Street Address:
Lake Street between Grove Lane E. and Broadway Ave. S.
Wayzata , MN 55391
Phone Number:
952 473-0234
Website:
http://www.wayzatachamber.com/minnehaha.html
2nd Website:
http://www.minnetonkatravel.com/depot.htm
Run by:
Tended by the Lake Minnetonka Garden Club
Cost:
No admission fee
Peak Season:
Mid to late summer
Extras:
Free street parking
Accessiblity
Comments:
These are primarily long, narrow gardens between a main street of the city of Wayzata and Lake Minnetonka. The gardens are near the restored stucco and half-timbered Great Northern Depot built by rail baron J.J. Hill in 1906. Around the turn of the century, people from all over the midwest traveled to Lake Minnetonka for healthful retreats. The transportation needs of the resort towns were also served by a network of water "streetcars" that crisscrossed the lake. Near the gardens is a pier which services the restored "Minnehaha" launch which travels to Excelcior, another lakeside town. The depot remained in use until 1971. It now houses the Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce and the Wayzata Historical Society. The surrounding gardens are primarily narrow sunny swaths of flowering annuals, perennials and ornamental grasses and then wider beds shaded by old Mugo Pines which contain mixtures of hosta and other shade tollerant perennials. |
