Beautiful little park. I saw lots of flower beds so in the summer it shoukd be beautiful!

Quiet, secluded spot right in the middle of town. Anyone interested in plants will enjoy the labels found throughout the park.

Shelter gardens is an essential stop for residents and tourists alike! Its winding exposed aggregate pathways bost easy comfortable walking, mated with wonderful displays of exquisite landscape and flowing water features culminate to produce a peaceful, settling, outdoor experience like no other, and not to be left out are the park squirrels, who aid in adding smiles and positive attitudes by their cute and playful behaviors.

Peaceful, well-maintained Park with paved pathways winding around the 5 acre property. Enjoy multiple water features & waterfall with coy pond. I liked that all of the vegetation & tree variations were labeled. All 5 senses go to work & I can imagine how this place must look fully bloomed on a sunny day (cloudy morning today). Theres also an old schoolhouse you can walk into, sit down or leave your mark on the chalkboards. Love this place!

Lots of shade and seating. Loved the koy pond.

Lovely, beautiful, peaceful, and zen-ish place. Healing myself by walking around the garden.

So peaceful and well manicured. A lovely place to enjoy.

Nice for a relaxing afternoon, lots of different plants and the koi fish are awesome!

Absolutely a beautiful place to visit and take a walk through, especially if you love nature and flowers! If you are a history buff at all then go see the old school house in the middle of the garden, its amazing! Perfectly set up and restored!!

Great place to enjoy nature and get some steps in to stay healthy. So glad for this place!

Peaceful retreat or a good place to kill a little time and relax between appointments. No public restroom though so plan ahead.

I never even knew this was here! It is so pretty and well done. But better be sure to use the restroom before you go.

One of my favorite places in Columbia. All the lovely flowers, the lush plants, the towering trees. Its a magical place. A wonderful, serene escape in the middle of the city. Everyone should go here at least once.

Such a beautiful, zen place. Tucked away and built so that feels like its own little secret garden. Wonderful for a picnic, family photos or a stop-and-smell-the-flowers moment.

Beautiful place to walk around. Nice peaceful and secure place to relax and see beautiful botanical flora.

Such a pretty place to walk around. I love how its groomed and labeled, and that they use organic methods. The koi are great, too. Wear bug spray!

This is a pleasure to visit. So beautiful to walk around with my kids. We love to get ice cream and enjoy the gardens.

Beautiful flowers and walking paths. Excellent for reducing stress.

I have visited the gardens for many years and it just gets more beautiful every year. The grounds are so well kept and the charming schoolhouse and statues add charm to this lovely garden.

It definitely was not up to its usual standard. A lot of the plants were in poor shape. Almost all the rose bushes needed pruning and there were very few roses

I’m a photographer and had an engagement session there. It has variety and doesn’t disappoint!!

Peaceful, beautiful gardens, nice place to walk and also to sit and contemplate.

Beautiful flowers and koi pond...benches to sit on...no tables

Came here to get pics with the fam. will be back to walk in the beauty and shade

We got married there so beautiful!

So peaceful! The Gardens are kept beautifully! A great place to picnic with the family or read a book in (almost) silence.

Beautifully kept and labeled. Perfect place for a walk.

Great place to visit. Beautifully arranged and maintained. Excellent location to take photos for special occasions.

Beautiful and peaceful garden for strolling, picnicking and admiring nature. Plants are labeled and gardens are planned perfectly.

Such a beautiful and peaceful place to have a lunchtime picnic. Very well kept, love to visit this place.

Beautiful garden with walking paths and an old school house with a guest book to sign.

Very beautiful, incredibly well kept. A great place for a walk and formal pictures

Absolutely beautiful and well kept.

