• Upcoming Events

    ATTENTION SCHOOL AND YOUTH GROUPS: We are now booking guided visits for the coming season, and transportation grants are available! Click here for more information.

    VOLUNTEER WORK DAYS FOR 2012 HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED. Here's a great chance to beautify Wegerzyn and pick up tips from the pros.  Click here for further information. 

    JUST ANNOUNCED! OUR 2012 TRIP TO WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE & ANNAPOLIS.  Space is limited.  Sign up now!

    ALSO JUST ANNOUNCED! OUR 2012 BUS TRIPS TO LOCAL ATTRACTIONS.  Click here.

  • Latest News

    brentbeckysFREE MONEY!  Did you know that you can order from Brent & Becky's Bulbs and support us in the process? Just go to www.bloominbucks.com, select us as your organization, and a portion of your purchase price will be donated to us! Now's the time to order summer-blooming bulbs. Thanks go to Wegerzyn staff member Megan Croswell for setting this up. Brent & Becky's is one of her favorite sources for great bulbs.northview

    Our Patrick Dougherty sculpture, "A Wiggle in Its Walk," is a nearly 200-foot-long tunnel of woven saplings that curls through Wegerzyn's North Plaza. Its doors and windows invite visitors to peer into and out of the whimsical 19-foot-high structure.  Click here to learn more.

    OPRA AWARD! Our Dougherty Project was awarded the FIRST PLACE for cultural arts programs by the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association (OPRA)!  Kudos go to the Dougherty Steering Committee chaired by Carol Powell, Ed Lehman (who wrote the nomination) and the Five Rivers MetroParks personnel, especially Bob Butts. 


     

     

Welcome to the Wegerzyn Gardens Foundation

The Wegerzyn Gardens Foundation is dedicated to supporting the educational and horticultural programs and continued development of Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark.  We do this primarily by conducting fundraising activities and offering a membership program, in addition to other sources of income.

Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark began in 1973 as the Benjamin Wegerzyn Horticultural Center and in 1995 became part of Five Rivers MetroParks. Today it is one of our region’s finest public gardens!  It is free and open to the public virtually year-round.  More information about Wegerzyn and its programs can be found at www.metroparks.org/wegerzyn.

What we do

  • Our foundation gives additional funding to Five Rivers MetroParks to enable enhancements to Wegerzyn’s facilities.  Recent examples include decorative commemorative benches on the Garden Green and the construction of the award-winning Children’s Discovery Garden.
  • We provide funding and support for major public programs at Wegerzyn, such as the upcoming Patrick Dougherty exhibit and its related “Branching Out” programs in the community.
  • We are growing an endowment fund to protect and enhance Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark for generations to come.
  • Our events and programs attract new visitors to enjoy the beauty and healthful benefits of Wegerzyn, and we’re working hard to promote its greater awareness throughout the tri-state region.

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 Photo of Patrick Dougherty sculpture "A Wiggle in Its Walk" by Bill Franz

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