Vision

WVBG has a vision that is one of careful transformation, enhancing the natural qualities of the site while retaining the site's existing natural beauty. The new vision will guide WVBG into the future. It will enable WVBG to build on its existing accomplishments and outline new opportunities to create a new Visitors Center and events venue at the Garden Entrance, provide new more formalized gardens and garden areas for revenuegenerating events, expand opportunities for education and programming, and enhance the Tibbs Run Reservoir basin—the centerpiece of WVBG.

With both designed gardens and natural settings, the Core Master Plan concentrates on accentuating the magnificent vistas, showcases regional plants, creates new gardens, and enhances the natural beauty of West Virginia. Most of the existing wooded land on site will remain undisturbed, though the 15-acre basin area will reemerge as a showcase of native meadow, wetland, and aquatic plantings. Adjacent new gardens will delight and educate in every season, inspiring guests through both restful contemplation and energetic exploration of both formal gardens and natural habitats/ecological systems.