There are many small public gardens, green spaces and parks located throughout the Chautauqua Institution Grounds. We encourage you to visit these gardens as well as the lake shore and its many new ecologically sustainable changes that the institution has made to the shoreline landscape. An admission fee/gate pass is required from the end of June until the end of August except on Sundays. Free everyday September thru mid-June.
View a map and read descriptions of the Chautauqua Institution gardens.
According to the National Audubon Society, all of Chautauqua Lake is classified as an IBA (Important Bird Area). This is because migrating birds use the lake to rest and refuel during their long journeys. Of the 270+ bird species identified in the area, the Bird Tree and Garden Club's app highlights 100 birds. They are organized both by the location in which you may see them and by the time of year that they might be seen.
Learn about the birds of Chautauqua Institution.
The newly-designated Chautauqua Bird, Tree and Garden Club Arboreta encompasses the entire 250 acres of Chautauqua Institution bordered by Chautauqua Lake to the west and fencing to the north, south and east. Functioning as an urban forest, the arboreta includes approximately 4,000 trees planted among 1,200 private residences and 164 Institution buildings, along with three wooded ravines and two large forested areas covering 15 acres.
Trees throughout the grounds are labeled with markers displaying common and scientific names, plus QR codes linking to detailed species information and donor information and planting dates when known, via the BTG's ExploreCHQ app.
Wythe Ave.
Chautauqua, NY 14722
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