Shelter Gardens

Shelter Gardens are frequented by horticulture and forestry students from schools and universities in the Columbia area. Elementary students also visit on class trips to gather specimens for leaf collections. A representative of every variety of plant life in the gardens has botanical information listed for the species, including its scientific and common names. Local bands fill the air with live music during “Concerts in the Gardens” on Sunday evenings in June and July, attracting crowds of local music lovers to the garden’s cedar gazebo. The Shelter Gardens contain 14 features, including a waterfall, rock garden, Vietnam veterans’ memorial, replica 19th century one-room school house, and garden for the blind.