From simple elevated loops to railroading empires through a floral oasis, consider these permanent large-scale displays and garden railroads you can visit: Both across the United States and around the world. Please note that the status of any location can change, which is why it’s recommended to contact prior to a planned visit. If you know of a layout not on this list, please contact us at editor@gardenrailways.com.
U.S. garden railroads
Alabama
Huntsville-Madison County Botanical Garden — 4747 Bob Wallace Ave., Huntsville, AL 35805, Phone: 256-830-4447, Website: www.hsvbg.org
Arizona
Double K Ranch Bed and Breakfast — 3930 N. Smokey Topaz Ln., Tucson, AZ 85749, Phone: 520-749-5345
Eagle Mountain Railroad — 4625 E. Cerro De Aguila, Tucson, AZ 85718, Phone: 520-299-7428. Website: eaglewingsironcraft.com
Arkansas
Garvan Woodland Gardens’ Suggs Train Garden — 550 Arkridge Rd., Hot Springs, AR 71913, Phone: 800-366-4664, Website: www.garvangardens.org
California
Legoland — 1 Legoland Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92008, Phone: 760-918-5346, Website: www.legoland.com/california
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens’ Big Horn Railroad — 47900 Portola Ave., Palm Desert, CA 92260, Phone: 760-346-5694, Website: www.livingdesert.org
Los Angeles County Fairgrounds’ Fairplex Garden Railroad — 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA 91768, Phone: 909-623-3111, Website: www.fgrr.org
Mendocino Coast Model Railroad & Historical Society — 00805329, Fort Bragg, CA 95437, Website: www.mcmrhs.org
Walter Anderson Nursery — 12755 Danielson Ct., Poway, CA 92064, Phone: 858-513-4900, Website: www.walterandersen.com
Colorado
Colorado Railroad Museum — 17155 W. 44th Ave., Golden, CO 80403, Phone: 303-279-4591 or 800-365-6263, Website: www.coloradorailroadmuseum.org
Hudson Gardens & Event Center — 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, CO 80120, Phone: 303-797-8565, Website: www.hudsongardens.org
Florida
Tradewinds Park’s Tradewinds & Atlantic Railroad — 3600 W. Sample Rd., Coconut Creek, FL 33073, Phone: 954-494-6877, Website: www.livesteamers.org
Walt Disney World’s EPCOT (German pavilion) — Bay Lake, FL, Phone: 407-939-5277, Website: www.disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/epcot/
West Florida Railroad Museum’s Emerald Coast Garden Railway Club — 5003 Henry St., Milton, FL 32570, Phone: 850-623-3645, Website: www.wfrm.org
Illinois
Chicago Botanic Garden — 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL 60022, Phone: 847-835-6801, Website: www.chicagobotanic.org
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens’ Sinnissippi Station — 1354 N. 2nd St., Rockford, IL, 61107, Phone: 815-987-8858, Website: www.nicholasconservatory.com
Tinley Junction Mini Golf & Batting Cages — 16801 S. 80th Ave., Tinley Park, IL 60477, Website: www.tinleyparkdistrict.org/tinley-junction-mini-golf-batting-cages/
Indiana
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art — 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204. Phone: 317-636-9378, Website: www.eiteljorg.org
Gabis Arboretum — 450 W. 100 North, Valparaiso, IN 46385, Phone: 219-462-0025, Website: www.pnw.edu/gabis-arboretum/
Iowa
Reiman Gardens’ RG Express — 1407 University Blvd., Ames, IA 50011, Phone: 515-294-2710, Website: www.reimangardens.com
Kentucky
Kentucky Children’s Garden (The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky) — 500 Alumni Dr., Lexington, KY 40503, Phone: 859-257-6955, Website: www.arboretum.ca.uky.edu/visit/kentucky-childrens-garden
Louisiana
New Orleans Botanical Garden — 5 Victory Ave., New Orleans, LA 70124, Phone: 504-483-9386, Website: www.neworleanscitypark.org/visit-city-park/train-garden/
Maryland
B&O Railroad Museum — 901 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21223, Phone: 410-752-2490, Website: www.borail.org
Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum — 3711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott City, MD 21043, Phone: 410-461-1945, Website: www.howardcountymd.gov/ecborail
Massachusetts
Wenham Museum’s Bennett E. Merry Train Gallery — 132 Main St., Wenham, MA 01984, Phone: 978-468-2377, Website: www.wenhammuseum.org
Michigan
Castle Farms — 5052 M-66 North, Charlevoix, MI 497920, Phone: 231-237-0884, Website: www.castlefarms.com
Fernwood Botanical Garden — 13988 Range Line Rd., Niles, MI 49120, Phone: 262-695-6491 Website: www.fernwoodbotanical.org
Flat Rock Model Train Depot & Museum — 28700 Arsenal Rd., Flat Rock, MI 48134, Phone: 734-782-2786 Website: www.facebook.com/p/Flat-Rock-Train-Depot-and-Museum-100057653050247/
