildflower Garden

.

Providing brilliant end-of-the-summer color, the

Indian Summer Garden

extends the visual pleasure of the season.

Amidst the

Ornamental Grass Garden

, kinetic wind sculptures dance among native grasses.

Butterflies and moths enjoy both nectar and larval food plants within the

Butterfly Garden

.

Visit with friends on the

Reunion Terrace

or relax to the sounds of the Garden on the

Naturalist Terrace

.

Alphabetical List of Gardens

Alumni Walk

Bird Garden

Bridges

Butterfly Garden

Ceremonial Lawn/Garden

Container Garden

Fencing, Exterior Brick Sidewalks and Period Lighting

Indian Summer Garden

Low Shrub Garden

Midwest Garden

MoonGate and Theatre Steps

Naturalist Terrace

Ornamental Grass Garden

Plant of the Year Garden

Reunion Terrace

Shade Garden

Shrub Rose Garden

Stream Garden

Wedding Walk

Wetland Garden

Wildflower Garden

Wind Forest Sculptures