From curated gardens to native Piedmont forest, no other place in Atlanta captures the variety of landscapes that have shaped our city’s history.
Goizueta Gardens is a 33-acre landscape encompassing nine distinct gardens—including preserved woodland, diverse plant collections, and heritage-breed animals.
Distinct. Gardens.
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Olguita’s Garden
Honoring the life of Goizueta Gardens namesake Olga “Olguita” C. de Goizueta, this ornamental garden is designed for the enjoyment of flowering and fragrant plants—a place of beauty for quiet reflection amid the hectic pace of city life.
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Quarry Garden
This native garden contains herbal medicinal plants, the mysterious lost camellia, quiet waterfalls, and what is Georgia’s largest native plant collection in one place—25 feet down.
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Smith Farm Gardens
Explore a variety of heirloom plants, flowers, and animal breeds at Smith Farm.
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Swan House Gardens
Gardens of the spectacular Inman estate was designed by Philip Trammell Shutze from 1926-1928, the latter years of the Country Place Era.
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Rhododendron Garden
An abundance of rhododendrons, small flowering trees, and eclectic ground covers.
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Asian Garden
East meets West in the plant world at the Sims Asian Garden.
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Swan Woods
Meander robust forest surrounding the Swan Woods Trail and consider yourself free to explore around the cabin.
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Veterans Park
Within steps of the Atlanta History Center Museum, reflect on the men and women who have served—and continue to serve—the United States of America.
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Entrance Garden
The Entrance Gardens and 60-foot Tree Table are the newest additions to our campus and span eight acres, welcoming guests all year long.
Historic Houses. Explore.
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Swan House
Designed by Philip Trammel Shutze in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman, Swan House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Smith Farm
Smith Farm tells the story of Georgia farm life and enslavement at Atlanta’s oldest surviving farmhouse.
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Wood Cabin
Wood Cabin is a noteworthy example of a log structure built when North Georgia was the frontier.
Join us every Saturday at 2pm for the unique experience of seeing one of our heritage breed animals on their weekly stroll across campus.
Related events. Join us.
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Cherokee Garden Library Spring Talk: Rolf Diamant
Olmsted and Yosemite: Civil War, Abolition, and the National Park IdeaWednesday, Apr 6, 2022 @ 7:00 pm -
Garden stories. Get the dirt.
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The Queen Bees of Atlanta
Atlanta History Center is home to four honey bee colonies named after real-life women who created a lot of buzz in Atlanta history––Selena Sloan Butler, Frances Newman, Shirley Franklin, and Coretta Scott KingAtlanta History Center is home to four honey bee colonies named after real-life women who created a lot of buzz in Atlanta history––Selena Sloan Butler, Frances Newman, Shirley Franklin, and Coretta Scott King
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The American Chestnut Orchard in Goizueta Gardens
This tree that was so much a part of the American landscape for an estimated 40 million years, was made functionally extinct in forty.
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Original Southern Peanut Grown on Smith Farm
Along with enslaved human cargo, European traders transplanted peanuts to the Caribbean and North America in the 17th-century.
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Atlanta History Center Cultivates Concrete Jungle Partnership
As a community-based organization with a dedication to connecting people, history, and culture, Atlanta History Center is committed to showing up and serving the city of Atlanta with the resources we have available.
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Learn. More.
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Buildings & Grounds
Cherokee Garden Library
The Cherokee Garden Library collection holds over 32,000 books, photographs, manuscripts, seed catalogs, and landscape drawings.
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Learning & Research
Fulton County 4-H
In partnership with Fulton County and UGA’s Cooperative Extension, Atlanta History Center established a 4-H and UGA Extension office for the Buckhead community.
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Podcasts
Listen to podcasts featuring experts from the Atlanta History Center.