A "Hidden" Treasure at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - the Stuart and Barbara Padnos RoofTop Sculpture Garden

My husband and I have a grandparents and a guest membership at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - we go and enjoy this amazing place, typically once a week. We often bring a guest and/or grandsons with us and truly enjoy our visits. There are so many wonderful things to enjoy at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park . . .

. . . the Tropical Conservatory (my grandsons especially love seeing the Chinese Painted Quail which often run around our feet), the Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden - especially when the Bonsai are there (I'd grow bonsai myself, but sadly I have the black thumbs of death and my children and grandchildren have "grounded me" for life from ever having live plants - they all agree, I am "cruel and unusual punishment . . . for the plants.), the Tassell-Wisner-Bottrall English Perennial Garden - often awash in colorful flowers and the location of one of my favorite water sculptures - The Rill - water just pours off this balanced sculpture - it is SO amazing!,  Michigan’s Farm Garden, the incredible Lena Meijer Children's Garden, the Kenneth E. Nelson Carnivorous Plant House - which is the only publicly displayed collection in the United States dedicated exclusively to carnivorous plants, the Earl & Donnalee Holton Arid Garden and Victorian Garden Parlor, the Grace Jarecki Seasonal Display Greenhouse - THE place to be at Christmas where you are able to enjoy the Railway Garden, the Gwen Frostic Woodland Shade Garden, the Volunteer Tribute Garden with a truly unique sculpture you are able to walk around and through, the Sculpture Park which I LOVE - especially the big waterfall with Koi swimming around, and the Boardwalk where we often see Heron, Swans, Ducks, Egrets and lots of Turtles. But while all of these places are truly amazing, there is one place which so many people are unaware is available for them to enjoy . . . the Stuart and Barbara Padnos RoofTop Sculpture Garden.

There are four new sculptures on the RoofTop Sculpture Garden, beautiful flowers - you might even spot the Perry's Super Star Lotus which is AMAZING! - and the views from the RoofTop Sculpture Garden are fantastic for sure! We rarely see other visitors when we visit this area and when we talk with people, they mostly have no idea it is there. So, where might you be able to check out the Stuart and Barbara Padnos RoofTop Sculpture Garden? Well, as you head for the Tropical Conservatory or for the doors to go out into the park, the last hall which goes to your right is where you want to be. Walk past the drinking fountain, bathrooms, and meeting rooms to the end of the hall - the doors will open and you will find yourself on the RoofTop - you are sure to enjoy your time there!

If you live in the Grand Rapids, MI area, near us, or are visiting, be sure the visit Frederik Meijer Gardens - and don't miss the Stuart and Barbara Padnos RoofTop Sculpture Garden - it is SO worth the trip!