A rare and beautiful example of a formal garden with plant varieties in abundance. It is evident that the Shelter Insurance Company has invested time, money, and thoughtful planning in this oasis of a park on the edge of Columbia. With the corporate buildings nearby, and a large apartment complex bordering one side of the gardens, it is still quiet, peaceful, and serene. A place where one can go to walk, be alone, be quiet in an otherwise noisy world. Time set aside in Shelter Gardens to think, pray, meditate, wander aimlessly, or spread a blanket and lay underneath a canopy of clouds is time well spent. A true treasure of Columbia, Missouri and not to be missed at any season of the year.

So peaceful. I took my son and grandsons there.

Beautiful place to walk and relax. Also a great place to takr photos.

Koi pond is amazing!

Beautiful and tranquil, the perfect place to just walk or sit, and put your mind at ease.... or have a picnic! This gorgeous outdoor area also offers an educational benefit to botany students, or any green thumb enthusiast, as all the trees and shrubs are labeled. Another plus to this already free-to-public outdoor area is that it makes a great photo op for any occasion, complete with stone pathways, fountains, flowers, evergreens, a gazebo and even and old school house! Doggy mess bag/drop off stations are available at the entry to help maintain the gardens cleanliness.

Great place to go with family or by yourself. Covered shelter available and paved path to walk on. Especially beautiful in spring or fall. A favorite for my family.

Seriously, besides Stephens Lake, of course, this is my next fave:)

Got married here! Beautiful grounds and a nice little piece of serenity in a busy area of town

Nice place for a walk or just to sit and enjoy the views.

Very pretty place loved the scenery

Better in the summer

A perfect little oasis in the middle of the city. I didnt even know it was there for years, because it is kind of hidden in the parking lot of Shelter Insurance. It is so peaceful and beautiful and I love being able to learn the names of native plants and trees. Be sure to be on your best behavior though, there is always a security guard walking around on duty. Dogs are allowed, but must be on a leash (I did get stopped for that).

Absolutely beautiful garden area. I wish it was open a bit later in the day, but I understand why they need to close up shop when the sun starts to set. Still, I highly recommend bringing your kids here for a learning experience!

Love this garden. Thank you Shelter Insurance for sharing your garden.

A great place to walk through and destress. Im grateful to the people who maintain the gardens.

Beautiful privately owned park free for public. The park has hundreds of different plants and trees. The park also has several different species of small animals and birds which you can enjoy spotting. The park needs to be maintained well in the month of march. However there are enough attractions to spend your hour or two. The Park has huge parking right besides Shelter Insurance Building.

Super cute but very small. Would love to see it in the spring!

Great place to spend time with family but some area were not properly maintained and there were street dogs everywhere.

Great place for pictures, no matter what time of year. Have evergreens and bridges for during the winter, and landscaped gardens for the rest of the year.

Very beautiful park

It is my best place on earth !

We walked around Shelter Gardens on a really cold and windy day. No plants were blooming but man when they do it will be beautiful! This was our first time there and wont be our last!! I cant wait until everything is growing and blooming.

Shady, paved walkways, very quiet, lovely landscaping

This is a beautiful, privately owned park that Shelter Insurance allows the public to use. It is generally very peaceful and even more so when users restrain their pets and children from chasing the birds and animals and keep them out of the flower beds. Greenspace is at a premium and I am very grateful to SI for maintaining a place to which I can escape from my small apartment. Thank you Shelter. (No I dont work for you )

The gardens are stunningly beautiful and extremely well tended! The paths are nice and go throughout the whole park. The jazz series we saw sounded terrific outside from the gazebo!

Shelter gardens has always been a beautiful place to enjoy. Its a very calm environment, with lots of different areas and things to admire. Great for taking a walk on the nice trail, taking pictures for events or just for fun, or just relaxing on one of the benches or in the gazebo. There are also lots of poke stops to hit which is great!

Pretty great! Itll be much better when the construction is finished next door.

