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Garfield Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden - Indianapolis Indiana Map It Hours Sunken Garden April - October - 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM October 16 - April 15 - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Conservatory Monday - Saturday - 10:00 - 5:00 Sunday - 1:00 - 5:00 136 Acres The park includes a three acre formal classical european garden. The brick paved walkways, three fountains, and extensive plantings provide a restful place to walk in a serene setting. Designed by German landscape architect George Edward Kessler, the botanical garden opened on October 29, 1916. There are three main floral displays during in the Garfield Park botanical garden. the year. The spring tulip display peaks about mid-April. The summer annual flower display is usually best from June through August. September and October is when the fall mum display takes place. The Garfield Park Conservatory is, at 10,000 square feet, almost two acres of luxuriant tropical beauty. There are cacao plants, banana trees, fig trees, an extensive orchid collection, and a host of other plantings which can turn a cold winter day into a tropical vacation. There are changing educational displays as well as three floral displays each year. The Pointsettia display during November and December. The original conservatory was built in 1914. The current structure was erected in 1954 and was the first all aluminum, all welded greenhouse in the United States. |
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