Cheekwood Botanical and Museum of Art completes its 50th anniversary this year. A local landmark this is an ideal place for nature and art lovers. Spread over 50 acres this garden has got more than a dozen different gardens featuring a lot of plant species.

Some of the gardens you will find in Cheekwood Nashville are Martin Boxwood gardens, Wills Perennial Garden, Burr Terrace Garden and the Carell Woodland Trail. These gardens are lined with different sculptures, wildflowers, and oak trees. This is a very pleasant garden with ponds, squirrels, birds, and many little animals that have made this garden their home.

You can also opt for the public tours that the museum hosts time and again for its visitors. You need to reserve in advance and have a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 60 people per group. There are special docent tours that also happen where an experienced teacher or expert in the field takes you around explaining all exhibits, and gardens in detail.

There are three styles of art in Cheekwood Nashville's permanent art collection. They have paintings and sculptures, decorative arts, and contemporary art. This gallery was founded in the 1959 and has collections of Andy Warhol, Robert Ryman and Larry Rivers. There is a lot of explore when it comes to painting and sculpture with a collection of 600 paints and around 5000 prints that can be found in the Cheekwood Art section. Some of the most famous American artists have their works displayed here. Some of those are James Hamilton, Luks and William Edmondson.

Fine dining is what people look for in a city. Nashville Tennessee is where you could find elegant but cheap restaurants that also offer good food. Staying in a Nashville Tennessee hotel is also offering delicious food in their restaurant or dining room.

But going outside to taste the real dishes of the city is more exciting. Beautiful sites like the Cheekwood Gardens Nashville are near to great restaurants and local food of the city.

What is in the Cheekwood Gardens?

A garden that is full of beautiful flowers and trees the Cheekwood Gardens is one of the most visited sites in the town of Nashville Tennessee. There is also a museum of the things in the Garden long time ago so it is pretty historic as well. The Cheekwood mansion located inside of the garden is very old and elegant in nature. Click on to this site for more information about the Cheekwood Gardens.

http://www.cheekwood.org/

Where is the Cheekwood Garden located?

The Cheekwood Garden is located near the localities of the city of Nashville. The many Nashville Tennessee hotels are nearby so there would be no hassles on transportation. The Cheekwood Garden is in 1200 Forrest Park Drive Nashville Tennessee. Click on to this site for more of the gardens features.

http://www.travelmuse.com/pois/US/TN/037/attractions/cheekwood-botanical-garden-and-museum-of-art

What are other places we can go to the Cheekwood gardens?

There are many sites in the garden where you could also visit. Like the Garden itself and the Museum of art in the Cheekwood mansion.

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The hotels Nashville TN can offer are all luxury, they are so comforting but not everyone will pleased by them, only a few would.

One good thing about Nashville is that it has a lot of historical places which still stand until now with all their splendor and beauty. Just like the Cheekwood in Nashville which one of the favorite tourist destinations. History has it that it was the resident of the Cheek family back in 1960.

Being one of the tourist attractions, there should be something special about the place. And you can expect the following:

Art Museum

- The collection of Cheekwood was under the management of the Nashville Museum of Art in 1959. Included in the collections were American and British decorative arts, American art and contemporary art. The mansion is also a part of the collection because of the beauty it projects.

Botanical Garden

- All corners of the 55-acre land are covered with different plant collections like hosta, dogwood, hydrangea, herb, fern, holly and many more. Tourists and visitors will be amazed by any designs they can find inside the botanical garden. There are eight curves which visitors will be passing before the exit. Also, the garden is really conducive to studying. With its peaceful and restful ambiance, your mind will be cleared from troubles.

Although only a few could possibly appreciate the beauty that the place is trying to project, but everything in there is more beautiful than the hotels Nashville TN can offer.

Follow the links to learn more about the place:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheekwood

http://www.cheekwood.org/