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Week of October 19, 2012

Cut Flower Garden

View of Cut Flower Garden from under Cercidiphyllum japonicum.

Photo by Lisa Roper
Iris 'Sunny Disposition'

Iris 'Sunny Disposition' and Cosmos bipinnatus 'Rubenza' Brush Off Last Weekend's Frost for a Fall Hurrah.

Photo by Doug Croft

Soft clouds of pink Muhlenbergia capillaris and tan Panicum capillare soften the hill above The Pond.

Photo by Lisa Roper
Doug Croft

Doug Croft assists the Associated Services for the Blind with fall cuttings at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center.

Photo by Doug Croft
Impatience omeiana

Impatiens omeiana, a hardy impatiens from China, blooms in The Asian Woods.

Photo by Lisa Roper
 Chanticleer Terrace Garden

Cycas revoluta and Phormium 'Sundowner' put on their show above the balustrade at the Chanticleer Terrace Garden.

Photo by Lisa Roper
Brugmansia versicolor

Brugmansia versicolor blooms outside the Sun Porch.

Photo by Lisa Roper
Quercus alba

Quercus alba trained on The Ruin wall.

Photo by Lisa Roper
The Chanticleer Gravel Terrace

Agave attenuata 'Light of Day' grown in an urn, is surrounded by an array of silver leaved plants (Centaurea gymnocarpa; Lavandula x intermedia), purple flowering Salvia 'Ultra Violet' and the glowing orange Leonotis leonurus (dwarf form) in The Chanticleer Gravel Terrace.

Photo by Lisa Roper
Tennis Court Garden

Cornus controversa 'Variegata' catches the early light above the wall in the Tennis Court Garden.

Photo by Lisa Roper
Dahlia 'Mrs. I. De Ver Warner'

Dahlia 'Mrs. I. De Ver Warner', an heirloom dahlia from a Kentucky farmhouse, blooms near The Entry Garden.

Photo by Lisa Roper
The Entry Pavillion

Passiflora violacea (form #3) trails through Gomphrena 'Fireworks' at The Entry Pavillion.

Photo by Lisa Roper

Previous Weeks

What's in Bloom - 2011 Season

Take a look at last seasons Highlights to help plan your visit this season...

Opening Times

Wednesday - Sunday


10am - 5pm

Parking reservations are required until
3pm Wednesdays-Sundays.

Friday Evenings


Starting May 2, the garden will be open until 8pm through Labor Day.
Parking reservations are required until 6:30pm.
Due to limited parking, we cannot accommodate groups on Friday evenings.

Picnicking is permitted only in the picnic areas.
We ask guests to carry out what they bring in.

Early Saturdays in 2025


We open at 8:00am on the following Saturdays: May 3, June 7,
July 5, August 2, September 6,
October 4, and November 1.
Regular admission fees apply and Parking reservations are required.

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House and Garden Tours


Held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11am.
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Garden Highlights Tour


Held every Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm.
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Biodiversity Survey


We are proud to announce the release of our Biodiversity Survey, which outlines the impact that our garden has on the insect and animal populations that we intersect with.
Listen to Bill Thomas on Margaret Roach's podcast, A Way to Garden, as they discuss the Biodiversity Survey.

Read the Full Report



Once Upon a Garden:
Storytime at Chanticleer


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on April 26.
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