Below: As Lee Duquette drove through Mansfield, Ohio on the way to Kingwood Center Garden, Karen Duquette snapped a few photos along the way.

Note: On this date, gardens and grounds were open 10:00 am – 7:00 pm daily (9 pm Thursdays) - always subject to change, so check their official website. Some areas may close earlier than the gardens. On this date, July 1, it was free admission.

Normal prices for Kingwood Center (also subject to change) are General Garden Admission: $10
Children 7-18 years: $5
Children 6 years and under: Free
Kingwood Members: Free
Military discount (active and retired): $1 off

Kingwood Center Gardens is renowned for its distinctive floral displays, unique plant specimens, woodland trails, historic mansion and gardens, display greenhouse, duck pond, and peacocks, plus the Garden Gateway visitor center. This exquisite garden estate once was the home of the innovative industrialist, Charles Kelley King.

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette enjoyed flowers and ducks at Kingwood Center Gardens plus statues, ponds, and more. There are a lot of photos on this page, and hopefully, they will load quickly.

Below: Ducks enjoying the Nature Pond

Below: A beautiful Peacock posed for photographs.

Below: Karen Duquette is not sure what this monument is, but it must be some sort of peace monument or friendship monument because of the crossed hands.

Below: Lots of flowers at Kingwood Center Gardens and some bees

Below: Flower in a pond at Kingwood Center Gardens

Below: Karen Duquette photographing
her reflection in a window

Below: A very happy Karen Duquette

Below: Statues, ponds and more at Kingwood Center Gardens

Below: The final statue is a Satyr- also half-man, half-goat who is believed to be the companion of Pan, the god of fertility, and Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The Satyr is often associated with imbibing in wine, music, dance, and women.

Sadly, there is not much known about the majority of the statues and fountains on the property. Unlike our current age where everything is meticulously documented, a half-century ago that was not the case.

Below: The statue shown above and below is a Satyr - also half-man, half-goat, who is believed to be the companion of Pan, the god of fertility, and Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The Satyr is often associated with imbibing in wine, music, dance, and women.

Below: Located on the terraced formal gardens amid the evergreen hedges pruned to look like walls, Lee and Karen Duquette came upon the Lady Of Gaillardia. It was commissioned from sculptor Anton Vozech, who was from Ohio. He used three models to create the nude figure.

Below: Statue

Below: One of several a trip hazards in a walkway

Below: The Formal Garden Pond at Kingwood Center Gardens with flowers and a stork statue.

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