Adults Day Out | Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
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Up to Two Hours

The options below will give you a taste of the beauty of Cheekwood.

Requires Gardens & Mansion Access

Bradford Robertson Color Garden

Start with the Bradford Robertson Color Garden. This garden reflects the universal love of color as a design element in flowers and foliage, and the displays change seasonally.

Blevins Japanese Garden 2021

Enjoy quiet contemplation in the Blevins Japanese Garden (Shōmu-en). Shōmu-en translates to “pine-mist forest.” This garden transcends cultures by connecting Eastern garden design with the native Tennessee landscape

Robinson Family Water Garden 2019 June Cheekwood Summer

Enjoy the sound of cascading water as you walk along a rocky stream examining the fern collection, hellebores, hostas and heucheras in the Robinson Family Water Garden.

View from Wisteria Arbor

Not to be missed, the iconic Wisteria Arbor is celebrated for its breathtaking views of the Reflecting Pool and the surrounding Warner Parks. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport you to another time and place.

Library Cheekwood Mansion

Construction on the Cheekwood Mansion began in 1929 and the family moved in just before Thanksgiving of 1932. Get a glimpse of what their life was like by viewing the Historic Period Rooms. If you have a little more time, take in the Permanent Collection Galleries upstairs.

Full Day

The options below will take you through eight distinct gardens, inspiring art galleries and give you a sense of the history of the estate.

Requires Gardens & Mansion Access

Bradford Robertson Color Garden

Start with the Bradford Robertson Color Garden. This garden reflects the universal love of color as a design element in flowers and foliage, and the displays change seasonally.

Blevins Japanese Garden 2021

Enjoy quiet contemplation in the Blevins Japanese Garden (Shōmu-en). Shōmu-en translates to “pine-mist forest.” This garden transcends cultures by connecting Eastern garden design with the native Tennessee landscape

Robinson Family Water Garden 2019 June Cheekwood Summer

Enjoy the sound of cascading water as you walk along a rocky stream examining the fern collection, hellebores, hostas and heucheras in the Robinson Family Water Garden.

View from Wisteria Arbor

Not to be missed, the iconic Wisteria Arbor is celebrated for its breathtaking views of the Reflecting Pool and the surrounding Warner Parks. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport you to another time and place.

Library Cheekwood Mansion

Construction on the Cheekwood Mansion began in 1929 and the family moved in just before Thanksgiving of 1932. Get a glimpse of what their life was like by viewing the Historic Period Rooms. If you have a little more time, take in the Permanent Collection Galleries upstairs.

Cafe 29

Time for lunch. Café 29 is in the former garage space in the Frist Learning Center and offers a casual, made-to-order menu. During your lunch break take a moment to learn about the Cheek family’s connection to Maxwell House Coffee.

Howe Garden at Cheekwood

Experience many native species including azaleas, trilliums, trout-lilies, a variety of ferns, and a small colony of paw-paw trees in the Howe Garden and learn about our state-of-the-art rain garden.

Burr Terrace Garden

The Burr Terrace Garden has three levels featuring colorful annual plantings, an armillary bed, and fountain. It’s reminiscent of a garden in Padua, Italy, dating back to 1542, considered to be the oldest surviving botanical garden in the world.

Carell Dogwood Garden

The Carell Dogwood Trail is the centerpiece of Cheekwood’s Nationally Certified Collection® of Cornus, with many variations in branching patterns, bark, leaf, berry and the showy bracts characteristic of dogwoods.

Herb Study Garden 2019

The Herb Study Garden is a project of the Herb Society of Nashville. Themed sections include culinary herbs, blue flowered herbs, herbs used by Native Americans of Middle Tennessee, herbs used by early colonists of Tennessee, Mediterranean herbs, and herbs noted for their texture and fragrance.

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