Its where my son and daughter-in-law were married in June 2012. ️ And our first time at the Garden Glow

Great place to learn about history or take pictures. Our daughter and son-in-law got married here and it was beautiful.

This is a lovely park with a beautiful botanical garden. The park is free to enter, but they do guide tours for a small fee. The pharmacy serves as a store and little dinner. They have shakes, ice cream, a small menu, and more; the staff is very friendly and welcoming. I will definitely recommend this park for a date, family outing, or just to go hang out with some friends.

Garden Glow @ Ward Meade. Very nice evening. Only happening for one week. Supports a great historical location.

Beautiful botanical garden lit up for the season. Great evening.

In the summer, this place is awesome. Me and my wife held our wedding here and had a great experience.

Check out the Garden Glo between now and Sunday evening. It is so beautiful and enchanting! Please let the volunteers know how much you appreciate their efforts!

Beautiful old mansion with wonderful Gardens surrounding. Earliest settler in Topeka homesteaded here. Very interesting place to visit.

I love coming here. Always pretty, no matter the season. I bring my dog here when it isnt crowded. I use the many plantings as photography backgrounds for my quilts. Its very peaceful.

BEAUTIFUL, peaceful, a sanctuary for nature & AWESOME place to walk your dogs, meditate & learn about history of early Topeka too. Love it!

Great outdoor place.to explore. Small park with some neat historical views

Garden glow was beautiful and a perfect event for a fall night

A gem of Topeka. Lovely gardens, koi pond, and historic buildings. Enjoy a treat from the soda shop!

Amazing garden. The koi fish were my favorite part.

Very nice and relaxing place to come and see the beautiful light displays at night. I especially love the Asian garden display with the meditation bell. Reminds me of my old martial arts training facilities when everyone was outside doing various exercises and meditation. I was honestly expecting to see a group of students jogging by with their sparring sticks.

What a happy accident to find this park. The historic buildings and gardens are so picturesque. We were just looking for a place to eat lunch and we found a small adventure in addition to picnic benches and clean bathrooms.

The family and I stopped here on a trip out west. We absolutely loved it! An 1800s town all laid out for you to walk around in coupled with some nice botanical gardens AND ITS FREE!! There is a gift shop and a ice cream soda shop (old school pharmacy) that you can stop at and enjoy some refreshments at. They have a tour as well but you should check their site for hours.

People laugh way too loud at 6:30 in the morning in the dark, thats weird.Also, a crotchety Karen lives at 1508 sw Ward.Im sure the trees are nice during the day though.

This is one of my favorite places in Topeka. Its beautiful! The tulips are amazing, and I ran over there today just to see the peonies.

Loved it! Beautiful and full of history. Feeding the koi fish was an unexpected and quirky bonus!

Great place to see history and flora of every kind

Great place to get out and relax. I certainly love the oriental garden. Kind of reminds me of a few martial arts schools.

Beautiful park and grounds with historical buildings and pretty gardens. Theres lots of parking just outside and lots of photo opportunities. Its free except for professional photography.

Well done historical area with period buildings and a BEAUTIFUL botanical garden. There are lots of activities and during business hours you can get into the buildings to look around.

Great experience!

Peaceful area to enjoy the day as it comes to a close.

Beautiful park! Very family friendly!

Great place to see beautiful flowers and see a vintage town circa 1875. Tulips at Twilight is a great event. Be sure to go late in the evening in late April and enjoy the lights. During the event all the different buildings are open to tour and see what life was like in the late 19th century.

The twilight tulip festival is great. We look forward to it each year.

Beautiful and peaceful place. Tulips were just blooming. Just Beautiful!

Really nice place to take the kiddos!

The koi pond

Beautiful plants and flowers, a hidden gem in Topekas Old Prairie Town.

This is a nice place to go clear your head. So beautiful. Its a gem often unnoticed unless events are happening there. You can usually have the place to yourself during weekday working hours. Bring some bread and watch the fish swarm.

Such a gorgeous park, Ive been twice and I love the variety it offers. Its a great spot for family pictures, and on a gorgeous fall day there were families and photographers everywhere (but with the space, no one was on top of each other!)

Had a really great time

Historic buildings, beautiful gardens, a dry goods store, and soda fountain. Throwback candies at the drug store were fun too.

Beautiful place I never knew about before now

This hidden gem offers a great mix of history and biology in a quiet Topeka neighborhood. The historic village re-creation is a neat glimpse into Kansas past and can offer interesting facts even without a tour guide thanks to helpful informational signage. The surrounding gardens are beautiful and have well-paved walking paths meandering through. There are lots of places to sit and enjoy the scenery as well as plenty of picture-worthy backdrops. The only payment we made for our hour-long walk was $0.25 to feed the koi fish in the Japanese gardens. (Which, I might add, was well worth it.) This is a lovely place for people of any age to wander.

Great place, a little oasis in the city. Old town with international garden scapes makes this unique location a great this place to enjoy and or photograph. Been to several weddings there and all were unique and beautiful. A+

Historic Ward Meade Park and old Prairie town is a real Topeka Jewel. Open weekly beautiful gardens 20000 tulips this spring.

This is such an awesome place to visit. Great for families and couples to stroll through. Lots of photo ops. Many entertaining local events happen here. Old Prairie Town is so cool to walk around when its open and you can go through the buildings and take in some history. My favorite event is Tulips at Twilight. The garden is lit up with lots of colors and you can visit the little town at night as volunteers take you through the history of each location.

