Take refuge among towering trees, and enjoy a brief escape from our bustling city.
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You’ll be joined by butterflies, songbirds, and wild flowers as you explore our most informal and expansive retreat.
This forest offers year-round enchantment, but feels especially magical when you visit in fall and can admire the vibrant foliage. There are more than 30 species of trees in this area, including beech, hemlock, maple, and wild cherry.
Hidden bridges and tucked-away benches invite you to sit as you absorb the awe of nature. When you’re ready to continue, the Helen M. Whitehouse Boardwalk allows passage beneath the canopy as a rippling natural stream runs alongside you.
There’s also an abundance of wild flowers, including trilliums, dutchman’s breeches, Jack-in-the pulpit, Virginia blue bells and Solomon’s seal.
Things to discover
Green forest-light | The cool, green summer forest-light of Woodland Garden is a welcome forest cove forallus sunburned urbanites. While youwalk, look for this immense tulip-poplar tree (Liriodendrontulipifera)that is a forest remnant still standing from a century and one-half behind us. Imagine the world| moreThe cool, green summer forest-light of Woodland Garden is a welcome forest cove forallus sunburned urbanites. While youwalk, look for this immense tulip-poplar tree (Liriodendrontulipifera)that is a forest remnant still standing from a century and one-half behind us. Imagine the world back then: hundreds—no, thousands—of giants like this oneshelteringCleveland and most all of Ohio intheunbrokenauraof that cool, green summer forest-light …
Medusa Sculpture | Look at those magnificent lips and that monumental nose. But don’t look into those empty eyes or they’ll turn you to stone, ‘cause, well, them’s the rules with Missus Medusa. Crafted right here in Cleveland from cement conglomerate by William McVey, it originally hung on the Medusa Cement| moreLook at those magnificent lips and that monumental nose. But don’t look into those empty eyes or they’ll turn you to stone, ‘cause, well, them’s the rules with Missus Medusa. Crafted right here in Cleveland from cement conglomerate by William McVey, it originally hung on the Medusa Cement Company HQ at Monticello and Lee. It’s one of over a dozen significant garden sculptures at the Garden.
Cool Retreat in the Heart of the City | Our newly restored Woodland Boardwalk leads you from the hustle-and-bustle into a moment of cooling forest calm. Lookupfor the huge tulip-poplar and thedawnredwoods; lookdownfor the patch of wild ginger and the white pom-pom flowers of edible leeks. A great escape from a hot August| moreOur newly restored Woodland Boardwalk leads you from the hustle-and-bustle into a moment of cooling forest calm. Lookupfor the huge tulip-poplar and thedawnredwoods; lookdownfor the patch of wild ginger and the white pom-pom flowers of edible leeks. A great escape from a hot August day.Checking location status…
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