# Cheekwood Estate & Gardens > Place to go for families in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area (TN). Times are Central Time. - When: Tuesday–Sunday 9 am–5 pm (holiday daytime hours 9 am–3:30 pm during Holiday LIGHTS, Nov… - Where: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37205 - Ages: Youth 3–17; ages 2 and under free - Price: Adults $20–26; seniors $18–26; students $16–26; youth (3–17) $13–19; 2 & under free; members free (pricing varies by program and day) - Schedule: Tuesday–Sunday 9 am–5 pm (holiday daytime hours 9 am–3:30 pm during Holiday LIGHTS, Nov 20, 2026–Jan 3, 2027, when evening hours run 4:30–10 pm). Closed Mondays for daytime visits. - Organizer: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens - Official page: https://cheekwood.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-estate-and-gardens--listing-c46b10648d917306deba6716 ## About Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden, arboretum and art museum on the 1930s Cheek family estate in west Nashville. For families, the two-acre Bracken Foundation Children's Garden has tunnels, water easels, a labyrinth and a turtle pond, and the Turner Seasons Garden holds the TRAINS! exhibit and Hugo and the Impossible Thing storybook trail, with an enchanted train depot, tunnels, observation domes and 1,035 feet of track. Cheekwood suggests kids act as investigators: look for wildlife, smell the herbs and count flower types, without picking. The mansion galleries show rotating works from the collection. ## Similar picks in Nashville - [Cheekwood Harvest](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-harvest--listing-62dc69d844d171a0e225ea9e) — Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · From $14 · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's six-week fall festival fills the 55-acre botanical garden with about 100,000 pumpkins and enters its final week. Families follow the new Marigold River, a ribbon of… - [Shelby Bottoms Ghostbusters](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/shelby-bottoms-ghostbusters--listing-7f38cba79a4c98dbd1239a8d) — Sat, Oct 24 · 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Shelby Bottoms Nature Center · Ages 12+ · checked Oct 24. A Halloween-weekend evening program for ages 12 and up at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center in East Nashville. A naturalist leads a playful "ghost hunt" through the history and… - [A Haunted House in Warner Woods](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/a-haunted-house-in-warner-woods--listing-aa96937f25d0cf9e9c4f8bc1) — Fri, Oct 30 · 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Warner Park Nature Center · Ages 16+ · checked Oct 24. A Halloween-season evening hike for teens and adults at the Warner Park Nature Center. Participants hike a short trail deep into the forest, work together to solve a nature… - [El Día de los Muertos at Cheekwood](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/el-dia-de-los-muertos-at-cheekwood--listing-c4dd04729a26c91325ae8eae) — Sat, Oct 31 (+1 more date) · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's 27th annual El Día de los Muertos festival, billed as the region's largest Day of the Dead celebration, fills the estate for two days. Families tour ofrendas… ## More for families - [This weekend in Nashville](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Nashville](https://grassyknees.com/nashville) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville.md)