Has some beautiful plants and flowers but needs maitenance. You can feed the fish and enjoy the nature

I think the best time to go is when the tulips are in bloom. But actually any time is a great time to visit this rustic park. It takes you back to a quieter time. One of my favorites.

Ward-Meade Park is beautiful I love to go there and just walk and clear my mind

My wife wanted to visit, Im not much of a flower type, but I would have to say that this place is deeply beautiful, smells amazing, and simply makes you feel better. I would definitely visit again.

Enjoyed Tulips at Twilight!

Gorgeous when I was a kid, and its still beautiful now. Great for events, pictures, and garden and flower lovers. Definitely a hidden gem of Topeka.

Tulip Festival is very nice.

Beautiful part of town especially during the holidays. Lock your doors however, if you plan to look at Christmas lights.

Tulip Festival was amazing! Loved being able to see in all the buildings and of course the lights and tulips were great! Really enjoyed that we were there the evening a band was playing.

A perfect mix of nature and history. Great for family outing or first dates.

Great experience!

Entertainment generally gear towards the older crowd. Pretty garden with lots to see.

I bet it is a glorious place in the spring. I will be sure to visit in the spring and fall.

Tulips at Twilight was fun. It cost 5 bucks.Its also fun to visit the park in the day. Its free they do take donations though.

Tulips are in bloom and its gorgeous!

Very nice display. Was very impressed. Some lights were out. Some tulips were difficult to see with the dark but you need to go after dark for full benefit of lights and lumenaria. Would encourage all who can to view.

Love how pretty and historic it was. We went very late so no tour but the a great mixs between old and new.

Pretty cool. Havent been in awhile. Lots of positive changes.

Its like looking at a painted picture in a book or website .. unnaturally still ..too perfect to be damaged by clunky human footsteps

Very calm and serene park, well maintained by the neighborhood. Please make sure you stay to see the lighting after dark. A small park that doesnt take over 20 mins to explore but sure a better place to implore.

A variety of garden themes, the Japanese garden is excellent, but there isnt a bad one in the bunch. Plenty of shade, two free parking lots, you wont be sorry.

Lovely and very relaxing

Out of season ans still looked kool

Walked around with my wife of 26 years .Pretty plants and koi fish.

First time to see the tulips. Very beautiful light display. Loved the 1600 origami birds .

Very well kept up area

What a wonderful bit of history frozen in time with extra pazaz. Great family fun.

The landscaping is absolutely stunning. A great place to relax and unwind.

This park has disappearing ponds, well kept flowers and gardening and is a nice place to have an event.

Neat old buildings with loads of history .Awsome garden with stream an a pile of koy fish !Plus inside the house more cool stuff !Great place for Thanksgiving Dinner !Cared for by my cousin an her husband The Shroders great people !

Yep its a site to just stop and look at it u no.

Great place for a stroll and a peaceful getaway

Tulips at Twilight is wonderful. The addition of the fairies is fantastic. Lots of colorful flowers.

We went to the Tulip Time and it was just breath taking. Beautiful ️

Beautiful tulip festival every year, as well as historical buildings and information. Great spot for anyone to go.

Cool place. Especially at tulip time. Parking a problem so be patient. Lots of old 1880s buildings.

Its breath taking ! The plants, water Brook, benches and picnic tables, shade. Big Fish in pond.The original housing is there. When open, you can go inside and be served. Special days the staffing are dressed to a T. to match the days and times of that era. So Cool when they bring in live Bands. Bring a lawn chairs, blanket, youll want to stay. Oh and they serve beers on the special days too.

Beautiful facility! Loved it. The tulips at twilight show was lovely.

Great place for a family visit or walk in the gardens.

I really like it... if you like green then you will loved it.

The shops arent open long enough, I rarely have a time that coincides with them. Otherwise this is a great place to visit. They have tours, a huge garden, a one room school house, church, drug store, caboose, etc etc all from the 1800s. Its a great place to visit and experiance.It is also a know wedding ceramony location.

Beautiful garden with amazing hotsa and the trees were in full fall colors. The mansion is very interesting with a great story. The Old Paririe Town is a collection of relocated building and historic memorbilia, dont miss the dentist office. You will want to visit in the spring, but you tour the gardens and grounds anytime. They have tours and dinners of the home and buildings also.

Calming

A must do when in Top City

The Botanical Gardens and the Victorian Mansion are beautiful!

Beautiful place to walk and get excersize. Highly recommend.

I love to visit. It is well kept and has a variety of educational activities. Its nice to have in Topeka to show off the history.

Fun place reasonable prices friendly people

Beautiful place to have photos taken

We were charged $5 a piece at the entrance, without being told that the buildings werent open, and were told the general store and the drug store were. They werent! Very disappointing!

Great summer time place to picnic. Lots of beautiful plants and shade.

Beautiful grounds that are great for pictures.

Beautiful and relaxing place to walk.

Topeka is lucky to have this and other beautiful parks. Just rode two laps on the 2 mile trail at Gage Park and doing macro bug photography here at Meade now.

Lovely place to go on a walk with a betty.

Fantastic day at Ward-Meade Park and the Apple festival great

We visited to take our engagement photos. It is an amazing place, with an old quality feel. A really tranquil setting, whether you are there to learn about history or just enjoy the day!

A jewel of a spot to enjoy nature. Refreshing and relaxing. Many of the walks are paved for wheelchair access.