Visiting Ohio's colorful landscape

Inniswood Gardens


Ohio's Green Thumbs

Much of Ohio is blessed with rich soils thanks to the glaciers that passed through here a few years back.

Holden Arboretum

Our 4-season climate also insures we have plenty of water throughout much of the year, occasionally we go through periods of heavier than normal rainfall, as well as droughts, but overall, Ohio gets about 39" of rainfall a year (slightly more than Seattle). Northwest Ohio gets slightly less than that and Southwest Ohio gets slightly more. (see a PDF document showing Ohio's Precipitation Map)

Kingwood Gardens

For gardening buffs you might be interested in knowing what Hardiness Zone you live in. Developed by the US Dept. of Agriculture, it provides a guide where plants can survive the minimum winter temperatures.

Garden Dragonfly

Here's an Ohio map that shows hardiness zones by county.
(Download PDF document showing Ohio's Hardiness Zone)

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Favorite Ohio Spot

Arboretum

Arboretums

Arboretums are the grand-daddies of the gardening world. Trees take years to reach maturity. Once established, an arboretum can last for 100s of years. Even if you can't tell the difference between a deciduous and conifer tree, an arboretum is a great place to spend a quite afternoon just walking about and enjoying the splendors of Mother Nature.

Holden Arboretum

Botanical Gardens

Long gone are the botanical gardens created by botanists for other botanists. Today, botanical gardens are great places to see Mother Nature up close and there's no law that says you have to read all those Latin names. Ohio has a number of botanical gardens

Park of Roses, Columbus

 

Kingwood Center

Estate Gardens

Estate gardens are typically gardens created by owners of a large property and then either donated to the state or to a private foundation that maintains the gardens through funds from the foundation, with donations, and often the untiring work of volunteers.

Stan Hywett Gardens

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Hywet Gardens

Chadwick Crabapple

Ohio's Arboretums

Arboretum are specialized parks that feature collections of trees typically in a botanical garden containing living collections of primarily woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study.

Here is a list of most of Ohio's Arboretums:

James H. McBride Arboretum
901 Rye Beach Rd.
Huron, Ohio 44839
(419) 625-7783

Schedel Arboretum and Gardens
19255 W. Portage River S.
Elmore, Ohio 43416
(419) 862-3182

Stranahan Arboretum
4131 Tantara Road
Toledo, Ohio 43723
(419) 841-1007

Holden Arboretum
9500 Sperry Road
Kirtland, Ohio 44094
(440) 946-4400

Chadwick Arboretum
2001 Fyffe Court
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 688-3479

Dawes Arboretum
7770 Jacksontown Rd. SE
Newark, Ohio 43056
(7410) 323-2355

Secrest Arboretum
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691
(330) 263-263-3761

Cox Arboretum
6733 Springboro Pike
Dayton, Ohio 45449
937) 434-9005

Mt. Airy Arboretum
5083 Colerain Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45223
(513) 357-2604

Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
4521 Spring Grove Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45232
(513) 681-6680

Stanley M. Rowe Arboretum
4600 Muchmore Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
(513) 561-5151

Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum
118 Woodland Ave.
Dayton, Ohio 45409
(937) 228-3221

Schoepfle Garden
11106 Market St.
Birmingham, Ohio 44816
(440) 965-7237

Toledo Botanical Garden
5403 Elmer Drive
Toledo, Ohio 43615
(419) 936-2986

Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 721-1600

Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo
3900 Wildlife Way
Cleveland, Ohio 44108
(216) 661-6500

Franklin Park Conservatory
1777 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43209
(614) 645-8733

Ohio Governor's Residence & Heritage Garden
358 N. Parkview Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43209
(614) 644-7644

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
3400 Vine St.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
(513) 281-4700

Hauck Botanic Garden
2625 Reading Rd.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
(513) 475-9600

 

Historic Woodlawn Cemetery
1502 W. Central Ave.
Toledo, Ohio 43606
(419) 472-2186

Wildwood Manor House
5100 W. Central Ave.
Toledo, Ohio 43615
(419) 407-9700

Lake View Cemetery
12316 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 421-2665

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
714 N. Portage Path
Akron, Ohio 44303
(330) 836-5533

The Kingwood Center
900 Park Ave W.
Mansfield, Ohio 44906
(419) 522-0211

J. E. Reeves Victorian Home & Carriage House
325 E. Iron Ave.
Dover, Ohio 44622
(330) 343-7040

Inniswood MetroGardens
940 S. Hempstead Road
Westerville, Ohio 43081
(614) 895-6216

Adena Mansion & Gardens
848 Adena Rd.
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
(740) 775-9059

White Trillium

State Flower of Ohio

In 1986 the Ohio General Assembly selected the white trillium as the state flower. If you see a spread of these beautiful flowers that bloom in the spring, don't pick them. The three leaves below the flower are the plant's only food source and a picked trillium may die or take many years to recover.