Listing and map of all 28 gardens, 14 organizations, and 12 vendors and their locations, garden size, age of garden, and garden tags (categories).
This site is an Info Station with maps and ambassadors. NE Corner of Seneca St and Northfield Blvd. The backyard is accessible via the gate off of Northfield Blvd.
Discover radiant roses, sun-loving silphiums, and towering tallgrasses that have replaced 2,000 square feet of lawn with 200+ Michigan native species of flowers, grasses, sedges, ferns, and shrubs, 21 dwarf fruit trees, vegetables in raised beds, and berry bushes. Gardens include a butterfly-shaped rain garden, a pollinator prairie, a woodland understory, a shade savanna, & 4 rain barrels.
Org: Friends of the Rouge
Vendors: Purple Love Gardening and Mugs and Other Jugs
This site has an Info Station with maps and ambassadors. Entire plot available to enjoy. Please wander and wonder, sit and swing, explore and engage, climb and connect!
Oldest, lawnless property in Oak Park? My Grandmother, Master Gardener, Jeanne Vogt, established this estate between 1986-88. She instilled and inspired in our family a love, fascination and reverence for the natural world. I am honored to have had the opportunity to purchase the property and steward her sanctuary since 2020, transforming it into a space that meets and evolves with the dynamic needs of two young amazing Autistic individuals!
Vend: Ullman's Tea Cube
This site has an Info Station with maps and ambassadors. Located in the Lincoln Shopping Center at Greenfield and Lincoln, tables in front of the store will feature a plant and seed giveaway, Wild Ones - North Oakland, the Save Sibley Prairie Coalition, and the entire store is accessible to visitors, with a discount offered to Garden Tour attendees day of!
The Book Beat Literary Garden is a specially-curated selection of books for children and adults on gardening, natural landscape design, plants and pollinators, the environment, and stewarding the planet. Free plant and seed giveaway and a discount for all garden tour attendees. Support your local independent bookstore, discover a new title, and bring home a plant to grow or seeds to sow!
Orgs: Wild Ones - North Oakland, Save Sibley Prairie Coaltion, and Rochester Pollinators
Committee Member site! After you view the front garden, proceed up the driveway and enter through back gate.
This is the 9th summer tending this yard and it began with nothing but grass. I have planted over 50 shrubs and trees, along with hundreds of perennials, many rescued from properties that were to be torn down. Slowly it has transformed into a natural woodland, perennial area, shade area, raised veg garden, and new pond area which has created a thriving ecosystem.
Orgs: Detroit Bird Alliance
Vendor: Impel Java
Committee Member site! Front and Back yard. Parking is only on the opposite side but you are welcome to park in our driveway.
A rare triple lot in North Oak Park allows a rich diversity of blooms, fruits, vegetables, and upcycled garden art. Peaches, corn, tomatoes, squash, leafy greens, and more are complimented by eye-catching blossoms carefully curated for their colors, textures, height, and combined aesthetic.
Org: MSU Extension - Master Gardeners
Vendor: Scribbles and Giggles
Vendor: Neighborhood Kids' Lemonade Stand
Our front yard and rain garden include a stone pathway to take folks around the fledgling shade garden of our front yard. Folks are welcome to enter the backyard gardens from the front gate and the side gate at the cul-de-sac.
The front yard is a fledgling woodland, featuring 400 native Michigan plant species and a rain garden. In the backyard, there is a circle garden and a sidelot garden featuring all native Michigan meadow plants and bushes. We have some sculptures installed and while our beds may not be the tidiest, we do love the chaos of our prairie. A small 'Asian-inspired' garden can be found in the back yard behind a willow tree. We also have an American Elm in our backyard!
Vendor: Michiganense Natives
We are located three houses south of Kenwood on Rensselaer St. Please feel free to stroll through the gardens in the front yard including the raised beds on the south side of the house. Enter the backyard through the gate on the north side of the house.
The front yard island is a Japanese-inspired ecological garden and the south side of the house has new raised beds for veggies and cut flowers. The backyard is whimsical with a pollinator garden and a semi-shade garden. You will notice our collection of garden art throughout the space. Take special note of our love for owls through the sculptures. How many can you find?
Org: Sierra Club - Southeast Michigan Group
Vendor: City Kitty Beads and Glass
Street parking is available on both sides, be mindful of the fire hydrant across the street. The back garden can be accessed through the gate. We are just south of the Kenwood/Roanoke intersection, just north of 9 Mile.
