Current
In 1953 the estate became a public garden. The gardens are now open daily, but there is a $5 parking fee. Estate grounds currently include the following collections:
- Cacti and Succulent House - cacti and succulents.
- Daylily and Iris Collection - about 200 daylily cultivars, 54 Siberian iris cultivars, 50 cultivars of tall bearded iris, and 10 cultivars of reblooming tall bearded iris.
- Herb Garden (1977) - a knot garden in six sections, of herbs in juniper and boxwood edging.
- Historic Garden (1926) - a sequence of connected "rooms" enclosed by hedges, each built around a central feature such as a sunken garden, a small circular pool, a swimming pool, or a bronze sculpture of Pan.
- Parterre - boxwood edging filled with seasonal tulips and annuals.
- Peony Garden - over 170 cultivars of herbaceous peonies.
- Perennial Garden - over 300 varieties of perennial plants in large borders.
- Rose Garden (1977) - nearly 500 roses, mainly hybrid teas and grandifloras, as well as a new section of David Austin roses.
- Terrace (1994) - seasonal beds of tulips and annuals, with a variety of shrubs.
- Tropical House - tropical plants, including Acalypha hispida (chenille plant), Acalypha wilkesiana 'Obovata Cristata' (copperleaf), Anthurium (flamingo flower), Codiaeum (croton), Cordyline fruticosa 'Fire Brand' (ti tree), Dichorisandra warscewicziana (blue ginger), Ficus deltoidea (mistletoe fig), Jatropha integerrima (spicy jatropha), Justicia brandegeeana (shrimp plant), and Rivina humilis (blood berry).
- Woodland - currently under development.
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