What's New at Holden Arboretum & Cleveland Botanical Garden

Holden Arboretum
Kalberer Emergent Tower
Holden Arboretum
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Experience the forest from a new perspective this summer. The Emergent Tower is 120 feet or approximately 12 stories tall and provides a breathtaking view of the surrounding area all the way to Lake Erie.
Learn moreMurch Canopy Walk
Holden Arboretum
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The Murch Canopy Walk invites guests on a 500-foot-long elevated walkway that is built 65 feet above the forest floor. This immersive experience takes guests in and out of the forest canopy to experience everything from the middle of a mature forest to a raised view of streams and the forest floor. ]
Learn moreTram Tours
Holden Arboretum
These 45- minute tours will give guests an overview of the campus and gardens, with a focus on seasonal highlights. You may also learn a little history and information about the scientific work that happens behind the scenes.
Learn moreMission Botanica
Holden Arboretum
Mission Botanica will be featured at the Holden Arboretum from Saturday, June 11 to Sunday, September 5, 2022. Climb, leap, hang, and fly through the green and mysterious world of a unique maze with Mission Botanica. This June, you’re invited to explore the vast biodiversity in a bilingual, family-friendly adventure maze, that will feature highlighted plants and trees from the Arboretum’s collection.
ExploreTwilight in the A-Mazing Woods
Holden Arboretum
Save the date for our annual benefit picnic for the plants and trees. Twilight in the A-Mazing Woods will take place Saturday, July 9th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Throughout the Arboretum grounds, the benefit will feature a picnic dinner by SPICE Catering, live music, activities for adults and kids including a craft station and botanically themed treasure hunt, and exclusive access to the Arboretum’s summer exhibit, Mission Botanica by Minotaur Mazes. Purchase tickets at holdenfg.org.
Learn moreConcert in the Forest Series
Holden Arboretum
Wed., Jun. 22, 2022 | 06:30 pm – 08:00 pm (+ 6 more)
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Concert in the Forest Series begins Wednesday, June 15th. Enjoy live music, food trucks, and quality time with friends and family out in nature. Food trucks will open at 5:30 p.m. Concert in the Forest Series will feature bands from Northeast Ohio, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra Apollo’s Fire. Concerts are included with the price of admission with the exception of Apollo’s Fire.
Learn moreNotes of Nature Wine Series
Holden Arboretum
Wed., Jun. 15, 2022 | 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm (+ 2 more)
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Notes of Nature Wine Series will feature wine and small bites at the Arboretum. A special ticket is necessary for the wine tasting events and can be found at holdenfg.org.
Learn moreCleveland Botanical Garden
The Ron and Lydia Harrington Perennial Playspace
Cleveland Botanical Garden
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Now open! The Cleveland Botanical Garden announces a new permanent exhibit overlooking the towering plants and trees in the Glasshouses that will engage young and old.
Learn moreReturn of the Butterflies
Cleveland Botanical Garden
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You will be greeted with a stunning array of nearly 10 species of butterflies in the Costa Rica Glasshouse. To celebrate the arrival of spring in a big way, Holden Forests & Gardens presents Return of the Butterflies at the Cleveland Botanical Garden – a visual treat with more than 600 newly emerged butterflies in the Costa Rica biome. The butterflies in the Costa Rica biome will bring the Glasshouse to life—amazing, colorful, moving, exhilarating life and you’ll see them actively searching for nectar as food sources, flying around.
Learn moreHershey Children’s Garden
Cleveland Botanical Garden
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As they explore plant and animal life, they’ll have a new appreciation for the environment. They can become immersed in hands-on activities like observing honeybees in their hive, searching for fish, frogs, and turtles in the pond, learning how to care for plants with our water pump, and so much more! The Hershey Children’s Garden will be open to the public April 16th.
Learn moreGuren and Swetland-Eppig Galleries
Cleveland Botanical Garden
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The Garden’s Eppig Gallery features work by regional artists, with exhibitions rotating regularly from spring through fall each year.
Criteria for artwork is that it fulfills our mission to connect people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants.
Many of the artworks are available for sale through our Garden Store.