This yard is a labor of love, built on a joy of gardening, community, and the desire to bring everyone together through food and native habitats! The front yard is for pollinators and people alike; enjoy strawberries, snap peas, green beans and Michigan kiwi. Along the curb are sweet potatoes alongside wildflowers. In the back are greens and brassicas, potatoes, and all the berries you could want, plus ferns and drooping trillium.
Org: RainSmart Rebates
Vendor: Abbyssinian Designs
Visitors may freely access our yard. We will be home to answer any questions regarding the garden and ponds. We are excited to share our garden!
Cottage-style garden with multiple ponds bursting with colors, water, fairy gardens, fish, and playful garden art sited on a unique and original Oak Park homestead house built in the 1920s. A neighborhood fixture for generations!
Certified Wildlife Habitat and Certified Monarch Waystation!
Org: Oakland County Parks
Front and back yard! Access the back via driveway gate
First-time homeowners with a burgeoning native plant obsession! We moved in 3 years ago, and have since converted existing garden beds, neglected areas, and a good portion of lawn into fully native, prairie-style plantings. We’ve also got herbs, fruits, and veggies, a hellstrip planting, and a beautiful Redbud in the front yard. We'll continue to nurture our Michigan flora and fauna!
Orgs: Oakland Conservation District and Michigan Nature Association
Enjoy the front and back yard. Have a seat on the patio. Have a chat or rest a bit.
We started with a few rounds of hostas and they quickly exploded into hundreds! Our plan has always been to have low maintenance plants that look nice, bring some color every year and allow the wildlife to flourish.
Vendor: Honey Help Apiary
Front yard only. Accessible from Majestic St sidewalk.
I’ve been here about 3 years, learning as I go. Went grassless last year. Prioritizing Michigan native and edible plants where possible. Sustainability on the mind. My joyful, work-in-progress where the vast majority of my plants I got for free- dug by hand or gifted, shows the generosity of my community.
Certified Master Rain Garden!
Vendor: Plants for Ecology
We are across the street from Norup School. Look for the blue rain barrel out front. Come view the front and backyard gardens and the awesome honey bee observation hive! Host is an MSU Extension Master Gardener, a Master Composter, and Beekeeper.
I invite you to my gardens, mixtures of native plants, fruit trees, perennials, vegetables, and herbs. I welcome wildlife, friends, and neighbors to enjoy the sanctuary of chemical-free nature in harmony. The compost bins provide year-round kitchen waste containment, providing rich nutrients for the living soil. An observation hive will be on site the day of the tour, though the hives are kept one mile away.
Backyard garden is accessible from driveway. Location is between the boulevard and Northfield .
Eccentric, eclectic and soothing.
Vendor: Roo Cookie Factory
Front yard only
This pollinator friendly garden also provides shelter for community cats and other visitors. Native plants and a hodgepodge of delights replace the standard grass lawn. A little free library offers books, birdbaths abound and rain barrels capture water for the plants. A rose trellis by the side of the porch provides fragrant blooms throughout the summer.
National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat!
Verndor: Faye Soli Collage
Behind Pie Sci on the Forest St side.
We grow herbs for use in Pie Sci, Forest Bakery and Hansen's Hall. It is ideal for us to have fresh ingredients and to use space that would otherwise be just grass.
Pie Sci is offering a special Garden Tour pizza today!
I'm located on the corner of Rosewood and Kenwood. You can park on Kenwood or at the Lower Elementary school diagonal from me. You may access the front yard and the backyard (through the fence gate).
My garden is inspired by my grandmother who loved her flowers. It is a burst of color from a variety of perennials and annuals. Greenery is mainly a variety of hostas and some rhubarb. There are lilies, cone flowers, fox glove, black eye Susan's, bagonias, petunias, hydrangeas (although they aren't doing well this year), and roses. There is a lilac tree on the side of the house.
2025 Beautification Award winner!
Blue house. Gardens are in the backyard.
I converted parts of my grass lawn that was devoid of all life to native vegetation. Now, it’s full of biodiversity. It’s less to mow and attracts insects and animals. It’s a win-win. There is one rain barrel to water the vegetable garden.
The yard has wild strawberries, bee balm, couple of shrubs, milkweed, other native vegetation, and a small peach tree.
There is a pile of sticks for wildlife habitat, a bird bath, and a pile of logs for food for wood-eating insects.
Front yard only.
The Gnome Home is full of hostas and sedum. We have some lovely begonias and our peonies and irises are in full bloom! Look around and you may find some magic.
