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Biblical garden at Paradise Valley United Methodist Church (Paradise Valley, Arizona).
Biblical gardens @ Protestant Congregations & Organizations (89):

Episcopalian & Anglican:


Biblical Herb Garden (Clanton, AL):
Founded: 2009

St. Gregory's Episcopal Church (Long Beach, CA)
Founded: 2014

St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church Biblical Garden (Simi Valley, CA):
Created as as Girl Scout eagle project, this winding garden is intermixed with a Stations of the Cross walk and ends with a rock labyrinth.
Founded: 2011

St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Cheshire, CT):
Existing church garden transformed into biblical garden.
Founded: 2007

Christ Church Biblical Garden (St. Leonard, MD):
Founded: 1969

Grace Church Bible Garden (Carthage, MO):
Founded: 2009

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (New York, NY):
Founded: 1973
This garden is enclosed toward the back part of the property.

Episcopal Bible Garden (Columbia, SC)

Plants of the Bible section at Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.):
Founded: 1927

The Bible Garden (Canberra, Australia):
Founded: 2008

Anglican Center in the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Israel):
Founded: 1990

St. Luke's Biblical Garden (Bell Block, New Plymouth, New Zealand):
Founded: 2005

​Bangor Cathedral Biblical Garden (Bangor, Wales):
Founded: 1962

Baptist (multiple denominations):

Hartford Baptist Prayer Garden (Hartford, AL):
Southern Baptist.
Founded: 2005

Noank Baptist Church Biblical Herb Garden (Noank, CT):
Founded: 2004

Sweet Memorial Baptist Biblical Gardens (Waycross, GA)

Methodist (multiple denominations):

Paradise Valley United Methodist Church Biblical Garden (Paradise Valley, AZ):
Founded: c. 1960
First planted soon after congregation was founded. Adjacent to the garden is a walking labyrinth.

Church of the Wayfarer Master's Garden (Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA):
Founded: 1940
Oldest biblical garden identified. 

​Los Gatos United Methodist Church (Los Gatos, CA):
Founded: 2015

St. Paul's United Methodist Church (Manteca, CA):
This garden is situated in the church's interior courtyard and is accompanied by a St. Francis statute and walking labyrinth.
Founded: 1995

Belmond United Methodist Church (Blemond, IA):
Founded: 2002

Lake Junaluska Biblical Garden (Junaluska, NC):
Located at Methodist retreat in the mountains. While you are there, check out the World Methodist Museum on site, which has historical artifacts of American Methodism such as one of John Wesley's traveling pulpits.
Founded: 2010

Thoburn United Methodist Church (St. Clairesville, OH)

United Methodist Biblical Garden (Columbia, SC):
Founded: 2011

United Methodist Biblical Gardens (Fredericksburg, TX):
Founded: 2006

Kavanaugh United Methodist Church (Greenville, TX)
​Founded: c.1995

Biblical Garden (Royal Wooten Bassett, England):
Founded: 2015

Presbyterian (multiple denominations):

Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church (Fountain Hills, AZ):
PC-USA.
Founded: 1990 

Ojai Presbyterian Church (Ojai, CA):
PC-USA; it is situated along the outside border between the church and the public street.
Founded: 1995

Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church (White Rock, NM):
PCA
Founded: 1994


First Presbyterian Church of Baldwin (Baldwin, NY):
Founded: 1996

First Presbyterian Church (Nashville, TN):
PC-USA.
Founded: c. 1980

United Church of Christ:

Pilgrim Congregational Church Biblical Garden (Hemet, CA)
Founded: c. 2010

Key Biscayne Community Church (Key Biscayne, FL):
Founded: 1984

Seabreeze United Church of Christ (Daytona Beach, FL)

Church of the Apostles (Waynesboro, PA):
Founded: 2014

​Fair Haven United Church of Christ (Fair Haven, VT):
Founded: 1981

Lutheran (multiple denominations):

Lutheran Church of the Ascension Biblical Garden (Citrus Heights, CA):
Small garden at back of church property, centered around gorgeous fig tree.
Founded: 1999

Trinity Lutheran Church (Simi Valley, CA):
This garden is organized according to biblical themes. A nice series of photos are on the congregation's website.
Founded: 1978

St. James Lutheran Church (Coral Gables, FL):
Founded: 1950

Redeemer Biblical Garden (Jackson, MI):
Founded: 2014
Small garden in back of church property. Adjacent to the garden is a walking prayer trail.

