Our Garden & Horticulture

Our Garden has grown from humble beginnings as a WPA project to an 155-acre garden filled with thousands of plants. More than thirty themed gardens are spread across site. Some gardens focus on a single plant (camellias, hydrangeas, roses), others look at a plant from a specific region (Japan, Virginia), while others provide homeowners with great ideas and or new plants to use in their own garden. Learn more about some of our themed gardens, plants and horticultural information by clicking on a link at the left.

Featured Plant

Dicliptera suberecta

Uruguayan Firecracker (Dicliptera suberecta)

Uruguayan Firecracker is an excellent plant for attracting hummingbirds to your garden. This gray-leaved perennial enjoys summer heat and well drained soils.

Summer Gardens
Butterfly Garden

Plants that attract butterflies

Rose Garden

Thousands of roses in bloom

Wildflower Meadow

Wildflowers in a naturalistic setting

WOW Children's Garden

Fun with plants and water

Enchanted Forest

Our summer exhibit is in a shady woodland

See All Summer Gardens
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