The Garden Conservancy

06/02/2026

06/01/2026

What a joy to see our Garden Futures Grants helping to grow efforts like these!! 🌱 We're now accepting applications for our next round. Learn more here: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/programs/grants

05/15/2026

Exploring a new garden is guaranteed to bring all sorts of surprises. But it’s good to know ahead of time what type of terrain you’ll encounter.

This year our Open Days event listings offer more information about the terrain you can expect during your garden visits. Hosts have an opportunity to provide notes about hilly pathways, steps, cobblestone walks, or other conditions.

When you see the “Terrain” mountain peak symbol in our printed Directory, expect to find notes from the garden host when you visit the registration page online.

We hope this helps you be better prepared for a beautiful, healthy, happy day of discovery. 🌞

Browse upcoming Open Days:
https://www.gardenconservancy.org/events/all-events?types=Digging+Deeper%2COpen+Days+Ticket

05/13/2026

Gardens are a joyous, creative, community-building part of historic preservation, and we’re proud to celebrate Preservation Month with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

This year, the celebration focuses on sites that bring to life one of the most powerful promises made in the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago: that all people are created equal.

Anne Spencer’s historic garden in Virginia is a vibrant example. It was the private sanctuary of one of the most important poets of the Harlem Renaissance, and an essential meeting ground for civil rights leaders of the era. Today the garden is open to the public daily, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Anne Spencer House & Garden is a living monument to the American promise, and principle, of equality. We’re proud to partner with the National Trust at sites like the Spencer garden, and we join in the celebration this May.

“Their story matters. This place matters. This landscape matters," says , executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and strategic advisor to the CEO of the National Trust. "And we believe that this historic place must stand in perpetuity to tell this important American story."

🎥 Watch the rest of our film “Earth, I Thank You: The Garden and Legacy of Anne Spencer” here: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/films/spencer

The Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation

05/12/2026

On Sunday, May 17, step inside two lush and beautiful garden sanctuaries opening for a day in Wilmington, DE, and nearby Swarthmore, PA. Each is brimming with springtime blooms:

🌿Thistle, in North Wilmington, includes a Japanese courtyard, small ponds, rock and trough gardens, and secluded woodland. Primulas and Cypripediums flower throughout May.
Register: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/garden-directory/open-days/thistle

🌿Hedgleigh Spring, in Swarthmore, features an early 20th century flower garden surrounded by a series of garden rooms, including shade gardens, a small naturalistic pond, stream and waterfall, and vegetable garden. Owner Charles Cresson is author of three books on gardening.
Register: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/garden-directory/open-days/hedgleigh-spring-258e5e06-c074-48fe-94d2-f6c2bcdc4ca7

05/11/2026

Which gardens will you visit this year?

Garden Conservancy Open Days are in full bloom, offering hundreds of visiting opportunities from California to Maine to places in between.

"Like a backstage pass, but for gardens."
—LAist

🔗 Explore the possibilities: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/events/all-events?types=Digging+Deeper%2COpen+Days+Ticket

05/07/2026

On Saturday, May 16, come surround yourself with gorgeous native wildflowers, grasses, succulents and cactus in three private gardens in the Denver region. Learn how beauty & ecology combine in these drought-tolerant gardens.

Open Days in the Denver Metropolitan Area are presented by Denver Botanic Gardens. Tap the photos to learn more & register.