Plan Your Visit
- Admissions, Hours & Directions
- What’s New
- What You’ll See
- Garden Spaces
- Bald Cypress Allée
- Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing
- CoHort’s Patio Garden
- DeeAnn Drew Shade Garden
- Dr. Griffith J. Buck Rose Collection
- Dunlap Entry Courtyard
- East Entry Garden
- Edible Garden
- Front Yard Garden
- Heirloom Garden
- Helen Latch Jones Rose Garden
- Hillside Water-wise Garden
- Home Demonstration Gardens
- Hughes Conservatory
- Joey and Jesse’s Herb Garden
- Lake Helen
- Margaret E. Penkhus Campanile Garden
- Naturalist Garden
- North Lawn
- North Mixed Border
- Outdoor Living Room
- Patty Jischke Children’s Garden
- Prairie Vista Garden
- Reflection Garden
- Ross Formal Lawn Garden
- Roy & Mary Amos Smith Hardwood Forest
- Rust Events Plaza
- South Field
- South Mixed Border
- South Patio
- Sunny Side Yard
- Sycamore Falls
- Trial and Display Gardens
- Walled Court
- West Entry Garden
- What You’ll Enjoy
- School Programs
- Adult Tours
- Garden Policies
- Rentals
Current Exhibition
2023 theme: Light and Reflection
Ross Formal Lawn Garden
Garden Features & Mission
The Home Demonstration is broken into several small district gardens which contain ideas to be incorporated into home and business garden spaces. The Ross Formal Lawn highlights an open lawn plan with symmetrical plantings and a strong focal point.
Garden features: Frank Lloyd Wright urns and sculpture casts, open lawn, annual containers
Prominent plants: Weeping White Spruce
