The Beautiful Hershey Gardens

As some of you know, we live 15 minutes from downtown Hershey in Pennsylvania. Hershey is known as being the sweetest place on earth and is a major tourist destination here in our area. During the spring, summer and fall months, thousands upon thousands of visitors flock to our area.

One of the places that we like to visit is the beautiful botanical gardens at Hershey Gardens which sits on 23 beautiful acres. In my opinion, the best time to visit them is during the middle of spring, late spring and early summer when I find that most of the flowers are in bloom. Plus, it’s not blazing hot & humid either!

You’ll have to pay an admission fee if you want to walk around the gardens and take a tour. There are tons of beautiful flowers, shrubs and trees to see plus they have an outdoor butterfly house & garden which the kids really love to see. I admit, I love seeing it too! There are themed gardens and a children’s garden to explore while you’re there and you can explore these gardens at your leisure.

Within driving distance of the Hershey Gardens you’ll find ZooAmerica (our little zoo) , Hershey’s Chocolate World, Hersheypark (amusement park), the Hershey Story Museum, Hershey Sweet Lights (seasonal attraction during November & December) and other area attractions. If shopping is your thing, the Hershey Outlets are nearby and there are some fabulous little boutiques you can visit in downtown Hershey.