Please feel free to walk through our front yard garden and check out the espalier apple fence in our western side yard.
We purchased our new home three years ago and have been working on it ever since. As an arborist, I collect plants from clients who no longer want them and give them a new home in my garden! It has a lot of growing to do, but I have been incredibly happy with the woody plants I have installed. I am passionate about plants that can provide food sources for myself as well as wildlife. Moving forward, I intend on installing berry producing shrubs and trees as well as native herbaceous perennials.
In the back alley. You may park in front or next to garden in alley doesn't really matter
The My Place Butterfly Garden was started as a regular flower garden. However, after hearing about the disappearing bee and butterfly populations we made it a point to grow just Michigan wildflowers to attract the local bugs.. Later on, we added more garden beds to grow vegetables for our members. Most of our members are on government assistance, so this helps sublimate their diets with healthy foods.
Certified Monarch Waystation!
Front yard and backyard.
This garden embodies classic Oak Park elegance. Discover carefully maintained and artfully curated annuals, perrenials, bushes, and sod that burst with color, pride, and beauty!
Beautification Award Winner!
Front yard only
TJ’s secret garden has been a work in progress for the past 6 years. It began with a focus on “out with the old and in with the new”! The traditional yard and shrubbery was gutted and that allowed for a blank canvas that has allowed me to make it my own. A simple but eye catching array of hanging baskets, 2 rose bushes, 5 hostas, a Japanese maple and a brand new hydrangea bush have taken the curb appeal from boring to beautiful!
You can access our garden in the front yard from Avon St. Please feel free to walk along the side walk to observe and we will be out to answer any questions/greet.
Welcome to Geranium Grove: From BK to the Park 🌺 This story started in Brooklyn, fell in love with a native Oak Parker, and has blossomed here in Oak Park, MI. At Geranium Grove, we don’t overthink—we plant what brings peace, joy, and bold color to our days. The front yard is full of vibrant red geraniums, planted with love and a little edge—just like the borough they represent. Find cascades of petunias, a proud rose bush, and a bougainvillea. With love, from the borough to the backyard.
You may park on the side street and see the garden in the front yard and in the backyard.
A mix of beautiful flowers and shrubs in the front yard and in the backyard you’ll have a vegetable garden along with a few other flowers and herbs.
2024 Beautification Award Winner!
Theme garden! If it's orange, we grow it! Explore a cornucopia of shades of tangerine, amber, apricot, peach, coral, and even a bit of yellow, er, make that dark daffodil! Discover a garden where your full aesthetic senses are activated and focused on one part of the color wheel, allowing you to appreciate the full depth and breadth of the hues of petals, pistils, stamens, and sepals. Orange you glad you visited this garden?
2024 Beautification Award Winner!
Located on Kenosha Street, just off 10 Mile Road, directly across from the Michigan State Police post. The garden is at the second house from the corner of 10 Mile Road and Kenosha Street, with distinctive green shutters.
The Red Brick Botanical Nook is a charming front garden designed to create a warm and inviting entrance. Lush hostas, vibrant red vincas, and elegant container plantings provide season-long color and texture. Home to more than 544 plants, the garden features flowering annuals, squash and sweet potato vines, mint, and chrysanthemums (mums), creating a colorful landscape that celebrates beauty, creativity, and the joy of gardening.
25+ years Beautification Award winner!
The front yard is available for viewing. You are welcome to walk up into the yard for a closer view.
A south-facing perennial garden in its early years, ever growing. Here you'll find flowering trees (magnolia and two types of cherry), leafy shrubs, and many types of flowers. A variety of colors bloom every month during the spring, summer and even into fall, bringing plenty of bee, butterfly, and bird activity. We are new gardeners with two little kids so our garden is a bit of a group experiment. We have big dreams for our outdoor space, but it is still being developed. Join us!
Bike and car parking available right in front of the shop! Located on the south side of 11 Mile, just west of Coolidge and next door to the Oak Parker.
New business alert! A rider-first bike shop, cafe, and sanctuary for cyclists, knitters, and neighbors offering food, coffee, and service. Come see the fresh herbs in planters - parsley, mint, rosemary, sage, chervil, and leeks - plus a verdant variety of potted tropical plants on the al fresco patio oasis out front. Inside, try a refreshing hibiscus, an icy cold brew, a hot coffee or a delicious french pasty or breakfast sandwich. We are passionate about service and excited to serve Oak Park!
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