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DAHLIA HILL SOCIETY
Unlike any other garden
Hello and Welcome
Learn about Dahlias. Enjoy Nature.
We cultivate and celebrate one of the world’s most exotic, diverse, and beautiful flowers in an extraordinary garden. Show-quality dahlias are displayed in over 340 varieties of flower shapes and hues. Nearly 3,000 dahlia plants are landscaped on hillside terraces that showcase original sculptures. Our community of volunteers create an environment open for anyone to learn about growing this amazing flower while enjoying the many benefits of nature. Come visit the amazing display, help our dahlias grow, attend garden-sponsored activities, or support us by funding our vision!
Visit us soon, and often, to watch our dahlias grow and bloom.
Enjoy Your Visit
When in bloom, the dahlias become an explosion of diverse colors, sizes and shapes. With the help of our pollinators (bees and butterflies), they begin the display in July and increase to their full peak through mid-October. Dahlia Hill provides free access to the garden from dawn to dusk, in a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment for all visitors and volunteer gardeners. To ensure a pleasurable experience for everyone, please observe our garden etiquette.
Our visitors range from locals who routinely enjoy the diverse tapestry of the garden, to others from within the state and beyond. Dahlia Hill is an established destination for learning how to grow dahlias, for taking photographs, resting from nearby biking or walking activities, meeting with others or enjoying a tranquil nature setting.
To find out about public events or activities for our members, visit our Facebook and Instagram sites. Click to learn more about the Midland area and other cultural and outdoor attractions.
We invite you to sign up for an educational tour of the garden and original sculptures, and the adjacent museums where the work of Dahlia Hill Society founder, artist Charles Breed, is on display.
Equiline Museum & Dahlia Work Room
The Equiline Museum’s main building contains the work of noted artist and Dahlia Hill’s founder, Charles Breed. To view his work and hear some interesting stories about his life, sign up for a tour at the bottom of this page. The lower level of the building provides a work area for Dahlia Hill’s volunteer members and the winter storage of tubers.
Dahlia Terraces
The eight levels of terraces at Dahlia Hill contain nearly 3,000 Dahlia plants with over 340 varieties of dahlias.
Memorial and Donor Circle
At the top of Dahlia Hill are the Memorial and Donor Circle planters. The Memorial Circle provides a natural setting to integrate cremated remains; and the Donor Circle lists the names of contributors to significant projects.
Emerson Park
Adjacent to Dahlia Hill, Emerson Park provides softball activities, skating, sand volleyball and Tittabawassee River recreation.
Pere-Marquette Rail-Trail
Enjoy some biking, walking and running on the 28-mile long repurposed CSX railroad corridor that was once part of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad.
To Downtown Midland and the Alden B. Dow Home & Studio
Take a five minute walk to tour the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio, masterpiece of the 20th century architect, Alden B. Dow. For tour information visit abdow.org. A one minute drive to downtown Midland will provide a variety of restaurants, shopping, minor league baseball entertainment, and farmers market activities.
Dahlia Hill Office and Equiline Museum
Dahlia Hill’s office is located inside part of the Equiline Museum, which includes some of the work of Dahlia Hill’s founder, artist Charles Breed.
Dow Gardens, Canopy Walk, Center for the Arts & Grace A. Dow Library
A one minute drive provides a variety of indoor and outdoor activities including Dow Gardens, a 110-acre botanical garden containing the adjacent Whiting Forest, with the nation’s longest canopy walk. The Midland Center for the Arts complex contributes a range of theater and music events, history, art, and science exhibitions.
Our History
Click to see a visual summary of how we got started and our major milestones.
Museum Video Tour
Preview the work of Dahlia Hill’s founder, artist Charles Breed and the Equiline Museum.
Learn more about the work of Charles Breed.
