This 34.5 acre city park, displaying 250 native and ornamental trees, flowers and shrubs, is accessible through three self-guided nature trails, the 1.2 mile Hiker's Trail, the 8/10 mile Tree and Shrub Trail, and the 6/10 mile Cliff Trail.

The restoration of this early 1807 estate includes an historical garden restoration of the formal gardens.

The gardens of this 224 acre park have been transformed many times during its history. Presently, the park offers a dahlia garden and the Hilda Rothschild Memorial Old Fashioned Rose Garden. A tree grove is planted around the entire perimeter of the formal garden. An Italianate Pavilion ornaments the grounds.

This 11 acre arboretum along a creek in the middle of the city is a remnant of the forest once covering the area. Its 30 species of trees may be viewed in a self-guided tour.

This multi-facility public park includes an All-America Rose Selections accredited rose garden.

This fascinating 70 acre zoo, home to 700 animal species, also features 2,800 varieties of trees, shrubs, tropical plants, bulbs, perennials and annuals, many of them labeled. Whenever possible, plantings represent the natural habitats of zoo animals. Special exhibits include the Dinosaur Garden, Butterfly Garden and Bird Garden, a Botanical Center and an Oriental Garden.

This 72 acre city park offers tranquil landscaping and a pond.

This 7.5 acre garden includes a Japanese garden (with classic tea and dry landscaped gardens), the Western Reserve Herb Society Garden (3,500 plants displayed in the terrace garden, knot garden, fragrance garden, trial and cutting garden, medicinal garden, culinary garden, Historic Rose Walk and dye garden), the Sears Rose garden, the Evans Reading Garden, and the Wild Flower Garden.

The 50 acres of gardens are divided into individual gardens representing an ethnic community from the greater Cleveland area, beginning with the Shakespeare Garden in 1916 and the Hebrew Garden in 1926. One World Day is celebrated annually at the gardens.

This 165 acre zoo includes extensive large animal habitat and 2 acres indoors of tropics. The exhibits are grouped as the Northern Trek, the Birds of the World, the Australian Adventure, the Upland Commons, the Zoogate Commons, the Wolf Wilderness, and the RainForest. A public Greenhouse features hundreds of tropical plants.

The museum offers two wildflower gardens displaying plants native to Ohio in a variety of habitats: the Thelma and Kent Smith Environmental Courtyard (Pond, Prairie, Allegheny Opening, Floodplain and Northern Hardwood Forest) and the Perkins Wildlife Memorial and Woods Garden (Bog, Mississippi Basin Buckeye Section and Mixed Mesophytic Forest).

This 13 acre park displays 11,000 rose bushes of more than 350 varieties plus herb and perennial gardens and a daffodil garden.

The 404 acres of naturalistic animal habitats, home to 11,000 creatures, are arranged in major exhibit areas including the African, Asian and South American Exhibit, the Shores, the Arthropods, Australasia, Birds, the North America Area, the Primates, and the Reptiles. The extensive botanical garden component includes 800 species of plants placed around the grounds to enhance exhibits and walkways, including 75,000 annuals. A virtual zoo safari has been prepared by a local school.

This lovely garden alongside the Woodbury Elementary School showcases 400 rose bushes tended by volunteers.  The garden is in the process of "going native" and becoming the Shaker Heights Community Rose Garden:  A Nature Center.

This lovely 160 acre arboretum displays labeled collections of woody plant materials in a park-like setting. Features include thematic gardens, nature trails, a large water garden, an edible landscape garden, unique birds and wildflowers.

This retail nursery is home to the largest selection of daylilies in central Ohio and is an American Hemerocallis Society Display Garden. 

This 1,149 acre arbortum's plant collections and natural areas evidence a lively spirit behind its design. Special areas include the Metasequoia Test Site (dawn redwoods), the Education Pond, the Dawes Memorial and Cemetery (where the founders are buried), the Tree Dedicators Trail, the Daweswood History Complex, the Park Woods, the Cypress Swamp, the Azalea Glen, the Beard-Green Cemetery, the Rare Tree Walk, the Ground Cover Juniper Collection, the Observation Tower, the Conifer Collection, Dawes Lake, the Hedge Lettering (spelling "Dawes Arboretum"), the Crab Apple Collection, Pershing Avenue (street trees), the Famous "17" (Ohio Buckeyes), the Oak/Beech Collection, Holly Hill, the Japanese Garden, the All Seasons Garden, the Living Legacy Apple Orchard, and the Forestry Test Plots.

Renowned for its roses, the gardens include the Formal Garden, the Blue Garden, the Shade Garden, the Formal Rose Garden, the Victorian Gazebo, the K. Calvin Sommer Fountain, the Schmidt Rhododendron Collection, the Rock Garden, the Great Terrace, the Beech Collection, the Four Seasons, the Long Mall, the Perennial Border Walk and Climbing Rose Allee, and the Rose Garden Terrace and Kidston Pavilion.