Steam Railroading Institute — 405 S. Washington St., Owosso, MI 48867, Phone: 989-725-9464, Website: www.michigansteamtrain.com
Wolcott House Bed and Breakfast — 610 W. Silver Lake Rd., Fenton, MI 48430, Phone: 810-714-4317
Minnesota
Wayzata Depot Museum — 402 Lake St. East, Wayzata, MN 55391, Phone: 952-474-2115, Website: www.wayzatahistoricalsociety.org/visit/depot/
Northern Minnesota Railroad Heritage Association — 36184 County Rd. 66, Crosslake, MN 56442, Phone: 218-692-1900 Website: www.northerntrackersrrclub.com
Missouri
Missouri Botanical Gardens — 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110, Phone: 314-577-5100, Website: www.missouribotanicalgarden.org
KC Rail Experience — 30 W. Pershing Rd., Kansas City, MO 64108, Phone: 816-460-2020, Website: www.unionstation.org
Mississippi
TrainTastic — 615 Pass Rd., Gulfport, MS 39507, Phone: 228-284-5731, Website: www.traintastic.com
Nebraska
Nebraska-Iowa Railroaders — Oakview Mall, lower level, 3001 S. 144th St., Suite 1001, Omaha, NE 68144, Website: www.nebraskaiowarailroaders.com
Lauritzen Gardens — 100 Bancroft St., Omaha, NE 68108, Phone: 402-346-4002, Website: www.lauritzengardens.org
New Mexico
ABQ Biopark Botanic Garden — 2601 Central Ave. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, Phone: 505-768-2000, Website: www.cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/garden/
New York
New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show — 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458, Phone: 718-817-8700, Website: www.nybg.org
North Carolina
Gibson Garden Railroad — 200 E. Main St., Gibsonville NC, Website: www.gibsonvillegardenrailroad.com
Ohio
Easton Express — 160 Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio 43219, Phone: 614-416-7000, Website: www.eastontowncenter.com
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ Paul Busse Garden Railway — 1777 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43203, Phone: 614-715-8000, Website: www.fpconservatory.org
Glenwood Gardens — 10245 Winton Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45231, Phone: 513-771-8733, Website: www.greatparks.org/parks/glenwood-gardens
Krohn Conservatory — 1501 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45202, Phone: 513-421-4086, Website: www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cincyparks/visit-a-park/find-a-parkfacility/krohn-conservatory/
Oklahoma
RS & K Railroad Museum — 411 N. Sixth St., Sayre, OK 73662, Phone: 580-928-3525, Website: www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?RS+%26+K+Railroad+Museum&TravelTo=OK0201022&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=OK0201022a003
Science Museum Oklahoma — 2020 Remington Pl., Oklahoma City, OK 73111, Phone: 405-602-6664, Website: www.sciencemuseumok.org
Oregon
Oregon Garden — 978 W. Main St., Silverton, OR 97381, Phone: 503-874-4294, Website: www.oregongarden.org
Medford Railroad Park — Berrydale Ave., Medford, OR, Phone: 541-613-1638, Website: www.medfordoregon.gov/Government/Departments/Parks-Recreation-and-Facilities-DRAFT/Railroad-Park
Pennsylvania
Morris Arboretum & Gardens — 100 East Northwestern Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118, Phone: 215-247-5777, Website: www.morrisarboretum.org
National Toy Train Museum — 300 Paradise Ln., Strasburg, PA 17572, Phone: 717-687-8976, Website: www.tcatrains.org/museum
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania — 300 Gap Rd., Strasburg, PA 17579, Phone: 717-687-8628, Website: www.rrmuseumpa.org
South Carolina
Associated Model Railroads of Columbia — 1800 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC 29201, Website: www.amroc.org
Spartanburg Community College — 107 Community College Dr., Spartanburg, SC 29303, Phone: 864-592-4600, Website: www.sccsc.edu
Texas
American Wind Power Center — 1701 Canyon Lake Dr., Lubbock, TX 79403, Phone: 806-747-8734. Website: www.windmill.com
Central Texas Area Model Railroaders — 403 W. Ave. B, Temple, TX 76501 Email: centramodrrclub@gmail.com, Website: www.centramodrr.com
Clark Gardens — 567 Maddux Rd., Weatherford, TX 76088, Phone: 940-682-4856, Website: www.clarkgardens.org
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center — 1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051, Phone: 817-778-1000, Website: www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/dalgt-gaylord-texan-resort-and-convention-center/overview/
Rosenberg Railroad Museum — 1921 Avenue F., Rosenberg, TX 77471, Phone: 281-633-2846, Website: www.rosenbergrrmuseum.org
