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Our Exquisite
Formal Gardens
The 1000-acre MetroPark is filled with spectacular ravines, towering trees, wildflowers,
meadows, and excellent opportunities to observe wildlife.
The Formal Gardens include the following:
Garden Green
This lush expanse of lawn, with an allee of ash trees, is bordered by tall yew (taxus)
hedges. Annuals in limestone planter walls provide seasonal color along its length.
North & South Plazas
These elevated plazas offer excellent vistas of the garden complex and its stimulating
seasonal colors.
Arbor Garden
An assortment of hardy, disease-resistant roses is the backbone of this bed with
a mixture of annuals, perennials, shrubs and vines, all embraced by a traditional
arbor of limestone and timber.
Victor Ries Memorial Garden
Located along the woodland edge, this perennial garden is dedicated to the founder
of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs.
Community Gardens
There is a 6.5 acre parcel of land behind Wegerzyn Gardens which is nutured by over
100 city residents who grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers each year in 28' x 28'
plots, May through October. Information is available each March for the upcoming
season, call (937) 277-6545.
Memory Garden
Many interesting and beautiful species can be found in this perennial, woodland
shade garden, built in recognition of members of the Garden Club Federation - Dayton
& Vicinity who have supported the development of the Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark.
Federal Garden
This garden features brick paths and parterres (beds that form a pattern) in a style
reminiscent of the late 18th and early 19th Century American gardens. The garden
is planted with historic and modern plants to evoke the period. Of special interest
are the arches of European beech trained over the walks at both ends.
English Garden
The design and plantings in this space are evocative of English gardening
style. The lovely wooden arch is the garden’s focal point and is typical of classic
English garden architecture.
Victorian Garden
This garden echoes the gardening style popular at the end of the 19th century
when carpet bedding featured masses of plants set out in elaborate patterns. The
focal point is a raised, pebble-walled bed in the shape of a star, modeled after
one at the Dayton Soldier’s Home in the late 1800’s.
Reception Lawn
This area behind the Arbor Garden is a quiet area bordered in beds mounded to give
privacy and a place to relax and reflect upon the wonderful gifts that nature has
given us.
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