Gateway Garden of New World Plants, July 2007. Click here to see more recent Garden Photos.
Begin your exploration at the Visitor Center. Here you'll find restrooms, drinking fountains, a gift shop, our library, classrooms, an auditorium, and the entrance to the Conservatory. Friendly staff is at the desk in the main lobby at the front of the building during posted business hours.
Close to the main building are many special display gardens featured in the links below. We're actively building several new gardens here - come and see. Our natural areas are featured along several trails.
All the trails at the Gardens form loops back towards the Visitor Center. The east trail entrance is at the downhill end of the front sidewalk. The west trail entrance is just beyond the picnic tables in the Norman Memorial Grove near the west parking lot. The west entrance is prominently marked as an entrance to the Sue Reichert Discovery Trail.
Enjoy your explorations!
We have recently started on the construction of a permanent, dedicated bonsai and penjing garden at Matthaei. The garden will be located behind and west of the Conservatory. When completed the garden will be open to the public and will showcase much more of the collection than has been previously possible
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The Gaffield Children's Garden is a place for exploration and fun in a natural setting specially constructed from a kids'-eye view, a place that invites discovery with all the senses
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The Gardens' displays, natural areas, Conservatory, trails and significant buildings invite your exploration and use. These exhibits are intimately interwoven - physically, conceptually, and aesthetically
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Visual and performing arts are important creative activities that help visitors perceive, question, and understand an artist's message
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Here you will find a downloadable and printable version of our Matthaei Botanical Gardens visitor's guide which includes a map, parking tips, and much more
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Search the catalog for the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Library. Materials can be checked out by Members of the Friends of Matthaei Botanical Gardens and the Nichols Arboretum. All others can use materials in the Library at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens during business hours
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