Sherwood Garden

We had a really difficult time finding this place. It’s not a full-​fledged attraction with a dedicated parking lot. Instead it is a large park in a swanky residential neighborhood. We had to park a block or so away from the park and I had just as much fun looking at the huge houses that surround the park. The people that live near here definitely aren’t hurting for money. We were lucky enough to be there when the tulips were in full bloom and it was beautiful. They separate the sections into different colors so it’s just an uninterrupted sea of one or two colors. The gardens are obviously well maintained and many people were there to enjoy them. I definitely didn’t think that it compared to spectacular gardens I’ve been to such as Butchart Gardens or Bellingrath Gardens. I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit just Sherwood Garden, but if you’re in the area it’s definitely worth checking out.

Totally worth a trip when the tulips are in bloom! Bring your comfy blanket and a book and enjoy some time out on the gorgeous grounds. There were a ton of photography sessions going on. Everyone was very friendly and the neighborhood is SUPER fabulous! Amazing Houses and landscaping. There is only street parking (parallel) available, but I had no problems finding a space. There are not any public bathrooms so keep that in mind and go easy on the liquids!

Beautiful hidden gem in B’more. Go and have a picnic here or a family photo shoot. It was great little weekend visit. Must visit when the tulips are blooming. I went when they were in their last stretch around the last week of April and the garden was still bustling with families and plenty of flowers.

Here is a decision tree to decide if you should go to Sherwood Gardens:
Are you Dutch?
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YES NO
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Go here. HUP! But do you still like tulips?
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Yes and puppies too. NO
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Go here, bring your fedora, Stop reading this
pack a picnic, and drink out
of mason jars, you hipsta.

When I read about Sherwood Gardens, me and my nature fanatic friends rushed out here to get some photos, and have a picnic (by picnic I mean grabbing bbq and eating them on a bench). You may want to start planning your trip now because Sherwood Gardens has always been at its best toward the end of April and beginning of May.
What’s so spectacular about this park? Approximately 80,000 tulip bulbs are planted annually along with other spring flowering bulbs. Gorgeous flowers everywhere. Every corner you turn, there’s going to be another flower bed of bright unique flowers. This goes on for six acres!!! When I came here, I had secretly hoped to capture a great picture of my pug running through flowers like this one that won major photography awards:
. Unfortunately, the best shot I got of the day was me tackling her in a bed of tulips when she tried to run away with a bag of bbq meat.
So let me explain what you’ll find on a beautiful day in this hidden gem of a park: The seersucker wearing young crowd, wearing fedoras, vintage outfits, brunching outdoors, and probably taking pictures for their blog. Lots of happy puppies. Some engagement photo shoots. Families. Amateur photographers. Everyone is enjoying the flowers.
So just note typically peak bloom occurs the last week of April through the first week in May. It’s in a residential neighborhood so there is a ton of free parking.
I highly recommend taking a stroll through Sherwood Gardens now that glorious spring weather is upon us also remember that going here is a wonderful way to celebrate Earth Day.

Best hidden place in Baltimore. Very romantic and good place for a picnic. Best place to go to when flowers are blooming. Very quiet area very we’ll maintained garden.

Pretty. Small. The neighborhood itself is worth a see. Okay as a short side stop but not a destination in itself. Maybe tack on to a day at the zoo.

stop and smell the flowers.
why? they just smell like… flowers…
i’m not much of a flower person, but visiting this 6 acre open space filled with a HUGE variety of tulips was a great experience for me.
a really great place if you want to come for a walk, take some artsy instagram picture, or a small picnic (make sure you throw away your trash)
it’s free too! a hidden gem in northern baltimore. a short walk from hopkins campus too.
just make sure you come during tulip season which is around the spring time.
plus, check this link out if you’re curious of the different types of tulips

This is an amazing little gem, especially when the tulips are in bloom.
Best Park in the City

Come and see when tulips are in bloom. Just have a walk in a meadows of different tulips and breath in the smell of fresh air and blooming flowers. You can also take a picnic basket with you and sit on a gorgeous thick carpet of green grass.

Absolutely gorgeous! The amount of tulips in this park is breathtaking and it was well worth the side trip after brunch. We got some beautiful pictures and while my nose and eyes hated me a little after this pollen filled jaunt, I am happy I went.

Such a beautiful park nestled in a fabulous residential neighborhood of old-​money homes. I came once in the summer a few years ago when it was blistering hot and few people were around. I managed to make it back here mid-​April this year for the tulips. This time around there were lots and lots of families with small children enjoying the beauty! I almost felt out of place without an infant or tot in tow. The best thing was that most people were being respectful of the grounds although I did see one little girl walking back to the car holding a tulip and my instant reaction was, «I hope her parents didn’t let her pick that!» Cool history behind the park and it’s a nice free thing to do for a few hours once a year.

Found out about this place from a Unilocal search (go figure) and came out today for an outdoor photoshoot and loved it. Very beautiful place, clean and calming.

Simply beautiful. If you’re in the area be sure to visit!!!

We make this a yearly visit to get there at the peak of tulip season. You can tell how hard the volunteers work to make really dense beds of tulips, and generally keep the grounds clean and pruned. I can’t imagine the time it takes to do this – I really appreciate it!
What ruins the experience are the young families that let their ill-​behaved brats climb the trees, pick flowers, and stomp around in the tulip beds so that they can get pictures of their priceless children. I enjoy reminding them that it is public park that everyone should strive to preserve.

I think I saw this on the internet, and really I believe it, that this has the most variety of tulips! Its really cute, so check on the status around mid-​april, theres only a small window to see the tulips so just do your research!

This area of North Baltimore is also called Guilford. It’s also home to both Loyola University and Norte Dame (a Nortre Dame not the Notre Dame). This is the most beautiful residential area I have seen in my life. The houses aren’t so big that they need iron gateways and golf carts to get to the end of the driveways but they are a huge collection of some of the nicest homes/​mansions I have ever seen with some of the cleanest streets/​sidewalks and well manicured landscaping imaginable. Nothing feels like a «McMansion» around here, in other words every home has character and charm unique unto itself. There was nothing better to walk around this area and admire how the other half lives and wonder why I didn’t go to school to become an engineer or a lawyer. Oh, back to Sherwood Gardens, amongst the neighborhood lays a gorgeous park with the perfect middle ground between trees, tulips (which they supposedly have about 80,000 of them), and open grassy areas. The park is a perfect size for the neighborhood (6 acres). If you’re even close to this area during picnicking weather, tulip season, or have kids and are around during Halloween, this is a great place to go.

80,000 tulip bulbs on six acres averages to … well lots and lots of colorful beauty per square foot, I can assure you. (0.31 bulbs/​sq ft, I think — thanks Google calculator!) A privately-​owned, glittering gem of a green and often multicolored space hidden in the heart of tony, old-​money Guilford in North Baltimore near to the Loyola University campus, the Sherwood Garden is really unique and posses a fascinating history. The non-​profit organization and community volunteers who maintain these gorgeous grounds have created a thing of beauty that is open to the public to stroll, photograph, and just commune with nature amidst the multi million dollar restrained real estate splendor of one of the city’s best and most exclusive ‘hoods.
Of course, the «crowds» (such as they are) are thickest when the famous tulip beds are in bloom, but in principle there is no bad time to come here. The landscapers add late spring and summer plants when the tulips fade away, and the azalea bushes for which the city is also famous explode in color earlier in the year. Since so many of the locals who love this park take superb care of their own lawns (or pay others to do so), you can also enjoy the fruits of their labor while touring the surrounding streets.
Note: there is lots of street parking for two hours without residential permits. This place is the best park in the city — small but good!