All Gardens | Public Gardens of Minnesota

Garden Name	Region	Garden Type	Peak Season	Peak season (notes)
Arneson Acres	Metro	Other	Summer
Duluth Rose Garden	Northern	Rose Garden	Summer	Mid-June through August
Edinborough Park	Metro	Glass House and Conservatory	Winter	Year-round Most therapeutic in winter
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary	Metro	Historic Garden	Fall, Spring, Summer	peak: spring through late summer Best times to visit : May for woodland flowers and spring ephemerals Late May to early June for Showy Lady slippers June to July for bog flowers July to September for prairie flowers
Enger Tower Park	Northern	Japanese Garden	Spring, Summer	Spring for daffodils Summer to fall for the remainder of gardens
Florence Bakken Physic Garden	Metro	Historic Garden	Summer
Garden of Time	Metro	Other	Summer	Mid to late summer
Gardens at the North Central Research and Outreach Center	Northern	All American Selections Display Garden	Summer
Gibbs Farm Museum of Pioneer and Dakota Life	Metro	Historic Garden	Summer	Mid to end of summer
Glensheen Mansion Gardens	Northern	Historic Garden	Fall, Summer
Horticultural Gardens at West Central Research and Outreach Center	Central	All American Selections Display Garden	Summer	Mid to late summer Late summer for ornamental grasses
Hubbard Park at Palmer Centennial Place	Southern	Historic Garden	Summer
James J. Hill Depot and Gardens	Metro	Other	Summer	Mid to late summer
Jo Ryo En Japanese Garden	Southern	Japanese Garden	Summer
Lake Park Rohrer Rose Garden	Southern	Rose Garden	Summer	Mid-June through August
Lakewood Cemetery	Metro	Cemetery with Notable Gardens, Historic Garden	Fall, Summer	Summer through fall
Learning Garden for Horticultural Science - UMN	Metro	Other	Fall, Spring, Summer	Fall - ornamental grasses and prairie area Spring - wildflowers in Mullins Woods
Linnaeus Arboretum	Southern	Arboretum, Rose Garden	Fall, Summer
Loring Park Garden of the Seasons	Metro	Other	Fall, Spring, Summer	Mid-June to fall Spring for wildflowers
Lyndale Park Annual/Perennial Gardens	Metro	Other	Summer	Mid-June to frost Spring bulbs begin in May
Lyndale Park Peace Garden	Metro	Other	Spring	April 15 – June 1
Lyndale Park Perennial Trial Garden	Metro	All American Selections Display Garden	Summer	Mid-summer to fall
Lyndale Park Rose Garden	Metro	Historic Garden, Rose Garden	Summer	Late June to late September
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park	Metro	Glass House and Conservatory	Summer, Winter	Year-round Most theraputic in winter (when needing a tropical retreat)
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Cowles Conservatory	Metro	Glass House and Conservatory	Winter	Conservatory – Year-round Memorial arbor garden – Summer
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum	Metro	All American Selections Display Garden, Arboretum, Glass House and Conservatory, Japanese Garden, Rose Garden	Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter	All seasons, open year-round
Minnesota Zoological Gardens	Metro	Glass House and Conservatory	Winter	Year-round (The Tropics Trail is especially nice in winter.)
Munsinger Gardens	Central	Historic Garden	Summer
Noerenberg Gardens	Metro	Historic Garden	Fall, Summer	Mid-summer to fall
Normandale Japanese Garden	Metro	Japanese Garden	Spring, Summer
Northland Arboretum	Central	Arboretum	Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter	Mid to late summer Spring to early summer for wild flower trail
Oakland Cemetery	Metro	Cemetery with Notable Gardens, Historic Garden	Fall, Summer
Olcott Park Greenhouse	Northern	Glass House and Conservatory	Winter	Greenhouse – Year-round
Oliver H. Kelly Farm	Central	Historic Garden	Fall, Summer	Late summer to fall for garden and harvesting activities
Ordway Japanese Garden	Metro	Japanese Garden	Spring, Summer
Plummer House of the Arts Gardens	Southern	Historic Garden	Summer
Roseville Central Park Muriel Sahlin Arboretum	Metro	Arboretum	Summer
Schell Mansion and Gardens	Southern	Historic Garden	Summer
Sibley Gardens	Southern	Historic Garden	Summer
St. Francis Peace Garden	Southern	Other	Fall, Summer
St. John’s Arboretum	Central	Arboretum	Fall, Summer	Late summer – prairie areas
Stoppel Farm at the Olmsted County History Center	Southern	Historic Garden	Fall, Summer	Mid to late summer
University of Minnesota Biological Sciences Conservatory and Botanical Collection	Metro	Glass House and Conservatory	Winter	Year-round
Veterans Memorial Rose Garden	Metro	Rose Garden	Summer	Late June through August
Virginia Clemens Rose Garden	Central	Rose Garden	Summer