Welcome to another Travel Tuesday! I’m taking a slight break from hiking to share the Toledo Botanical Garden with you! I’ve visited only a couple other botanical gardens in my life (the one in UC Berkeley and the one in Rutgers, but I may have to add these to places I need to visit as well. :P
Toledo Botanical Garden
Location: 5403 Elmer Drive, Toledo, OH 43615
Hours: Daylight hours year-round!
Admission: Free! (Except for certain special events*)
Parking: Free!
*Crosby Festival of the Arts, Jazz in the Garden, and Harvest Market Dinner require admission fees! Please be aware that the garden does close at 2 pm on Thursdays from mid-July through the end of August because they have Jazz in the Garden concerts! (They open up again at 5:30 pm for admission to the concert!)
The Toledo Botanical Garden has a lot of paved paths, although there are some gardens that will require traveling through uneven terrain (e.g. dirt/gravel). Pets, bikes, skates, scooters, and skateboards are not allowed here!
The gift shop + visitor center is open from 10 am – 5 pm daily and they also have a Hands-On Studio that’s open to the public with a bunch of different workshops, including…
- Batik + Rust Dyeing
- Wool & Spinning
- Knitting-to-Felt
- Needle or Nuno Felting
- Making musical instruments (stoneware rattle, ocarina, rainstick/drum)
- Art journaling
- Collage art
- Jewelry making
- (Etc.!)
Sadly, there weren’t any workshops going on while I was there, so I didn’t get to try it out, but maybe someday when I’m back!
There are a number of different areas, including a rose garden, vegetable garden, herb garden, pioneer garden, woodland garden, perennial garden, and an Artist’s Village garden. (You can check out a map here!)
Find out more about the Toledo Botanical Garden and check em’ out on social media!
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- Have you ever been to a botanical garden?
- Do you have a green thumb? I wish I did. Not sure what I can classify myself as–my tomato plant got savaged by raccoons, so it wasn’t really my fault? :/
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I always enjoy your “Travel Tuesdays”. I have never been to Ohio, but this is making my bucket list! Looks like a truly LOVELY day! I hope to make it to one of those workshops! (Art Journaling sounds very interesting!)
Right?! I really wish I could’ve gone to the art journaling class! I’m making a travel bullet journal right now to document my trip so I feel like I need ideas! :P
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Beautiful! I live right by Cincinnati, but I’ve never been to Toledo. I love that first photo of you. Bummer there weren’t any workshops going on when you were there – that would be fun!
-Lauren
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Thank you! :] I’ve never been to Cincinnati but I wanted to stop by there! Maybe the next time I head over, I’ll be able to find an excuse to head over!
I had no idea this place existed! I live not far from Cincinnati so. maybe I should check this place out at some point!
It’s a pretty place to explore–I really wanted to take some of the classes there!
Oooh nice! I love a good botanical garden, this one looks lovey and relaxing. It is soooo cool that you can learn how to make musical instruments while you are there! Were you tempted by any of those classes?
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I’d love to check out more botanical gardens (I think I’ve been to…4 so far!)–I was definitely tempted by the classes, but they unfortunately weren’t offering any while I was there. :[!