May 12, 2026

Color Your Way Through 14 Historic Gardens

As the summer season approaches, so too do blossoming gardens, long days, and trips and travel. To celebrate the season, we asked our Historic Sites and affiliates of the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program to share an image that captures the balmy feeling of exploring a garden. We invite you to take a moment for yourself amid today’s chaos and relax by coloring in these lush, leafy scenes.

This coloring book can be printed and colored by hand, or downloaded and colored digitally using the app or software of your choice. It features the following National Trust Historic Sites and members and affiliates of the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program:

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Emma Peters is a content specialist at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A history graduate, she is constantly humbled by the ways past lives and societies have shaped how we experience the present.

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