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Explore the DeVos-Keeler Gift Shop, offering a unique collection of original and handmade gifts, including jewelry, accessories, and treasures for your home and garden. For young visitors, there are also educational books, toys, and baby items to make their visit memorable.
The DeVos / Keeler Gift Shop at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a premier destination for quality gift selections. Their exquisite and distinctive gifts feature a broad assortment of glass, jewelry and pottery, as well as garden tools and seasonal offerings including seeds and bulbs.
- 1000 East Beltline Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, 49525, MI
- (616) 957-7904
Twenty-nine sculptures in total, including figurative groupings, were a gift to the organization that in 1995 became Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. These sculptures are the foundation of the Meijer Gardens collection.
- The Welcome Center
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- James and Shirley Balk Cafe
- Leonardo Di Vinci’s Horse
- Lena Meijer Children’s Garden
- The Richard & Helen Devos Japanese Garden
- Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory
- Kenneth E. Nelson Carnivorous Plant House
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The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park shouts sculpture from the minute you walk through the doors. The recently-renovated 69,000-square-foot Welcome Center showcases the work of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa in a sculpture piece, Utopia, that surrounds all four walls of the center’s Garden Pavilion. Created in Barcelona from white marble sourc...
At 158 acres, it can be a lot of walking, even just to see the highlights. Fortunately, the Guided Tram Tours function with a complete schedule from May 1 through September 30. Be aware the Tram Tours aren’t offered in January or February. The garden also provides adult-guided walking tours at specific dates and times on its website. Or use one of ...
Meijer Gardens is open 362 days a year, closed only on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years’ Day. While Sundays are open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the rest of the week they’re available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Tuesdays, they stay open until 7 p.m. I enjoy visiting in late summer or early fall, but the garden remains open year-round wi...
Even if you’re not hungry, stop by the James and Shirley Balk Cafe, or you’ll miss Dale Chihuly’s alluring glass ceiling sculpture. Named Lena’s Garden, the sculpture created from dozens of individual pieces of blown glass spans the ceiling in a rainbow of colors from cool greens to bright reds. If you need sustenance during your hours in the garde...
Animal sculptor Nina Akamu, inspired in part by Leonardo da Vinci’s late 15th-century plan, created a 24-foot bronze sculpture named American Horse. While da Vinci’s sculpture for the Duke of Milan never materialized, American sculptor Akamu created two models based on da Vinci’s drawings, one in the Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park and th...
Lena Meijer Children’s Garden, a five-acre children’s garden inside the more extensive garden, offers various interactive, hands-on activities. I thought the fact that the kids can enter through their own small door and are greeted by a giant mouse sculpture was a fun touch. You might be worried that a botanical garden and sculpture park will leave...
Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park contains an 8-acre Japanese garden, which features a traditional Japanese garden landscape design. It’s a simple, minimalist setting intended to inspire meditation and reflection. You’ll find four waterfalls within the Japanese garden. More than just a visual element, waterfalls also add to the sensual expe...
The five-story-tall, 15,000-square-foot Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory is the largest of its kind in Michigan, featuring over 500 flora species from five continents. At this indoor garden, you’ll find tropical waterfalls and verdant vegetation. I particularly enjoyed the Conservatory’s Orchid Wall with a constantly changing 3,500-piece orchid co...
Another favorite plant category, especially with the grandkids, is the carnivorous plants. The Carnivorous Plant House features all types of meat-eating plants. The Venus fly traps are relatively common, but you’ll also see butterworts, pitcher plants, and sundews. Be sure to visit this exhibit with the grandkids and you’ll become known as the “coo...
Michigan is a car state, and the Frederik Meijer Garden & Sculpture Park isn’t located in downtown Grand Rapids, but rather a few miles away, so it’s best to have a car to reach the park easily. If you have more time, consider one of these other gorgeous gardens around Michiganas well. Love sculpture parks? Consider these: 1. 9 Best Outdoor Sculptu...
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The gardens welcome visitors Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours on Tuesday until 9 p.m. A cafe and gift shop are located...
The internationally acclaimed Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, West Michigan, is a sprawling 158-acre botanical garden and outdoor sculpture park showcasing a stunning collection of over three hundred sculptures created by renowned artists worldwide.
