CLARY GARDENS
Summer is the perfect time to visit Clary Gardens in Coshocton, Ohio. The garden’s mission is to develop and maintain a public botanical garden that provides access to horticultural education, environmental stewardship, local history and the arts. Visitors are encouraged to hike and explore. The “Upper Paths” feature natural and artificial walking surfaces such as grass and limestone. The “Lower Paths,” and those surrounding the new event space are paved, allowing better access for those with limited mobility or strollers. Assistance for persons using wheelchairs or walkers is recommended, as are comfortable shoes to explore all areas.
Clary Gardens features include the new Vivarium, or butterfly enclosure, rose garden, gazebo and sandstone amphitheater, where outdoor and interactive theatrical events are held each summer. The mile-long Woodland Trail showcases the area’s sandstone outcroppings & streams, which is a perfect mild-to-moderate terrain hike. Recent additions include a Children’s Garden and Storybook Trail, as well as a 40’ by 60’ event pavilion surrounded by paved paths, waterfall, pond, fireplace, and grand staircase. Themed gardens include a Pollinator Garden, Japanese Garden, and White Garden, allowing guests to be transported to new exotic locations without leaving Coshocton.
Featured within the gardens are a pair of 1800s-era homes and a stone courtyard with working springhouse. Two ponds on the northside of the property help feed the annual and perennial displays through a gravity-fed cistern system. Special educational events and programs are held year-round.
3 Things to Know Before You Go
🔷Clary Gardens is open Sunday – Friday during daylight hours and Saturdays until 2 PM, when it closes to the public for weddings. Please check the website calendar before you go for additional hours and events.
🔷Maps are available in the parking lots and “Welcome Area” and public restroom can be found in the centrally located red facility near the accessible parking spaces.
🔷Leashed pets are welcome at Clary Gardens.
📍588 W Chestnut St (SR 541 W), Coshocton, OH, United States, 43812
(740) 622-6524 | info@clarygardens.org | clarygardens.org
The Clary Gardens is just one of the many places you can explore when visiting Coshocton. To learn more, order a free visitor guide or look for nearby accommodations Visit Coshocton Visitor Bureau.
Coshocton Visitors Bureau
Coshocton Supply Co.
432 N. Whitewoman Street, Coshocton, OH 43812
740-622-4877 | 800-338-4724
visitcoshocton.com
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A HISTORIC ROSCOE VILLAGE ROAD TRIP
Pack up the car, put Historic Roscoe Village into your GPS, and hit the road! Summer is the perfect time to visit Coshocton County, where you’ll find beautiful outdoor areas, unique shopping and dining, and living history, all within Historic Roscoe Village. Visitors of all ages will enjoy the Canal Town Discovery Walk, a ticketed living history tour, and see what day-to-day life in an 1800s canal town was like. Watch metalworkers in the blacksmith shop, weavers using a loom, broom makers crafting a broom, and tour a canal-era doctor’s office. Living history tours are available 10am-4pm daily.
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