The Garden is located on the St. Joseph River and contains landscape gardens (8 acres), woodland nature preserve (50 acres), an arboretum of trees and shrubs from temperate regions around the world (40 acres, started in 1971), and restored tallgrass prairie (5 acres, started in 1976), as well as a conservatory (greenhouse) featuring more than 100 kinds of tropical ferns.

The landscape gardens include a Japanese "dry" garden designed by Ben Oki (1979), a hosta garden with dawn redwood and Ginkgo, a tufa rock garden started in the 1950s, a fern garden with more than 50 types of hardy ferns, a boxwood garden, a lilac garden (1940s), a lily pond (1977), and an herb garden featuring over 200 types of herbs.

The nature center displays exhibits about the ecosystems and animals of Fernwood and items of seasonal interest, as well as live animals including an active beehive and local reptiles and amphibians. Environmental education programs are offered year round.

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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New Buffalo

10/10 Excellent

"Nice"

Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI

8/10 Good

"The hotel was pretty comfortable. Room had a lot of space and the bed was comfortable. We didn’t have a shower curtain when we arrived so the lady at the desk handed us one and said we could do it because it was easy to put up, otherwise we had to wait until she had time because she was busy. Our phone in the room didn’t work and they didn’t fix it or even look at it during the 3 days we were there. The staff was pretty rude whenever we had to ask for anything. "