Texas Transportation Museum — 11731 Wetmore Rd., San Antonio, TX 78247, Phone: 210-490-3554, Website: www.txtransportationmuseum.org
Washington DC
United States Botanic Garden Conservatory — 100 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: 202-225-8333, Website: www.usbg.gov
West Virginia
Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum — 144 Kruger St., Wheeling, VW 62003, Phone: 877-242-8133, Website: www.toyandtrain.com
Wisconsin
Lammscapes! — 2708 Sherman Rd., Jackson WI 53037, Phone: 262-677-3010, Website: www.lammscape.com
Kettle Moraine Cottage Bed and Breakfast — W351S10333 Tuohy Rd., Eagle, Wisconsin 53119, Phone: 262-592-3200, Website: www.kettlemorainecottage.com
Little Falls Railroad & Doll Museum — 9208 County Hwy. II, Sparta, WI 54656, Phone: 608-343-3693 or 608-272-3266, Website: www.raildolls.org
Mitchell Park Domes Horticultural Conservatory — 524 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215, Phone: 414-257-5600, Website: www.county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/The-Domes
Riverside and Great Northern Railway — N115 County Rd. North, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965, Phone: 608-254-6367, Website: www.dellstrain.com
Shady Lane Greenhouses — W172 N7388 Shady Ln., Menomonee Falls, WI 53051, Phone: 262-251-1660, Website: www.shadylanegreenhouse.com
Toy Train Barn Museum — W. 9141 Hwy. 81, Argyle, WI 53504, Phone: 608-966-1464, Website: www.facebook.com/toytrainbarn/
Canadian garden railroads
Royal Botanical Gardens — 680 Plains Rd. West, Burlington, ON L7T 4H4, Canada, PhoneL 905-527-1158, Website: www.rbg.ca
International garden railroads
Andi Engi’s RhB Gartenbahn — Hotel Bellevue, CH-3823, Wengen, Switzerland, Phone: 41-079-682-05-28, Website: www.andiengi.com
Babbacombe Model Village & Gardens — Hampton Ave., Babbacombe, Torquay TQ1 3LA, United Kingdom, Phone: 01803-315-315, Website: www.model-village.co.uk
Bekonscot Model Village — Warwick Rd., Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2PL, United Kingdom, Phone: 44-0-1494-672919, Phone: www.bekonscot.co.uk
Bumblebee Valley Railroad — Postfach 100702, 95407 Bayreuth, Germany, Phone: 0170-4231127, Website: www.bumblebee-valley.de
France Miniature — Blvd. André Malraux, 78990 Elancourt, France, Phone: 01-30-16-16-30, Website: www.franceminiature.fr
Kolejkowo Gliwice — Shopping Centre Europa Centralna, ul. Pszczyńska 315, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland, Phone: +48-880-006-001 Website: www.kolejkowo.pl/gliwice
Kolejkowo Wrocław — Sky Tower 1st floor, Powstańców Śląskich 95/I piętro, 53-332 Wrocław, Poland, Phone: +48 880 008 004, Website: www.kolejkowo.pl/wroclaw
Kuhberg — Kuhbergbaude 1, 08491 Netzschkau/OT Brockau, Germany, Phone: +49 3765 34125, Website: www.kuhberg-netzschkau.de
Le Jardin Ferroviaire de Chatte (The Garden Railroad of Chatte) — 38160 Chatte, St-Marcellin, France, Phone: 04-76-38-54-55.
Le Jaritrain — Chemin neuf, 84210 Saint-Didier, France, Phone: 04-90-40-45-18
Madurodam — George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ The Hague, Holland. Phone: +31-70-416-2400, Website: www.madurodam.nl
Merrivale Model Village — Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 3JG, UK, Phone: 01493-842097, Website: www.merrivalemodelvillage.co.uk
Mini Israel — Near Latrun, between Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, off Highway 1, Phone: 972-8-9222444, Website: www.minisrael.co.il
Minimundus — Villacher Strasse 241, 9020 Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria, Phone: +43-0-463 21194-0, Website: www.minimundus.at
Neverenuf Garden Railway — 45/20, Village Para, Panchgaon Taoru Road, District Nuh, Gurugram, India, Phone: +91-98110-88943, Website: www.neverenufgardenrailway.com
Seaside Miniatures Park — 15 Marynarki Wojennej Street, 72-420 Dziwnów, Poland, Phone: +48-502-284-588, Website: www.park-miniatur.pl/en/
Southport Model Railway Village — Kings Gardens, Promenade, Southport, Merseyside PR8 1QX, United Kingdom, Phone: 01704-538001, Website: www.southportmodelrailwayvillage.co.uk
Swissminiatur — CH-6815 Melide, Switzerland, Phone: +41-91-640-10-60, Website: www.swissminiatur.ch
Unnamed railroad, Guerlesquin Bernard — Kerilly, F-29620 Guimaec, France, Phone: 02-98-67-41-32
The new website for Taltree railroad in Northern Indiana is:
https://www.pnw.edu/gabis-arboretum/explore-gabis/gardens/railway-garden/
It is an amazing layout – 2 acres!
Tennessee – Nashville Cheekwood Gardens has a nice garden railroad running.