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.
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
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.
The Wills Perennial Garden is dedicated to iris breeder and author, Jesse Wills, and displays both new and traditional perennials and many bearded irises. The Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden pays tribute to the late Sigourney Cheek, a lifelong learner, author, and avid gardener. The spaces are designed to promote mindfulness and encourage visitors to linger with nature.
The Martin Boxwood Gardens were designed in the late 1920s by Bryant Fleming, the architect who also designed the elegant mansion. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport visitors to another time and place. These original Cheek gardens include a wooded stream, reflecting pool, fountains, and a stone grotto.
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.
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.
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
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.
The Wills Perennial Garden is dedicated to iris breeder and author, Jesse Wills, and displays both new and traditional perennials and many bearded irises. The Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden pays tribute to the late Sigourney Cheek, a lifelong learner, author, and avid gardener. The spaces are designed to promote mindfulness and encourage visitors to linger with nature.
The Martin Boxwood Gardens were designed in the late 1920s by Bryant Fleming, the architect who also designed the elegant mansion. The terraced gardens with extensive plantings of boxwood transport visitors to another time and place. These original Cheek gardens include a wooded stream, reflecting pool, fountains, and a stone grotto.
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.
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.
Experience many native species including azaleas, trilliums, trout-lilies, a variety of ferns, and a small colony of paw-paw trees in the Howe Gardenand learn about our state-of-the-art rain 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.
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.
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.
The Turner Seasons Garden focuses on the seasonal aspect of gardens in Tennessee. It features a series of garden rooms, each with a decorative rain basin and plant collections of special interest.
The Rose Study Garden is dedicated exclusively to America’s official flower—the rose. Built and maintained by the Nashville Rose Society, it contains over 60 roses of all types and colors.