Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Photo: Ron Cogswell · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🌷 Garden · Vienna
2 hours · $ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 30 min driveFrom Rockville · Parking: Free lot inside the park; admission about $6 adults, about $3 ages 7–17, free under 6
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
Vienna's 95-acre garden: paved paths circle three ponds with koi and turtles, with gazebos and little bridges over the water, the only Korean bell garden in the country, and a big stand of cherry trees; gentle grades and good surfaces make it the most stroller-friendly garden in Northern Virginia, and in winter it becomes the Winter Walk of Lights.
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