Hours and Info
April 1-September 30: 6:30am-9pm
October 1-March 31: 6:30am-7pm
Phone (cell): 614-208-4301
Phone (office): 614-895-6216
Map & Directions
Photo Doug Askew
Feature Gardens
Brookwood Trail Garden
A seasonal display garden transitions into shade plantings, a hosta collection and a sunny perennial border.
Circle Garden
Four mixed planting points create a compass of seasonal color inviting visitors to choose a path of discovery.
Conifer Garden
A collection of evergreen and deciduous conifers, including dwarf varieties.
Cutting Garden
Annual and perennial plants suitable for use as cut flowers.
Fern Garden
A test site of the Hardy Fern Foundation, featuring a collection of rare and unusual hardy ferns.
Herb Garden
A wide variety of herbs grouped by their uses; features a thyme collection.
Memorial Garden
Shade gardens with island beds of mixed perennial and woody plants, location of signature Inniswood gate and site where the Inniswood hosta was discovered.
Pollinator Garden
Native prairie plants and grasses.
Rose Garden
Collection of hybrid tea, floribunda, climbing and Earth-Kind™ roses.
Sisters’ Garden
Seven gardens within a 2.8-acre children’s garden honoring Grace and Mary Innis.
Woodland Rock Garden
Features cascading waterfalls amid conifers and woodland plants.
Trails
Boardwalk
0.6 miles
Easy – Hike – Boardwalk and gravel – ADA
Winds through a beech-maple forest.
Brookwood
0.4 miles
Easy – Hike – Paved – ADA
Crosses Spring Run and passes the Memorial and Sisters’ Gardens.
Chipmunk Chatter
0.6 miles
Easy – Hike, Bike, Pets – Paved – ADA
A paved multiuse trail located at the end of the parking lot on the exterior of the gardens.
Frog Talk Walk
0.1 miles
Easy – Hike – Boardwalk – ADA
Adjacent to a pond and passes the Rose and Herb gardens.
Sister’s Garden Loop
0.25 miles
Easy – Hike – Paved – ADA
Goes through woods and loops around the Sister’s Garden.
Spring Run
0.3 miles
Easy – Hike – Gravel
Runs through an oak-hickory forest.
Activities
Chipmunk Chatter Trail: 0.6 miles
A paved multiuse trail located at the end of the parking lot on the exterior of the gardens. Biking is allowed at Inniswood only here and in the parking lot.
PET TRAILS
Chipmunk Chatter Trail: 0.6 miles
A paved multiuse trail located at the end of the parking lot on the exterior of the gardens.
Domesticated dogs and cats are not permitted at Inniswood anywhere beyond the parking lot, except on the Chipmunk Chatter Trail on the exterior of the gardens (see above). Pets shall be on a leash no longer than 6 feet.
The former home of sisters, Grace and Mary Innis, Innis House is the site for education programs, staff offices, and has a non-lending horticulture library. Work of local artists is featured in the main room on a monthly basis. Public restrooms are located outside of Innis House on the main grounds. Open Tuesday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm and from 11am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.