Cheekwood Entry Garden
Vernal Greensward
Stroll through a welcoming space dedicated to enchanting everyday life as a grid of clipped conical evergreens forms aisles and allées, pulling you through a handsome English marketplace. This theatrical celebration excites simple routines with a stirring sense of journey and exploration.
Crisp evergreen hedges border a field of sweetly scented daffodils emerging from early spring foliage as floral sheep graze tranquilly amidst the verdant paddock. Matched fountains anchor both ends of the central axis, providing mellifluous sounds and sparkling sights.
Creating an irresistible destination, a fabric pavilion nods to the architectural follies of English landscape gardens. Beautifully upholstered furnishings demand people linger and refresh themselves as only a garden allows.
Brought to you courtesy of
Cheekwood Estate & Garden and 3. Fromme Design
Cheekwood Estate & Garden and
3. Fromme Design
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 has been voted a USA Today Top 10 Botanical Garden three times and in 2021 was recognized 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.
Tres Fromme
3. Fromme Design
Tres Fromme is currently Cheekwood Estate and Garden’s Designer in Residence where he collaborates closely with staff on master planning, garden design and seasonal displays, including Cheekwood Blooms and Holiday LIGHTS.
Fromme 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.
Special Thanks
Attend A&G 2025
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 the epicenter of Nashville’s thriving downtown entertainment district, 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 35th year, this volunteer-managed Show has raised $11 million for Cheekwood and ECON Charities.