Outdoors the visitor is offered 28 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds and theme gardens including the Grand Mallway (a 5 acre formal garden), the Japanese Garden (a gift from Osaka, Japan), the Native Garden (with prairie and woodland plants), the Education Garden (herb, flower, and vegetable displays), and the AIDS Ribbon (red flowers). The Conservatory offers displays from 4 exotic regions (the Himilayan Mountains, the Rain Forest, the Pacific Island Water Garden, and the Desert) as well as collections of palms, bonsai and orchids and the Showhouse (changing theme displays).

The interesting organization of these gardens (the Garden of Yesterday, the Garden of Today, and the Garden of Tomorrow) allows each area to feature historically appropriate herbs and planting styles.

This impressive public park features gardens, including a sunken garden, pictorial beds and a floral clock, plus a greenhouse displaying a collection of tropical plants.

The park, the remarkable effort of Henry A. Ross, offers 6 acres of display gardens and a 10 acre arboretum. Special plantings include the Spring Garden (tulips, daffodils, azaleas and crabapples), Shade Plants (early spring bulbs and hostas), Rose Gardens, Perennial Beds (daylilies, iris, peonies and rhododendrons), Herb Gardens, and two ponds (water lilies and waterfowl). The Arboretum showcases 2,000 flowering and ornamental trees with over 500 varieties of crabapples. The garden is an All-America Selections Display Garden.

This 233 acre privately funded urban restoration district with over 1,600 restored buildings contains many small urban gardens and Schiller Park with perennial beds and plantings.

An 1848 living history museum with artisans and other village residents and household gardens. 

Sooty Acres (because of industrial soot) was the private garden and tree sanctuary of the president of the Cincinnati Park Board, Cornelius J. Hauck, a "one man urban development crew". The 4 acres of gardens include the Wildflower Garden, the Frank Wilmot Memorial Daylily collection, the Hosta garden, the Hobson daffodil collection and the All-American dahlia garden. Tree collections includes beech, oak, magnolia, azalea and native trees, all now labeled.

The nation's largest arboretum showcases 3,100 acres of display gardens, horticultural collections and natural hiking areas. Special features include the rhododendron garden, viburnum collection, crabapple collection, lilac garden, wildflower garden, hedge garden and display garden.

This 92 acre botanical garden and nature preserve features a host of gardens including rose, herb, rock, medicinal, Biblical and various perennial gardens. Special plantings include peonies, bearded iris, daylilies, hostas and naturalized drifts of daffodils. Woodland trails are lined with wildflowers.

This 50 acre arboretum features 20 acres of formal and ornamental plantings with 300 tree species. In the spring, 150 flowering crabapples over 40 varieties are the focus of the annual Flowering Crabapple Celebration. A woodland trail touches the banks of Sawmill Creek and pathways through perennial beds provide access to the lake.

The elegant grounds of this horticultural education center, formerly an estate, feature trial beds, greenhouses and a duck pond with waterfowl, as well as formal and display gardens with fountains, statuary and clipped hedges. More than 40,000 tulips and 30,000 annuals grow in the 25 acres of gardens on this 47-acre site, as well as peonies, roses, herbs, iris, daylilies, and other perennials. The 9,000 square foot greenhouse/orangeries complex displays an indoor light garden, seasonal floral displays and collections of cacti, succulents and orchids. 

Krohn Conservatory features native and exotic flora exhibited in naturalistic settings. Displays include the Tropical House (collections of ferns, cycads, bromeliads, and begonias and two pools), the Palm House (an indoor rain forest with a 20 foot waterfall and towering trees), Floral Display House (seasonal displays), the Desert Garden (cacti and succulents), and the Orchid Room (several thousand orchids). The Hinkle Magnolia Garden features a gazebo and fountain.

The 285 acres of Lake View Cemetery gardens, an arboretum, the James A. Garfield Monument and Wade Chapel. A 3 acre section, known as Daffodil Hill, displays more than 100,000 bulbs. 500 of the trees and shrubs are labeled.

The 120 arboretum section of the Mt. Airy Forest displays more than 5,000 plants representing 1,600 species and varieties of deciduous trees and shrubs and evergreens. An outstanding dwarf conifer collection is displayed around a one acre lake. Special collections include ash, birch, beech, buckeye, cherry, crabapple, deutzia, dogwood, elm, euonymus, fir, hawthorn, hemlock, juniper, lilac, magnolia, maple, oak, poplar, spruce, viburnum, willow and yew, as well as perennials and azaleas. Gardens include the Meyer Lake and Rare Flora Garden, the Garden of the Rhododendron and the Braam Memorial Garden (azaleas and rhododendrons) and the Green Garden (demonstration plantings of shrubs, ground covers, vines and herbs).

This 40 acre arboretum also includes gardens at other campus locations. The collections feature the van Fossen Wildflower Garden (bog garden, sunny border and meadow), van Wade Hosta Collection (100 varieties), the Columbus Landscape Association Conifer Garden, the Annual Trial and Display Gardens, the Kleinmeier Perennial Garden, the ONLA Perennial Garden, the Color Columbus 1,000 tree planting and the Mayhew Grove (85 species of native Ohio trees), the Minton Rose Garden in the University Horticulture Gardens, and collections of willows (200 species and cultivars), daylilies (50 cultivars) and daffodils.

