Sonnenberg Gardens. A serene respite just blocks away from downtown … Continue reading Home → Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park can be crowded, so we recommend booking e-tickets ahead of time to secure your spot. Sonnenberg Gardens is a historic estate showcasing nine formal gardens, an antique greenhouse complex, and a Victorian mansion.

If you're looking for things to do in the area, you may want to check out Hill Cumorah Visitors Center and Finger Lakes Wine Center.
There is so much to see, it's not even worth me typing out descriptions of all of the smaller gardens -- pick a sunny day, grab.
Sonnenberg Gardens is a historic estate showcasing nine formal gardens, an antique greenhouse complex, and a Victorian mansion. Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion preserves the living collection of nine historic gardens plus interprets and promotes the life, times and legacy of Canandaigua's Thompson family estate. In person, you can see why the Thompson family kept the name Sonnenberg.