Best Time To Visit: Every season provides a reason to visit and explore. Please note that butterflies at the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center are most active between the hours of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
What You'll Need for Your Visit: Be sure to wear comfortable shoes for exploring the Gardens.
Spend Labor Day weekend watching the sky fill with color at our 12th Annual Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival. This festive, old-fashioned weekend is highlighted by the extraordinary vision of a balloon glow on Friday evening, and morning and evening flights on Saturday and Sunday. Between balloon launches, the days are filled with entertainment, family activities, exhibits, demonstrations, music and more

Jan.13–Jan.23, 2013, Callaway Gardens School of Needlearts will be celebrating its 42nd year. This event strives to ensure that each student receives individual instruction from the finest needlework teachers. The juried competition is open for free public viewing as well as the boutique and store.

Shop for unique and hard-to-find plants without driving all over the Southeast. Callaway Gardens brings the best of the best plant nurseies to one location. (Just be sure to drive something large enough for all of your finds!)

Come listen and learn to gardening experts Erica Glasener and others, as they share tips and tricks on how to create a beautiful garden that reflects your style with minimal work.

Spring is the most glorious time of year at Callaway Gardens. 20,000 azaleas in splendid bloom, mountain laurel, dogwoods, daffodils and daisies and provide the backdrop for exciting hands-on activities, workshops and guided hikes.

All ages are invited to hunt for Easter eggs (Saturday before Easter; begins at 2 pm) and attend the Easter Sunrise Service (Easter morning). Easter Buffet* available in The Plant Room (walk-in), Mountain Creek Ballrooms (reservations required) and The Piedmont Dining Room (rese

Enjoy the premiere water ski and wakeboard tournament in the world while soaking up the sun and cooling off in Robin Lake Beach. And, you don't have to be into the sport to enjoy the event! Professional skiers from around the world compete in the world's most coveted water sport titles

Come enjoy a fun-filled July 4th at Robin Lake Beach with family activites and fireworks at Callaway Gardens.

Spend Labor Day weekend at Callaway Gardens' Robin Lake Beach.