Memphis Botanic Garden Parks, Gardens & Cemeteries
Serene Japanese Garden
Memphis,
TN, 38117
United States
+1 901 576 4100
+1 901 682 1561
http://www.memphisbotanicgarde..
Overview
Memphis Botanic Garden is a collection of gardens that covers over 96 acres in East Memphis. The lovely Japanese garden, with its bridges, ponds and goldfish is a favorite with visitors, who come for the candlelight evening tours in the summer. In the spring, the Ketchum Iris Garden glows with a myriad of colours, while the Municipal Rose Garden is at its best in May, June, and September. There is even a Sensory Garden that is designed to appeal to all five senses.
I coordinated a wedding within the last six weeks there. The staff was absolutely terrible. The rules kept changing. Make sure this is what you want. Read your contract and make the staff put everything in writing. DO NOT TAKE THE WORD OF MOUTH. The alternative plan for the outdoor wedding if it rains is to set up a narrow hallway. I was told that the front lobby would be available. Every visitors will be able to join your event. The staff is also limited on weekends. The chairs,walls and refrigerator was very dirty.
My wife and I were looking forward to a very experience with well maintained plants and flowers and beautiful layout. We were somewhat disappointed with the overall experience. The distribution of the groups of plants and flowers was patchy for this medium sized area with little diversity. Descriptions of the plants and trees were either scarce or with little description. More than half of the cactuses plus other plants needed attentioned.
I volunteered here for a while. Nice gardens. Very well maintained. Great location. It's worth every penny.
It was the best place I've ever been in my whole life. As a quadroplegic I really enjoyed the gardens.
