There are many small public gardens, green spaces and parks located throughout the Chautauqua Institution Grounds. We encourage you to visit these gardens as well as the lake shore and its many new ecologically sustainable changes that the institution has made to the shoreline landscape. An admission fee/gate pass is required from the end of June until the end of August except on Sundays. Free everyday September thru mid-June.
View a map and read descriptions of the Chautauqua Institution gardens.
According to the National Audubon Society, all of Chautauqua Lake is classified as an IBA (Important Bird Area). This is because migrating birds use the lake to rest and refuel during their long journeys. Of the 270+ bird species identified in the area, the Bird Tree and Garden Club's app highlights 100 birds. They are organized both by the location in which you may see them and by the time of year that they might be seen.
Learn about the birds of Chautauqua Institution.
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