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Sherman House Museum Gardens

Small, documented and historically accurate — and always open

Pink peonies blooming beside a brick path in the Sherman House Museum garden
The Heritage Gardens in bloom.

The Sherman House Museum Gardens are small, but completely documented and historically accurate.

The Kitchen Garden

Located right outside the kitchen door, it is filled with the herbs Mrs. Sherman would have used for cooking and other kitchen jobs.

The Medicinal Garden

This is where she would have grown her own medicines, dyes and household care products. Visitors will find foxglove or digitalis used for heart trouble and lemon balm used for furniture polish and hair rinse, as well as several others.

The Native Plants of Ohio Garden

This garden features plants that the first settlers would have seen upon entering the area. They told these pioneers that the ground was good for farming. Fields of lush vegetation earned the county its name, “fair fields.”

Hope Taft, former Ohio First Lady, was the featured speaker at the dedication of the Heritage Gardens on September 23, 2007. Today dedicated gardeners volunteer to maintain the gardens.

The gardens are always open. Visitors are welcome to take a quick tour of the gardens or sit and enjoy their beauty.