Gardens

Hershey Children's Garden

Hershey Children's Garden is the first public children's garden in the State of Ohio and one of the few of its kind in the United States. This popular garden provides children with the opportunity to experience the natural world first-hand and enhances the learning process for children and their families. With its wheelchair-accessible tree house, cave, dwarf forests, scrounger garden, worm bins and sensory-filled herb garden, Hershey Children's Garden is an exciting and enlightening destination for families to have adventures in nature.

Japanese Garden

 (Gan Ryuu Tei) Gan Ryuu Tei translates from Japanese to 'Dry Rock Stream'and visually describes the garden's spectacular dry cascade. This traditional Japanese Garden's love of nature and sense of culture is exhibited in its Dry Landscape, Stroll Garden and Tea Garden styles. The garden's ornamental grasses, evergreens and gentle rock forms represent the subtle changes between and within the seasons and preserve the quality of the garden's maturity.

Mary Ann Sears Swetland Rose Garden

A multiplicity of beautiful blooms introduce visitors to the latest in rose gardening trends. More than 50 varieties of roses, carefully selected for their ornamental attributes, fragrance and tolerance to native environmental conditions, are displayed with companion plantings of annuals, perennials and woody plants.

Western Reserve Herb Society Garden

Supported by Western Reserve Herb Society, a unit of the Herb Society of America.
The Western Reserve Herb Society Garden is acclaimed as one of the finest public herb gardens in the world. Its designer and builder have been recognized by the American Association of Nurserymen for their "outstanding contribution to the beautification of America." More than 4,000 plants grow in the garden, designed to educate its visitors how herbs have been used throughout history.

Woodland Garden

Cleveland Botanical Garden utilizes its Woodland Garden to demonstrate the principles of parallel evolution in woodland environments by developing collections of similar species from various worldwide locations. The Woodland Garden is accessible via the Helen M. Whitehouse Boardwalk, an ADA-compliant, cedar boardwalk.

Elizabeth and Nona Evans Restorative Garden

Four of the country's top therapeutic designers collaborated to create this tranquil space, accessible to all. Smooth, yet natural materials have been used along garden paths to ensure easy passage of wheelchairs and walkers. Fragrant flowers in quiet hues, water trickling down garden walks, a reflecting pool and pockets of plants for touching engage all the senses. The restorative garden serves as an outdoor classroom where healthcare workers from across the country learn how to use plants and gardening to improve quality of life for their patients.

Campsey-Stauffer Gateway Garden

A beautiful and welcoming two-acre public space at the entrance to Cleveland Botanical Garden welcomes visitors. An urban woodland, a small pond and waterfall and a family plaza encourages visitors to relax and forget the cares of the day.

CK Patrick  Perennial Garden

The border showcases unusual perennials that thrive in sun and shade and provides a colorful and ever-changing vista throughout the year.

Theme Gardens

These gardens represent both the latest design trends and the best work of the area's top landscape architects and designers for Cleveland Botanical Garden Flower Show.