Kingwood Center

The Kingwood Center is a historic 47-acre (190,000 m2) site with a house, gardens and greenhouses, located at 900 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Ohio. The house and grounds were built in 1926 for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelley King, with grounds designed by Cleveland landscape architecture firm Pitkin and Mott.On November 07, 1976, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.In 1953 the estate became a public garden. The gardens are now open daily without charge. Estate grounds currently include the following collections: * Cacti and Succulent House - cacti and succulents. * Daylily and Iris Collection - about 200 daylily cultivars, 54 Siberian iris cultivars, 50 cultivars of tall bearded iris, and 10 cultivars of reblooming tall bearded iris. * Herb Garden (1977) - a knot garden in six sections, of herbs in juniper and boxwood edging.

* Historic Garden (1926) - a sequence of connected "rooms" enclosed by hedges, each built around a central feature such as a sunken garden, a small circular pool, a swimming pool, or a bronze sculpture of Pan.

* Parterre - boxwood edging filled with seasonal tulips and annuals.

* Peony Garden - over 170 cultivars of herbaceous peonies.

* Perennial Garden - over 300 varieties of perennial plants in large borders.

* Rose Garden (1977) - nearly 500 roses, mainly hybrid teas and grandifloras, as well as a new section of David Austin roses.

* Terrace (1994) - seasonal beds of tulips and annuals, with a variety of shrubs.

* Tropical House - tropical plants, including Acalypha hispida (chenille plant), Acalypha wilkesiana 'Obovata Cristata' (copperleaf), Anthurium (flamingo flower), Codiaeum (croton), Cordyline fruticosa 'Fire Brand' (ti tree), Dichorisandra warscewicziana (blue ginger), Ficus deltoidea (mistletoe fig), Jatropha integerrima (spicy jatropha), Justicia brandegeeana (shrimp plant), and Rivina humilis (blood berry).

August 14, 2009 was an insanely hot and humid day. The shoot and walk through the park took about 3 1/2 hours. I've put this together with music and I hope that you all enjoy it.
Music: January Rain- David Gray, Spring (At Last)- Paul Weller, New Glass- Wolfgang Press

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• Kingwood Center
• Mansfield Ohio
• gardens
• terraces
• manor
• flowers
• lilies
• lush
• green
• trees
• nature
• public park
• fountains
• greenhouses
• historical landmarks
• Charles Kelley King
• succulents
• daylily
• cultivars
• tall bearded iris
• sculptures
• Pan

[kirstenlguthrie]

Thanks for all of the nice comments. It was only my second (and sadly last) visit to Kingwood. I wanted to make it so that I could remember from walking in the front gates to leaving by the duck pond, exactly how it was. I hope that I did a good job of that.

[kirstenlguthrie]

I should probably also add that this was all shot with a Cannon Powershot SD20 Digital Elph 5.0 Megapixel. This was also my first time producing any sort of slide show or video.

K

[TheTwinMa]

Lovely and very relaxing to watch. A real keeper for those days when you are tired, stressed, and need something to help you unwind. Thanks for the retreat.

[YourGardenShow]

What a beautiful garden. Looks like a lovely place to spend a sunny summer day!

[opanersgirl]

I miss going to kingwood :(

[citiscanner]

Really nice pictures and a great variety too, its good to see Kingwood Center on a summer day, especially as i type this its all snowy cold out. gives me warm thoughts and looking forward to a new year of going back to Kingwood again : )