This 1838 residence, moved to its present location, includes an herb garden, with plants used for scents, dyes and flavoring pioneer cooking, surrounded by a split-rail fence.

This herb and perennial nursery's offerings include a greenhouse solarium with herbs, perenials, scented geraniums, old roses, flowering trees and shrubs, unique annuals, and topiaries, plus two dozen outdoor display gardens.

An underground pyramid-shaped house, now a museum, is set in 265 acres of park-like grounds featuring 37 monumental pieces of contemporary sculpture, gardens, 7 lakes and hiking trails. Coming soon: a maze.

This 680 acre arboretum is a mixture of native woodland, planted hardwood plantations and agricultural land with six miles of hiking trails. A visitor center is planned for 2000.

This 4 acre public facility, a remnant of John D. Rockefeller's estate, offers a variety of beautiful gardens, including the Japanese garden, the Rose Garden, the Knot Garden, the Herb Garden, a Peace Garden, and the Betty Ott Talking Garden for the Blind (with tape-recorded descriptions of the plants), plus tropical plants, ferns, cacti and orchids.

This port-city public park (site of a national windsurfing championship) offers a lovely formal rose garden and a giant Easter basket.

This riverside park is the site of a rose garden.

This picturesque 17 acre river-front site, divided between upland and lowland habitats, includes collections of Japanese maples, pines, lilacs, and specimen trees. Plantings showcase perennials and 15,000 annuals and are ornamented with statuary and fountains. A Japanese Garden is situated on the river's floodplain.

This lovely 74 acre garden features formal gardens and natural woodlands. Special features include collections of American holly, conifers and rhododendrons, as well as topiary, a rose garden (with more than 500 bushes), and a perennial border.

This public park with a Discovery Center offers a tallgrass prairie and more than 400 acres of woodland and meadow.

This 85 acre research facility displays 2,000 varieties of trees and shrubs in a park-like setting. Special areas include the Rhododendron Display Garden, naturalized planting of azaleas and rhododendrons, collections of flowering crabapples, conifers, hollies, junipers, arborvitae and forest pines, a Shade Tree Plot (140 varieties), and the Garden of Roses of Legend and Romance (2.7 acres displaying 1200 bushes and 500 different varieties of old-fashioned roses).

The tranquil grounds display a variety of plantings including daffodils, weeping cheery trees, rhododendrons, roses, lilies and chrysanthemums as well as an All-America Selections Display Garden and Ohio "Big Trees".

National mail order nursery with display gardens.

70 acres of grounds landscaped by Warren Manning surround this 65-room Tudor Revival mansion. Gardens include the English Garden (the only fully restored Ellen Biddle Shipman garden in the U.S. accessible to the public), the Japanese Garden, the Formal West Terrace, the lagoon, perennial gardens, cutting gardens and a rose garden.

This 40 acre arboretum, formerly a private estate, displays 900 labeled varieties including extensive collections of crabapples, conifers and lilacs as well as oaks, magnolias, vibrurnums, variegated ornamentals, and late-summer-blooming trees and shrubs.

This 60 acre horticultural education facility offers striking formal gardens, including the Formal Rose Garden, the Reception Lawn, the Garden Green (perennial beds and stone walls), the Victorian Garden, the English Garden (a stone arch with perennials, annuals, shrubs and roses), the Federal Garden, a white ash allee, and a Children's Discovery Garden. The natural areas are featured with the Marie Aull Nature Trail, the Wetland Woods (a riverbank habitat), and the nearby River Corridor Bikeway.

This 47 acre arboretum exhibits 40 species of crabapple, as well as dogwoods, hawthorns and other trees, plus common and rare species of wildflowers.

Award winning gardens grace the grounds of this museum of decorative arts.

This 57 acres of meadows and gardens displays flowering trees and shrubs such as dogwood, magnolia, forsythia and lilacs. Gardens include an herb garden (30 acres), a shade garden (with rhododendrons and azaleas) and a wildflower walk (plants native to northwest Ohio).

This zoo is home to over 4,000 animals representing 600 different species. Exhibits include the African Savanna, the Hippoquarium, the Kingdom of the Apes, Tiger Terrace, Snow Leopards, Primate Forest, Cheetah Valley, Zoo Babies, Koalas, Reptiles, Bald Eagle, Arctic Encounter, Children's Zoo, and an Aviary. The Horticulture Center near the entrance displays gardens of roses, herbs, perennials and annuals. A Conservatory showcases tropical plants.

This garden is a fabulous topiary recreation of George Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

This 230 "garden" cemetery displays more than more than 3,000 trees and shrubs of 250 species including a 300 year old red oak and 8 Ohio Big Tree Champions.

This 1817 village was founded as a communal society by German religious dissenters called the Society of Separatists of Zoar, Zoar meaning "sanctuary from evil". The restored community garden occupies an entire village square and is laid out geometrically to symbolize the New Jerusalem described in the 21st Chapter of the Book of Revelation. A Norway spruce at the center of the garden, symbolizing eternal life, was circled by an arbor vitae hedge, representing heaven. Twelve juniper trees, one for each of the apostles, formed a third concentric circle. A circular walk enclosed this area, with 12 radiating pathways symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel.