Peak seasons

Memorial Garden celebrates the return of spring and the changing of seasons. This year's spring flower display will be during the first two weeks of April and features approximately 16,000 tulips in varying colors from year to year. In addition to tulips, spring also brings forth many azaleas, flowering trees, pansies, daffodils, hyacinths, and a diverse collection of plants.

Throughout the seasons, the garden displays breathtaking beauty with many trees in excess of 200 years old, and a variety of flowering bulbs, and nature's canopies.

Garden Rules

In order to maintain the serenity and beauty of the garden, our management asks that rules and respectful behavior be kept while visiting our garden. Memorial Garden is a privately owned and operated cemetery and botanical garden, and is not a city or county maintained park. Garden rules and behavior must be observed at all times while in the garden. Any one who does not observe rules, or is displaying inappropriate behavior as deemed by garden staff will be asked to leave.

1. No pets

2. No alcoholic beverages

3. No profanity

4. No weddings

5. No unattended children under the age of 14

6. No climbing trees

7. No picking flowers

8. No stepping in flower beds.

9. Must stay on sidewalks or designated paths.

10. Must be out of the garden by closing times.

11. No radios

12. No entering garden after hours...this will be considered trespassing

13. Do not play in garden water features such as fountains and ponds

14. No touching of tomb stones

15. Absolutely no placing of children on plants or in flower beds for pictures

16. We strive to keep our garden clean; please use trash cans and do not liter.

17. No bicycles, skateboards, etc.

We welcome visitors of all ages; however please use caution when walking up steps and rock ways. We do not have handicapped accessible walkways in all areas, and do not have public restrooms. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Regulations Concerning Professional Photographers

Reservations for use of the Garden for professional photography sessions must be made in advance on a first come first serve basis.

There will be two sessions a day available-10AM until 12 Noon and 1PM until 2PMOnly one professional photographer at a time will be allowed at each session.Professional photographers will not be allowed to use the Garden for sessions on Sunday.

The charge for each session will be $50.00 payable at the time of the session.

The photographer may use the Jones Yorke Room if it is available.If a non-profit has reserved the room at the same time as the photographer, the photographer will not be able to use the room for changing, but the $50.00 fee will still apply.The reservations for the Jones Yorke Room are on a first come first serve basis so the photographer should know at the time the session is reserved if the room is available or not.However, if the room is not available the $50.00 fee will still apply. If the Jones York Room is used, it is to be left in a clean, orderly condition.

No photography equipment is to be set up in the flower beds.No heavy photographic equipment is to be set up on the grass (i.e. shades, etc.)The subject or subjects of the photograph are not to be positioned in the flower beds.No animals of any kind (such as dogs, bunnies, etc.) are to be brought into the Garden for use in the pictures.

These rules define a professional photographer as an individual taking pictures for profit even if this is not their main source of income.The payment of the $50.00 fee does not free the photographer or his subjects from following other established Garden rules such as no bicycles, skateboards, etc.The Garden manager is authorized by the Board of Trustees of Memorial Garden Association to enforce these rules and to use his discretion concerning situations that may not be specifically addressed above.

The Board of Trustees of Memorial Garden Association would like to take this opportunity to remind all visitors that the Garden is a cemetery and therefore the area is to be treated with the utmost respect at all times.

To make reservations, please contact the Garden manager at 704-786-8009.

Tours & The Jones Yorke Room

Memorial Garden offers tours to churches, schools, garden clubs and other groups. We request that groups are in size of 25 individuals or less and that reservations are made in advance and are subject to availability. Anyone wishing to occupy the Jones Yorke Room for partys or meetings can book the room for a fee of $50. There is also a $50 fee required for any tours and additional donations are greatly appreciated. For more information, or to make reservations, please contact garden staff at 704-786-8009.

Donations

In 1966, Memorial Garden Association began operating through a trust fund established by Marshall Phifer Williamson. To learn the history of Memorial Garden, please be sure to visit our garden history section. If you would like to make a contribution to the fund please mail it to:

Memorial Garden Association
P.O. Box 1193
Concord, NC 28026