MANSFIELD – Kingwood Center Gardens will unveil its newest exhibit, Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance on Saturday, Feb. 5.
Blending flora, fashion, and fragrance, this interactive exhibit offers a unique, innovative experience where visitors discover the plants and flowers behind some of the world’s iconic perfumes.
Showcasing some of nature’s most aromatic botanicals, Making Scents explores the artistry, history, and science of fragrance utilizing STEM teaching methods and offers hands-on demonstrations and intriguing interpretations. Visitors will follow scents from around the globe by interacting with ten different scent-seeking stations and will view the “Perfume Palace” bottle display, featuring more than 200 unique and intricate perfume bottles.
As a souvenir, visitors can create their own personalized fragrance card after learning about basic perfume composition – a unique take-a-way that will leave them thinking (and smelling) for days.
Making Scents will be on display through April 30, 2022. Admission for the exhibit is included with general admission to Kingwood. Members and Children 12 & under are free. Non-Member admission is $8. Kingwood is currently open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance is produced by The North Carolina Arboretum. Wildflower Fresh Beauty and Wilging, Roush & Parsons CPAs are exhibit sponsors.
About Kingwood Center Gardens
Kingwood Center Gardens is an exquisite garden estate on 47 acres in Mansfield, OH that once was the home of the innovative industrialist, Charles Kelley King. Kingwood is renowned for its distinctive floral displays, unique plant specimens, woodland trails, historic mansion and gardens, display greenhouse, duck pond, and peacocks. Signature events like Wine Walk, the Great Pumpkin Glow and Christmas at Kingwood delight thousands of guests annually and provide vital support for this non-profit organization.
In mid-October 2020, Kingwood celebrated the opening of the Garden Gateway, a new visitor center with a café, garden and gift shop, ballroom, exhibit gallery, and guest amenities. The Garden Gateway Project also includes the Grand Perennial Garden with Perennial Pavilion, the new Draffan Fountain Terrace, and a Nature Pond.
General admission: 13 years and up – $8; Children 12 years and under and Kingwood members are free Winter Hours: 10am – 5pm; April through October 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
