The City of Roswell and the Friends of Mimosa Hall & Gardens recently celebrated the opening of the grounds at Mimosa Hall (127 Bulloch Avenue, Roswell) with a ribbon cutting as part of the 5th Annual Roswell Azalea Festival.

The 9-acre property surrounds Mimosa Hall, a Greek Revival mansion built in 1841 for John Dunwody, one of the founders of Roswell. In 1918, renowned Atlanta architect J. Neel Reid (1885-1926) bought the home and made substantial changes to the landscape. He transformed five of the acres into formal gardens. Of the 15 garden rooms Reid created on the property, 13 survive today.

The City of Roswell purchased Mimosa Hall & Gardens in 2017. The Department of Recreation, Parks, Historic, and Cultural Affairs, which oversees the property, worked to renovate the gardens for the public opening. The City of Roswell earmarked $150,000 from the 2019 budget for work on the grounds. This project has involved pruning boxwood, removing hazardous trees, levelling uneven spaces on the lawn, and installing handrails on stone steps around the property.

Our team has done an amazing job on this property, explains Katie Troline, community and facility services manager with the City of Roswell. With the boxwood pruned, the grounds are looking gorgeous, and for the first time in years, people can get a clear view of the house from Bulloch Avenue.
The City is supported by the Friends of Mimosa Hall & Gardens, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that formed in 2017 to help with the interpretation, restoration, and maintenance of the property. Last year, the Friends group received a grant from the Garden Club of Georgia to restore Reids Reflecting Pool Garden. The Friends group will also be installing a solar roof on Mimosa Hall. The new roof will provide 100 percent of Mimosa Halls energy needs, saving the City of Roswell about $5000 annually in energy bills and removing 61 tons of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere every year.

Future projects include the restoration of Mimosa Hall. For more information regarding Mimosa Hall, please contact Katie Troline at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..