Discover the design history of places you pass every day but may never have visited with free tours of Indianapolis' parks, gardens, estates, cultural venues, and open spaces. The tours will be led by experts in history and landscape design, revealing a largely unrecognized legacy of thoughtful landscape architecture and city planning in the heart of the Midwest.
What鈥檚 Out There Weekend Indianapolis and its accompanying City Guide are made possible in large part by grants from the and , and in partnership with the Indiana Cultural Landscapes Committee of , led by Meg Storrow, FASLA, Chair, and David Gorden, ASLA Trustee, Vice Chair.
Tour Schedule
FRIDAY
- Christian Theological Seminary | Steve Mannheimer | 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- What's Out There Weekend Opening Reception at the Christian Theological Seminary | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
- Ball Nurses' Sunken Garden & Convalescent Park and The Commonground & Sky Farm at Eskanazi Health Hospital | Kevin Osburn and David Rubin | 9:00 - 11:00 am
- Indiana War Memorials Historic District | Tom Gallagher | 9:00 - 10:00 am
- Holliday Park, "The Ruins" | Adam Barnes | 9:30 - 11:00 am
- Holcomb Gardens at Butler University | Ron Howe | 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Garfield Park Conservatory | 10:15 - 11:00 am
- Downtown Tour: Monument Circle/Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Georgia Street, Cummins Distribution Headquarters, Julia M. Carson Transit Center | Tom Gallagher | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Brendonwood Common Historic District - Golf Cart Tour | Sally Rowland and Cathy Allen | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Indianapolis Museum of Art Grounds: Oldfields | Chad Franer | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Garfield Park | Mark Bowell | 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
- Indianapolis Museum of Art Grounds: Virginia B. Fairbank Art and Nature Park | Chandler Bryant | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Westerley-Clowes Estate at the IMA | Jonathon Wright | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Tarkington Park | Jenny Burroughs | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
- Leppard Estate: Orchard House | Barth Hendrickson | 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Indianapolis Museum of Art Grounds: Oldfields | Chad Franer | 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Indianapolis Museum of Art Grounds: Virginia B. Fairbank Art and Nature Park | Chandler Bryant | 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Riverside Drive Historic District | Phyllis Hackett | 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Woodruff Place Historic District | Jim Leich | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Crown Hill Cemetery - Reception, presentation and self-guided tour | 4:00 - 6:00 pm
SUNDAY
- Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District | Bill Gray | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
- Indianapolis Cultural Trail - Bike Tour | Kevin Osburn | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Marian University: Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab and Alison Mansion | Deb Lawrence | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Marian University: Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab and Alison Mansion | Deb Lawrence | 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Fall Creek Greenway - Destination Fall Creek Walking Tour | Doug Day | 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Garfield Park Conservatory | 1:15 - 2:00 pm
- Sloan Residence | Mark Zelonis | 1:30 - 2:30 pm
- White River State Park | Alex Umlauf II | 3:00 - 5:00 pm
- Indianapolis Historic Park and Boulevard System Presentation at The Platform|City Market | Meg Storrow | 5:00 - 7:00 pm
For more information or to volunteer during the Weekend, please contact Dena Tasse-Winter at dena@tclf.org.
