Visitors along the path with bright orange trees providing shade

Native Plant Garden

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Native Plant Garden
Year-Round

Designed by Sheila Brady of the great American landscape architecture firm Oehme van Sweden, this 3.5 acre garden celebrates the beauty of plants native to northeastern North America. Nearly 100,000 native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, ferns, and grasses were planted in a carefully planned contemporary design that harmonizes with the natural landscape.

Many of the plants here provide shelter and sustenance for wildlife, making this garden a magnet for squirrels, chipmunks, frogs, and a colorful array of birds and butterflies. The serene pool at the center of the garden is fed by recycled stormwater and purified by aquatic plants and a sophisticated filtration system before being recirculated over a series of stone weirs.

The Native Plant Garden is a gift of the Leon Levy Foundation.

Season Galleries

  • An aerial view of the Native Plant Garden in winter, with snow all around.
  • Close up of small round orange berries on a stem
  • The water in the Native Plant Garden surrounded by snow covered trees
  • Red branches covered in ice
  • snow covered native plant garden
  • snow covered native plant garden
  • Tall, bare tree with several smaller trees with red
  • Snow on bare trees/branches
  • Water feature with snow on the ground and on the trees
  • Long stemmed plants with pale yellow flowers
  • Snow covered native plant garden
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Many yellow flowers with water feature in the background and blue skies
  • Yellow and purple flowers along a path; Butterfly resting on a yellow flower
  • Green curled leaves with 3 small white flowers with pink buds
  • visitor walking up path with trees and white blossoms
  • white blooms along a green grass path in the native plant garden
  • Small waterfall feature with birch trees and one visitor
  • Close up of 3 petal white flower
  • Small waterfall feature with several red flowering plants and large trees around
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Several red flowers and a few purple ones with a tree trunk in the background
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Water surrounded by greenery and dark pink flowers
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Small path in the width of long stemmed yellow and orange flowers with large rocks
  • Ramp surrounded by trees and dark pink flowers
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Photo of the Native Plant Garden
  • Red, yellow and green trees and bushes along the water
  • Water feature surrounded by multi-colored trees
  • Bright yellow/orange tree shadowing visitors; trees reflection in the water
  • Aerial shot of multi-colored trees
  • Aerial shot of multi-colored trees and water feature and paths
  • Multi-colored trees and small purple flowers

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