Fellows Riverside Gardens - Youngstown, OH - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

Fellows Riverside Gardens is a free public botanical garden located in Youngstown, Ohio. This 12-acre garden is at the north end of Mill Creek Park and has a large variety of plants, flowers, and trees. The garden has a visitor's center and cafe, and hosts tours and gardening classes. The gardens are a popular site for weddings, private parties, and photo shoots. The garden is a member of the American Public Gardens Association.

According to the Wikipedia page, "In 1958, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Fellows bequeathed the property to Mill Creek Park, together with funds to create a public garden on the site. The first plantings began in 1963.

"Today the gardens include labeled flower displays of annuals, chrysanthemums, perennials, and tulips, with over 40,000 bulbs blooming each spring. The rose collection includes a formal rose garden with hybrid tea, floribunda and grandiflora roses, as well as climbing roses along a perennial border walk. Botanical and shrub roses are represented throughout the site. The gardens also contain a variety of labeled trees and woody shrubs, with collections of European beech, dwarf conifers, hollies, and rhododendrons, as well as an observation tower with a fine view of Lake Glacier.

"The D. D and Velma Davis Visitor & Education Center, located at the Gardens, houses a horticultural library, a cafe, classrooms, a gift shop and meeting rooms. Many cultural events take place there each year and classes in horticulture, art and culture are offered year round. The Visitor Center also contains a museum and an art gallery which features nature- and horticulture-themed shows. National and international speakers are hosted at the center as well.

"Two other structures, the Gazebo and the Kidston Pavilion, are often the site of weddings, programs, and classes."
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