Sports & Outdoors
Local GemWildwood Preserve Metropark
No admission feeHike wooded trails along the Ottawa River, then take a free tour of the 1938 Stranahan family manor house and its formal garden.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sports & Outdoors
Toledo Botanical Garden
A Metroparks Toledo garden of more than 60 acres with display beds, plant collections, sculpture, and arts programming.
5403 Elmer Drive, Toledo, Ohio 43615 · Toledo, OH
About Toledo Botanical Garden
Toledo Botanical Garden is a Metroparks Toledo property with more than 60 acres of display gardens and plant collections. It also serves as a center for the arts and sits beside two Toledo Public Schools, forming a campus for horticulture, art, and education. Visitors can study annuals and perennials, walk the Doneghy Inclusive Garden with its sensory features, see the Artisan Village sculpture collection, and use an online plant map to locate specific species. The grounds host a summer jazz concert series, a juried arts festival, and the Secret Forest children's playscape.
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