Visit a botanical garden to relax and gather ideas for your own garden at these area locations. Many of the gardens provide information and tips for growing plants and flowers in Kansas.
Spend an Afternoon at a Local Garden:
Ensley Botanical Garden
Lake Shawnee, Topeka
37th Street and West Edge Road
785-267-1156
Kansas State University Gardens
Manhattan, KS
1500 Denison Avenue
785-532-3271
Old Prairie Town’s Garden
Ward Meade Historic Site, Topeka
124 NW Fillmore Street
785-368-3888
Reinisch Rose Garden and Doran Rock Garden
Gage Park, Topeka
4320 SW 10th Avenue
785-368-3838
South Park Butterfly Garden
Lawrence, KS
1141 Massachusetts Street
785-832-3450
Take a Day Trip to these Nearby Gardens:
Botanica
The Botanica has 24 themed gardens, exhibits, and a horticultural library. The gardens cover over nine acres and display more than 3600 different species of plants.
Wichita, KS
316-264-0448
Deana Rose Children’s Farmstead
This farmstead has farm animals, show gardens, butterfly gardens, a nature trail, Kanza Indian display, one room schoolhouse, fishing pond, wagon rides, and pony rides.
Overland Park, KS
913-897-2360
Dyck Arboretum
For the gardener attempting to forge a new landscape, the hundreds of labeled wildflowers, native plants, grasses, shrubs and trees are a lexicon of native plant gardening.
Hesston, KS
620-327-8167
International Forest of Friendship
The Forest is a living, growing memorial to the world history of aviation and aerospace. Trees from all fifty states and thirty-five countries are featured.
Atchison, KS
785-367-1419
Kansas Landscape Arboretum
Over 1,000 species of exotic and native woody plants can be observed on these 193 acres.
Wakefield, KS
785-461-5760
Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
This 300 acre garden and arboretum was created as an educational, recreational, and cultural resource.
Overland Park
913-685-3604
Powell Botanical Gardens
Set on more than 915 acres of lush, rolling hills and wind-swept meadows, Powell Gardens offers breathtaking display gardens, interesting architecture, a nature trail, and a year-round calendar of special events and classes.
Kingsville, MO
816-697-2600