The view from the gates only hints at the beautiful glory nurtured and crafted throughout the seventeen acres of Schedel Arboretum and Gardens. It is the former home of Joseph and Marie Schedel (1930-1989), who traveled the world and created a garden that reflected the inspiration from their travels. After their deaths, the private estate came under the care of the Schedel Foundation and has been open to the public since 1991.
Perfectly Wrought
Standing at the top of a garden’s hillside entrance offers an expansive view of the lush, living artwork. This is sheer enchantment for all your senses— each space melds exquisitely into the other as you stroll over petite wooden bridges and along curvy pathways lined with fragrant, colorful plants and flowers while an amazing thirty-foot waterfall cascades over terraced rocks.
Be prepared to lose yourself as you walk through an artistic tapestry of dripping, delicate green willow tree branches and among the exquisite pink and white blooms of the cherry and crabapple trees (late April to mid May). Seldom seen evergreens, such as weeping Alaskan cedar and Bosman pine, provide a backdrop of dark needles for the landscape and the sculptures that grace the gardens. Mature dawn redwoods, bald cypress, magnolias, dogwoods and other trees provide cool dappled shade.
The Japanese garden, alive with succulents, grasses and Japanese maples, was created in the 1950s by the Schedels to highlight their favorite journeys to the Far East and features the lanterns they collected there. The red Torii gate, according to Japanese folklore, beckons you to pass through it to receive long life and prosperity.
Other gardens to meander:
Kitchen
Rose
Tropical
Perennial
Peony/Iris
Lily Beds
Bonsai trees
Pick up a free Walking Tour Guide booklet that provides a history of the plants and gardens located on the arboretum campus.
Open 10am-4pm, Tuesdays-Fridays during April, 10am-4pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-4pm Sundays | closed on Mondays from May through October. $10/adults | $9/seniors | $6/children 6-12 | free/under age 5. Schedel Arboretum and Gardens 19255 W. Portage River South Rd. | Elmore, OH. 419-862-3182 | schedel-garden.org
The view from the gates only hints at the beautiful glory nurtured and crafted throughout the seventeen acres of Schedel Arboretum and Gardens. It is the former home of Joseph and Marie Schedel (1930-1989), who traveled the world and created a garden that reflected the inspiration from their travels. After their deaths, the private estate came under the care of the Schedel Foundation and has been open to the public since 1991.
Perfectly Wrought
Standing at the top of a garden’s hillside entrance offers an expansive view of the lush, living artwork. This is sheer enchantment for all your senses— each space melds exquisitely into the other as you stroll over petite wooden bridges and along curvy pathways lined with fragrant, colorful plants and flowers while an amazing thirty-foot waterfall cascades over terraced rocks.
Be prepared to lose yourself as you walk through an artistic tapestry of dripping, delicate green willow tree branches and among the exquisite pink and white blooms of the cherry and crabapple trees (late April to mid May). Seldom seen evergreens, such as weeping Alaskan cedar and Bosman pine, provide a backdrop of dark needles for the landscape and the sculptures that grace the gardens. Mature dawn redwoods, bald cypress, magnolias, dogwoods and other trees provide cool dappled shade.
The Japanese garden, alive with succulents, grasses and Japanese maples, was created in the 1950s by the Schedels to highlight their favorite journeys to the Far East and features the lanterns they collected there. The red Torii gate, according to Japanese folklore, beckons you to pass through it to receive long life and prosperity.
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Other gardens to meander:
Kitchen
Rose
Tropical
Perennial
Peony/Iris
Lily Beds
Bonsai trees
Pick up a free Walking Tour Guide booklet that provides a history of the plants and gardens located on the arboretum campus.
Open 10am-4pm, Tuesdays-Fridays during April, 10am-4pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-4pm Sundays | closed on Mondays from May through October. $10/adults | $9/seniors | $6/children 6-12 | free/under age 5. Schedel Arboretum and Gardens 19255 W. Portage River South Rd. | Elmore, OH. 419-862-3182 | schedel-garden.org
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