Collections in the Garden are divided into two categories: 1) Display Collections and 2) Botanical Collections.
The Display Collections consist of the following:
- The Central Corridor Display Gardens are maintained as a midsouth landscape display with emphasis on perennials.
- The Central Corridor Display Gardens are maintained as a midsouth landscape display with emphasis on annuals.
- The Butterfly Garden is a display garden for various pollinators (including hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects).
- The Dogwood Trail is maintained as a woodland environment for both native and exotic plants.
- The Herb Garden is a display garden of Hosta species and hybrids.
- The Nature Trail is maintained as a collection of Alabama Wildflowers with emphasis on ecologically similar environments (Tennessee Valley or midsouth region).
- The Daylily Garden is a display collection of mainly hybrid Hemerocallis.
- The Rose Garden is a collection of hybrids and species best suited to this area and will demonstrate related horticulture techniques.
The Botanical Collections consist of those species and hybrids suitable for the North Alabama environment of the following genera:
- Magnolia
- Hydrangea
- Cornus
- Ilex
- Acer, with emphasis on Japanese species and hybrids
- Lagerstroemia
- Bulb collection with emphasis on Amaryllidaceae and including Narcissus, Crinum and Lycoris
These are distributed throughout the site, if appropriate and consistent with overall Garden design.