It is so beautiful and peaceful. One of the best place I have ever seen

Oddly placed but beautiful and kind of serene for being in the middle of the city. Google was tripping with the directions. The entrance is NOT on W. Ash. Parking and the entrance is off Broadway in the Shelter Insurance company parking lot. Great place for walking, taking pictures, and sitting. Lots of guys walk there. Lol! I think a cop walking there was either checking me out or keeping an eye on me.

The plants, fish, and garden is beautiful. Shelter does a great job and there is security.

Beautiful space!!! My family loves walking around the gardens and watching the squirrels play.

Loved walking this place, met up with a lot of people.to enjoy the sights and play pokemon go!

Nice place to take a stroll and enjoy the flowers. They also have an old schoolhouse that you can go into. I used to go there on my lunch break and relax. Nice place.

Love this place. Beautiful and a wonderful place for a nice walk.

Beautiful place! My family and I enjoy taking photos out here. The place gets extremely crowded when the weather is nice but it is still enjoyable.

Enjoyable walk. Loved seeing groups of trees from various areas

Its a very beautiful place and I would recommend anyone to check it out. Great for taking pictures!

Nice place for family photos and its nice to have security really clean place to go

Beautiful garden. Also a good amount of Pokemon Go stops and a couple gyms.

Pretty peaceful

This Garden is the most beautiful, peaceful park . I took my granddaughter whom freaked over the squirrels but still a delite

Beautiful!

I give this place at 10 me and my wife we go there just to eat lunch take pictures of the flowers and to look into fish and just enjoy the day thank you for having it

Clean and nice

A Columbia must see.

Beautiful little garden in Columbia. Always enjoying taking kids here to see the fish in the pond, the flowers, and just take in nature.

Been here on several occasions great place to relax or have a small event

Nice place to walk but may trash on the ground.

Beautiful place to take the family or go for a run. It gets pretty crowded on prom and graduation nights, but otherwise its a nice place to visit. My kids especially like looking at the fish and checking out the old school house.

Its peaceful with a wide variety of flowers and trees and wide open spaces.

Beautiful little walk through garden. Perfect for a few minutes of escape from the noise of columbia traffic. Lovely to take pictures at or enjoy a picnic.

Beautiful place needs a little work but serene. Free concerts there Sunday evenings.

My cat likes taking walks in the gardens and they are quiet enough that she doesnt get freaked out by street noises.

I love this park! It is so beautiful and peaceful, and I love photographing there as well. It is never horribly crowded that I have noticed. The security there is pleasant. Make sure you check out the old fashioned school house!

Great places for any photo shoot, especially during the Spring. Really well taken care of.

A local favorite. Stroll down paths through the beautiful garden lined with benches or have lunch under the gazebo. A great place to take photos of your kids is in the old school house where there is usually chalk for use on the boards. Really a lovely spot.

A very well maintained garden thats open to the public. A great place to go with family or solo.

I it was stinky this time. Flora and fauna were excellent. Still wish they had a bathroom.

Well kept garden with tons of plants to look at and identify. There is a nice Koi pond with a little waterfall that my kids really enjoyed. There is a nice paved walkway to lead you through the gardens, and a cute old School house that you can walk through.

Wonder place to get a little exercise and enjoy the gardens! Our Collie loves it there!

Beautiful, calming and really neat place to just take a small walk or enjoy the day. There is also a cute little old school house replica there you can walk into and sit in old school chairs. The koi fish are absolutely beautiful and the flowers are gorgeous.

Such a beautiful place to visit. AMUST VISIT PLACE

A beautiful place to stroll and enjoy the outdoors and gardens

Was their for a wedding and this place is absolutely amazing! Very well kept and couldnt ask for a better view!! Thank you for keeping this place us. Great place!

Liked the flowers and the fish ponds. Lots of squirrels.

The garden is beautiful this summer. I would like to see more emphasis on native plants. Native plants support birds, butterflies, and insects that are native to Missouri and promote a healthy biodiversity.

Gorgeous but odd that its all for an insurance company. Didnt know that when we headed there. Be sure to check out the school house though!