St. Paul Lutheran Church (Port Huron, MI):
Founded: 1985

Christ Lutheran School (Norfolk, NE):
Founded: 1999

Trinity Lutheran Church Biblical Gardens (Circleville, OH):
Founded: 1994

St. John's Lutheran Bible Garden (Roanoke, VA):
Founded: 2013

Bethany Lutheran Church (Seattle, WA):
ELCA garden with 15 botanical varieties.
Founded: 2008

Martin Luther Church Bible Garden (Stuhr, Germany)
Founded: 2004

​St. Peter's Lutheran Cathedral (Bremen, Germany):
Founded: 1998

Biblical Garden (Bad Worishofen, Germany)
Founded: 2014

Biblical Garden (Heimsheim, Germany)
Founded: 2012

Biblical Garden (Stuttgart, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Schottenstein, Germany)
Founded: 2011

​Biblical Garden (Koenigstein, Germany)
Founded: 2005

Biblical Garden (Kalefeld, Germany)
Founded: 2012

Biblical Garden (Holtrop, Germany)
Founded: 2003

Biblical Garden (Wendeburg, Germany)

​Biblical Garden (Beckeln, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Wahlstedt, Germany)
Founded: 2014

Biblical Garden (Hohenwestedt, Germany)
Founded: 2003

Biblical Garden (Kiel, Germany)
Founded: 2004

Lutheran Biblical Garden (Wildeshausen, Germany)

Ecumenical or Other Protestant:

The Bible Garden at Shepherd's Cross (Claremore, OK):
Founded: 1991

Israel Prayer Garden (Corinth, TX):
Founded: 2011
This garden is based at the charismatic Glory of Zion international congregation. This one acre garden features numerous biblical varieties and is "modeled after ancient maps of Israel's Twelve Tribes."

Palm Beach Bible Garden (Palm Beach, Australia):
Founded: 1966

Rothwell United Church (Ottawa, Ontario):
United Church of Canada. 
Founded: 1997

Bible Garden (Garstang, England):
Founded: 2000
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Biblical Garden (Loffingen, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Eichenau, Germany)
Founded: 2002

Biblical Garden (Gaildorf, Germany)
Founded: 2010

Biblical Garden (Furstenzel, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Bad Fussing, Germany):
Located as part of a healing spa complex. 

Biblical Garden (Mainstockheim, Germany)
Founded: 2013

Biblical Garden (Stutensee, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Leutershausen, Germany)
Founded: 2008

Biblical Garden (Allendorf, Germany)
Founded: 2008

Biblical Garden (Herne, Germany)
Founded: 2013

Biblical Garden (Nottuln, Germany)
Founded: 2009

Biblical Garden (Bad Driburg, Germany)
Founded: 2014

Biblical Garden (Ribbeck, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Bad Muender, Germany)

Biblical Garden (Schonbronn, Germany)
Founded: 2015

Friedensau Adventist University Biblical Garden (Mockern, Germany)

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Bible Garden (Schoningen, Germany):
Founded: 1996

​Bible Museum (Habfurt, Germany)

Evangelical Reformed Biblical Garden (Horn, Germany)
Founded: 2008

Holy Land Biblical Garden (Siana Spring Conservancy, Kenya):
This attraction combines the usual presentation of biblical flora (here, over 100 varieties) with a 20-acre landscape re-creation of "ancient Israel," including the Jordan River and Dead Sea.

Biblical Garden (Barendrecht, Netherlands):
Founded: 2009

Biblical Garden (Zwaterbroek, Netherlands):
Founded: 2003

Biblical Garden (Zevenhuizen, Netherlands):
Founded: 2009

​St. Andrews Church Biblical Garden (Golspie, Scotland):
Church of Scotland. Open year round, 24 hours a day.
Founded: 2000
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