Cheekwood Entry Garden
Entwined Elegance
Tradition meets modern grace in a refined intertwining of design and horticulture, a living tapestry in shades of vibrant green and gentle color. Crisply clipped boxwood hedges weave a symmetrically interlaced design, their geometry establishing a tranquil order. White azaleas offer a lively counterpoint to the architectural precision. Verdure and cool colors evoke a sense of serene refuge and quiet dignity, an invitation to Home.
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Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
With its intact and picturesque vistas, Cheekwood is distinguished as one of the leading Country Place Era estates in the nation. Formerly the family home of Mabel and Leslie Cheek, the 1930s estate, with its 30,000-square-foot Mansion and 55-acres of gardens, today serves the public as a botanical garden, arboretum, and art museum with furnished period rooms and galleries devoted to American art from the 18th to mid-20th centuries. The property includes 13 distinct gardens including the Blevins Japanese Garden and the Bracken Foundation Children’s Garden, as well as a 1.5-mile woodland trail featuring outdoor monumental sculpture. Each year, Cheekwood hosts seasonal festivals including Cheekwood in Bloom, Summertime at Cheekwood, Cheekwood Harvest and Holiday LIGHTS. Cheekwood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and nationally as a Level II Arboretum. It is a three-time voted USA Today Top 10 Botanical Garden, named the Most Beautiful Garden in Tennessee in 2025 by HGTV, in 2024 and 2025 received a Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award, and in 2021 was named by Fodors as one of the 12 Most Beautiful Gardens in the American South. Cheekwood is located 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville at 1200 Forrest Park Drive. It is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., with extended days and hours of operation depending on the season. Visit cheekwood.org for current hours and to purchase advance tickets required for admission.
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Special Thanks
Thank you to dealer Lynn King (The Side Door, booth H-17) for providing our central featured jardinière.
Tres Fromme
Primary Designer, Cheekwood Designer in Residence
Tres Fromme is currently the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens Designer in Residence where he collaborates closely with staff on master planning, garden design and seasonal displays, include Cheekwood in Bloom and Holiday LIGHTS.
Tres collaborates with public gardens throughout the United States, all of which have unique identities, cultural and ecological contexts, diverse missions, and distinctive horticultural possibilities. Experience includes a full range of project scales, budgets, and scopes – master planning, site design, planting design, gardens for children, seasonal displays and holiday light shows.
His work creatively innovates within the diverse traditions, contexts and functions of each project, while exploring and activating the range of possibilities for people of all ages and backgrounds inherent in gardens.
Attend A&G 2026
Reserve your tickets to experience the longest-running, largest and most respected event of its kind in the country. Held at the award-winning Music City Center in downtown Nashville, our Show will once again breathe its warmth, life and style into the heart of winter with the highest-quality antique and horticulture exhibitors, landscaped gardens, a cocktail party or two, and some of the most renowned speakers in the world. Now celebrating our 36th year, this volunteer-managed Show has raised $12 million for Cheekwood and ECON Charities.
