The 2,500-square-foot indoor Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing is the "jewel" of the Gardens. Designed to look like a butterfly in flight, it is a year-round tropical garden filled with exotic and native butterflies from six continents.

This year-round facility is a major attraction for Ames and all of Central Iowa with a Conservatory, the Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing, a Gift Shop, Hughes Auditorium, five supporting greenhouses, an events plaza, the Garden Room, and the Insect ...

A popular gathering space affording sweeping views of the gardens, the Dunlap Entry Courtyard is the location for many musical events. Named for Paul and Jackaline Dunlap, this area will eventually benefit from the shade of several Catalpa trees.

Funding from the Class of 1955 will be used to complete the necessary construction for the Hillside Garden. The Hillside Garden is located on the west side of the Gardens along Beach Avenue. It will include a collection of dwarf conifer ...

The sundial in the center of Joey and Jesse’s Herb Garden was a gift to the old horticulture garden in memory of former Ames residents Mary and Paul Peterson, given by their daughters. The Herb Garden was the most popular feature of the old ...

Named in honor of the late Helen Booth from her family and husband George M. Booth, Lake Helen anchors the central gardens area. The lake features several planting shelves to display aquatic plants and is stocked with koi. Plans call for the ...

The many annuals, perennials and expansive lawn of the Margaret Penkhus Campanile Garden make this a popular location — and a perfect spot to get ideas for your own garden. One of Roy and Bobbi Reiman's wishes for Reiman Gardens was that it have ...

Missing Buck Roses Dr. Griffith Buck hybridized nearly 90 rose varieties, 15 varieties of geraniums, and a heliotrope. He was frequently and extremely generous with his work, giving away many cuttings. After Buck retired, his breeding stock ...

The ultimate goal of the Patty Jischke Children's Garden is to get children interested in plants and nature at a young age. With agriculture as its main theme, this garden contains many elements you would expect to find on an Iowa farmstead. ...

Iowa State University's Reiman Gardens is home to the country's best rose gardens, according one of the largest rose growers associations. With over 2,000 individual plants and 250 different varieties, the rose gardens at Reiman Gardens are ...

The heart of the garden, just south of the John P. Mahlstede Horticulture Learning Center, holds the trial and display garden area. This summer, the area is designed to create fourteen 14’ by 14’ quilt patterns fashioned from a variety of carpet ...

Three different types of natural Iowa landscapes organize the gardens: lowland, mesic and upland landscapes. These types are either wetlands or dry, shady or sunny. In these landscapes are a series of gardens connected by a loop path. The goal of ...

This garden area showcases 12 different gardens that demonstrate varied designs and solutions to common gardening uses. Surrounding the Marge Hunziker House, used for educational workshops and private events alike, the 12 gardens are: Front ...

You'll enter the Gardens over a bridge spanning a natural waterway. This stream is being developed into a wetland garden, once a common environment in Iowa. Planted with many water-loving cultivars, these plants illustrate how the ecologically ...