Specialty Gardens

All-America Selections Display Garden

Features All-American Selection winners.

All-America Selections (AAS) is an organization that tests new varieties of plants for the home gardener. RPG maintains one of the few AAS display gardens in the region. Here, local gardeners can come and view national AAS winners. Read more about the All-America Selections organization and mission.

Betty Ott Talking Garden

All-America Selections Display Garden

The Betty Ott Talking Garden for the Blind is a special-interest garden designed for sight-impaired visitors. Plants were chosen for their appeal to all the senses. A raised bed invites explorers to touch and smell plants. Signs provide information in both Roman and Braille type.

Latin American Garden

All-America Selections Display Garden

Latin American Garden

Throughout the summer, the Latin American Garden showcases cacti, succulents, flowering plants, and tropical fruits found in the Latin region of Central and South America.

Japanese Garden

Willott Iris Garden

Latin American Garden

Developed during the 1960s, the Japanese Garden was inspired by traditional Japanese design: it uses plants and materials to suggest a soothing, ancient, and faraway landscape. Of special interest is the Metasequoia, or Dawn Redwood Tree, grown from one of six seeds brought from Japan.

The Mall

Willott Iris Garden

Structured and serene, The Mall is a traditional formal garden with clipped hedges enclosing a manicured grass center. Elegant statues placed at each corner of the garden represent the four seasons.

Willott Iris Garden

The Willott Iris Garden is a tribute to iris experts and longtime Greenhouse volunteers,Tony and Dorothy Willott. It features many of the award winning varieties that they bred and grew in the Cleveland area.

ROCKEFELLER PARK GREENHOUSE

RockefellerParkGreenhouse & Botanical Garden

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