The Lou Glenn Children’s Garden
The Lou Glenn Children’s Garden is open 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
First opened in 1999, the Children's Garden was built in partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to emphasize wellness and healing. Among the first of its kind in the country, the two-acre garden underwent extensive renovation in 2015-16 and reopened as the Lou Glenn Children's Garden, which honors a longtime supporter who was instrumental in developing the original space.
The Lou Glenn Children's Garden is accessed by crossing the charming Flower Bridge, arched over what was previously the Garden's main entry road. When the kids aren’t having fun splashing, climbing and playing, there’s plenty to learn from the display collections. A stepped vegetable garden demonstrates the various stages of edible gardening. The conservation bog piques curiosity with Venus Fly Traps and Pitcher Plants. In the spring, the entrance garden brims with colorful springtime flowers.
The Children's Garden is also home to living collections of a different sort: honeybees. During warm weather months, see the inside of a beehive as bees feverishly make honey behind the safety of a glass case.