This garden was renowned at the turn of the century. We spent almost a year working on an updated design. Based on existing structure, we add features to interest children as well as fascinating shade plants to demonstrate the possibilities of gardening under live oaks.

Jenks was the first curator of this garden; hired the crew, did the plantings and kept the garden for 10 years. Almost a million people a year visit this garden. The collections we established in the 1990’s have been enhanced and built on by a talented team of horticulturists. You can see tons of photo…