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“beautiful Chinese-inspired garden”
Scoville Oriental Gardens is a beautiful Chinese-inspired garden was built by Guy and Rose Scovill in the 1920′s and ’30s. In 1948, the Scovill Family deeded their farm to the Decatur Park District. Today, the gardens also feature the Wikoff Oriental Garden Terrace. Located in Scovill Park (71 S. Country Club Rd.), the gardens are open from 7:30 until dusk in season.
We went out of our way to make this part of Illinois a destination on our vacation road trip for the specific reason to visit this wonderful zoo! For a small zoo that's kind of in the middle of... Read more
Went to Boo at the Zoo for the first time with my nieces and nephews children!! It was a very nice walk, train ride and decorated FANTASTIC LY!! Read more
An amazing neighborhood zoo! I've been coming since. I was a child (1980s). Lots of animals you'd find in a larger exotic animals (cheetahs, zebras, penguins) to the kid-friendly petting zoo.... Read more
Scovill Children's Zoo
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