Noonan's Park Alexandria, MN 56308
"In the heart of the City."
Apple Valley
Minnesota Zoo 13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, MN 55124
"The Minnesota Zoo displays its collection of over 1300 orchids throughout the Tropics Building all year long." Admission.
Bloomington
Japanese Garden 9700 France Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431
At Normandale Community College: "Designed by Mr. Takao Watanabe, Garden Architect from Tokyo, Japan."
Brainerd
Northland Arboretum Brainerd, MN 56401
"Over 500 acres in the heart of Brainerd/Baxter, Minnesota."
Saint John's Arboretum Collegeville, MN 56321
"Encompasses over 2500 acres settled by Benedictine monks in 1864."
Duluth
Glensheen - 3300 London Road, Duluth, MN 55804
The Historic Congdon Estate - English style house and gardens. Admission.
Edina
Edinborough Park 7700 York Ave. S., Edina, MN 55435
"With more than 6,000 plants, trees and flowers, Edinborough Park is Minnesota's most unique indoor public park."
Minneapolis
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary Theodore Wirth Pky. and Glenwood Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55422
"The oldest public wildflower garden in the nation." Open April l - October 15. Free admission.
Florence Bakken Medicinal Garden 3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55416
"The Florence Bakken Medicinal Garden was created by integrating medicinal plants that thrive in Minnesota's robust climate with a pre-existing English landscape-style perennial garden." Admission.
Lakewood Cemetery 3600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55408
This large urban cemetery includes greenhouse and several gardens. Free admission.
Loring Park Garden of the Seasons 1382 Willow St., Minneapolis, MN 55403
Recently constructed garden near Loring Pond. Free Admission.
Lyndale Park Gardens 1500 E. Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55409
"Lyndale Park Gardens encompasses four distinctive gardens; the Rose Garden, the Perennial Garden, Peace (Rock) Garden and the Perennial Trial Garden. Immediately adjacent to the Peace Garden is the Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary." Free admission.
Lyndale Park Rose Garden 4125 E. Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55409
The second oldest public rose gardens in the U.S. Northern most AARS (All America Rose Selections) test rose garden. Free admission.
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden 726 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Quirky sculpture garden located across from the Walker Art Center and Guthrie Theater. Free Admission.
Minnehaha Falls Pergola Garden 4801 Minnehaha Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55417
"Perennial garden features native wildflowers and grasses." Free admission.
Gibbs Museum 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55113
Dakotah Medicine Teaching Garden, native prairie, and pioneer garden. Admission.
St. Peter
Linnaeus Arboretum 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, MN 56082
At Gustavus Adolphus College: "The three major natural ecosystems found in Minnesota are represented in the arboretum: the conifer forest in the north, the prairie in the south and west, and the deciduous forest in between."
