Mission Oaks Gardens

Gale Garden

Gale Garden is a serene green space in a historic residential community for resting the weary body and renewing the harried mind and spirit. The garden is located in the McIntire Historic District of Zanesville with access from Charles Street off of Sunset Avenue, which is one block south of Adair and two blocks west of Maple Avenue.

The area now included in the Gale Garden was a farm pasture in the early 1800s and then a truck farm for vegetables. The property was purchased by Kenneth and Jane Gale in 1938 and turned into a retreat behind their home and garden.

In 2005, the Gale family proposed donating the one-acre lot to the community as a public garden. The property was transferred to the Mission Oaks Foundation and then in 2010 it was transferred to the Muskingum Valley Park District.

Through the efforts of many individuals, companies and organizations, the garden has been transformed into a beautiful place for people to relax and visit while enjoying a varied collection of rare and unique plants in a woodland motif.

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Gale Garden Hosta

As you wander through and around Gale Garden you will find many Hosta, so many that we wanted to list them all below. Happy searching locating them all!

A Many Splendored Thing	Abba Irresistible	Abiqua Elephant Ears	Adorable	After Glow
Alakazaam	American Eagle	American Halo	American Hero	Andrew
Angel Feathers	Ann Kulpa	Anne	Aphrodite (plantaginea)	Apple Green
Atlantis	Band of Gold	Bedazzled	Blazing Saddles	Blizzard
Blue Angel	Blue Belle	Blue Mouse Ears	Blueberry Muffin	Brass Ring
Brutus	Bumblebee	Cameo	Captain Kirk	Carol
Cheatin Heart	Christmas Tree	Clarence	Coast to Coast	Corn Muffins
Cotton Candy	Curly Fries	Dancing Mouse	Dancing Queen	Dawn
Day's End	Deep Blue Sea	Delta Dawn	Diana Remembered	Dream Queen
Dream Weaver	Earth Angel	Eternal Flame	Evening Blush	Everlasting Love
Eye Catcher	Faithful Heart	Fantabulous	Fantasy Island	Fashionista
Fire and Ice	Fire Island	First Blush	First Frost	First Mate
Fragrant Blue	Fragrant Bouquet	Francee	Frosted Mouse Ears	Fujibotan
Gemini Moon	Gemstone	Gentle Giant	Giantland Mouse Cheese	Gold Chip
Gold Drop	Gold Standard	Golden Spider	Grand Prize	Grape Fizz
Guacamole	Gypsy Rose	Hacksaw	Handy Hatfield	Hanky Panky
Happy Dayz	Heartache	Heatwave	Holy Mouse Ears	Hudson Bay
Hush Puppy	Illicit Affair	Inniswood	Invincible	Irish Eyes
Ivory Queen	Jack of Diamonds	Jaws	Key West	Kiwi Full Monty
Kiwi Jordan	Krossa Broad Band	Lakeside Baby Face	Lakeside Blue Jeans	Lakeside Cha Cha
Lakeside Cupcake	Lakeside Dragonfly	Lakeside Kaleidoscope	Lakeside Paisley Print	Lakeside Shore Master
Laverne and Shirley	Lemon Love Note	Lemon Twist	Lily Pad	Lime Fizz
Linda Sue	Little Black Scape	Little Red Rooster	Little Treasure	Little White Lines
Little Wonder	Louisa	Margin of Error	Marilyn Monroe	Mary Marie Ann
Maui Buttercups	May Moon	Midnight at the Oasis	Mighty Mouse	Mingo
Mini Skirt	montana 'Aureomarginata'	Moonlight	Moonstruck	Munchkin Fire
Mystic Star	Navajo	nigrescens	Northern Exposure	Ocean Isle
O'Harra	Okaydokey	Old Glory	Orange Crush	Orange Marmalade
Paleface	Paradigm	Paradise Joyce	Patriot	Paul's Glory
Pearly Gates	Peter Pan	Phantom	Pilgrim	Pineapple Poll
Pineapple Upside Down Cake	Pistachio Cream	Pixie Vamp	Pizzaz	plantaginea
Pocketful of Sunshine	Pooh Bear	Prairie Glow	Punky	Quilted Hearts
Radiant Edger	Rainbow's End	Rainforest Sunrise	Revolution	Rhino Hide
Royal Tiara	Sagae	Samurai	Sara's Sensation	Seducer
Sergeant Pepper	Shade Finale	Silver Halo	Singing in the Rain	Smiley Face
Snake Eyes	Snow Cap	Snow Mouse	So Sweet	Sparkling Burgundy
Spartan Arrow	St. Elmo's Fire	Stitch in Time	Sugar Plum Fairy	Sum and Substance
Sum of All	Summer Breeze	Thunderbolt	Tickle Me Pink	Titanic
Tokudama Flavocircinalis	Toy Soldier	Trifecta	Ultraviolet Light	Ulysses S. Grant
Undulata	Unforgettable	Victory	Virginia Reel	Vulcan
Weihenstephen	Wheee!	White Feather	White Wall Tires	Winter Snow
Winter Warrior	Wintergreen	World Cup	Xanadu	Zitronenfalter