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{{Infobox_nrhp | name =Kingwood Center
| nrhp_type = hd
| image = kingwood_center.jpg
| caption = Kingwood Center mansion and gardens
| location= [[Mansfield, Ohio]]
| lat_degrees = 40
| lat_minutes = 45
| lat_seconds = 36
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 82
| long_minutes = 32
| long_seconds = 52
| long_direction = W
| locmapin = Ohio
| area =
| built =1926
| architect= C. Mack
| architecture= Colonial Revival, Other
| added = [[November 07]], [[1976]]
| governing_body = Private
| refnum=76001523
<ref name="nris">{{cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
}}
[[Image:Kingwood Center Welcome.jpg|right|250px|Kingwood Center visitors welcome sign.]]
The '''Kingwood Center''' is an historic 47 acre site with house, gardens and greenhouses, located at 900 Park Avenue West in [[Mansfield, Ohio]].
The house and grounds were built in 1926 for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelley King, with grounds designed by Cleveland landscape architecture firm Pitkin and Mott.
On [[November 07]], [[1976]], it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]]
==Current==
In 1953 the estate became a public garden. The gardens are now open daily without charge. Estate grounds currently include the following collections:
* Cacti and Succulent House - [[cactus|cacti]] and [[succulent]]s.
* Daylily and Iris Collection - about 200 [[daylily]] cultivars, 54 [[Siberian iris]] cultivars, 50 cultivars of tall bearded [[iris (plant)|iris]], and 10 cultivars of reblooming tall bearded [[iris (plant)|iris]].
* Herb Garden (1977) - a [[knot garden]] in six sections, of [[herb]]s in [[juniper]] and [[boxwood]] edging.
* Historic Garden (1926) - a sequence of connected "rooms" enclosed by hedges, each built around a central feature such as a sunken garden, a small circular pool, a swimming pool, or a bronze sculpture of [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]].
* Parterre - [[boxwood]] edging filled with seasonal [[tulip]]s and annuals.
* Peony Garden - over 170 cultivars of herbaceous [[peony|peonies]].
* Perennial Garden - over 300 varieties of perennial plants in large borders.
* Rose Garden (1977) - nearly 500 [[rose]]s, mainly [[hybrid tea]]s and [[grandiflora]]s, as well as a new section of [[David Austin]] roses.
* Terrace (1994) - seasonal beds of [[tulip]]s and annuals, with a variety of shrubs.
* Tropical House - tropical plants, including ''[[Acalypha]] hispida'' (chenille plant), ''[[Acalypha]] wilkesiana 'Obovata Cristata' ''(copperleaf), ''[[Anthurium]]'' (flamingo flower), ''[[Codiaeum]]'' (croton), ''[[Cordyline]] terminalis 'Fire Brand' ''(ti tree), ''[[Dichorisandra]] warscewicziana'' (blue ginger), ''[[Ficus]] deltoidea'' (mistletoe fig), ''[[Jatropha]] integerrima'' (spicy jatropha), ''[[Justicia]] brandegeana'' (shrimp plant), and ''[[Rivina]] humilis'' (blood berry).
* Woodland - currently under development.
==See also==
* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kingwoodcenter.org/ Kingwood Center]
{{Registered Historic Places}}
[[Category:Registered Historic Places in Ohio]]
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[[Category:Mansfield, Ohio]]