If you’re wanting to see flowers on Mackinac Island, you’re in luck! With an abundance of flowers at places to stay, private gardens and in the state park, Mackinac Island is a big-time floral destination. Mission Point Resort offers guided garden tours for both resort guests and visitors. The island also has several options for a self-guided floral tour! Flowers surround the sign for Metevier Inn on Mackinac Island's Market Street

Metivier Inn on Mackinac Island

This cozy boutique B&B on Mackinac Island is bursting with color in the spring, summer and fall! Designed and maintained by owner Diane Neyer, you can admire this work of art as you stroll down historic Market Street. Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel looms high above the resort’s secret garden with thousands of beautiful flowers.

Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel boasts impressive gardens, a secret garden, trails and their signature geraniums on the world’s longest porch. Check out these amazing facts about flowers at Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel website:
  • More than 1,300 geraniums line the famous Front Porch
  • Over 24,000 bulbs are planted in the fall
  • More than 125,000 annuals are used to create the various gardens of Grand Hotel
Hundreds of tulips bloom in front of the sign for Mackinac Island's Mission Point Resort

Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island

A Proven Winners Signature Garden since 2019, Mackinac Island’s Mission Point Resort has a variety of garden and floral features on their 18-acre waterfront property. Their grounds are open to the public for viewing or you can take a guided tour led by their Grounds Manager. Here’s a fun tip: If you come in early June, ask about taking their tulip bulbs home with you! Find out more information by visiting their Mission Point Resort website. Colorful flowers line a brick paver pathway in the garden at Mackinac Island’s Hotel Iroquois.

Hotel Iroquois on Mackinac Island

Known for its eye-popping array of annuals, perennials, and shrubs chosen for their bold color and location, Mackinac Island’s Hotel Iroquois boasts a Proven Winners Signature Garden since 2010. Sitting right on the water with views of the Straits of Mackinac, this historic hotel is something to see both inside and out! A gorgeous flower garden covers much of the front lawn at the Windermere Hotel on Michigan’s Mackinac Island.

Windermere Hotel on Mackinac Island

The gardens at Mackinac Island’s Windermere Hotel are as lovely as the building itself! Located across the street from Hotel Iroquois, next to Windermere Point, you’ll want to take your time admiring the Windermere Hotel lawn. A horse-drawn carriage passes by flowers out front of Island House Hotel on Mackinac Island

Island House Hotel on Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island’s Island House Hotel has beautiful gardens out front, a porch lined with flower boxes, and an outdoor restaurant tucked in a natural oasis. After admiring the front of Island House Hotel, make your way to the back where you’ll find beautiful plants, soft music and a trickling water feature at Ice House BBQ on Mackinac Island.

Flowering trees frame a wedding ceremony at Mackinac Island's Harbour View Inn

Harbour View Inn on Mackinac Island

Enjoy the peacefulness of Mackinac Island’s Harbour View Inn. The flowers up front are something to see but they also have a gazebo, gardens, and boast some of the oldest lilac trees on Mackinac Island. Map of flower gardens on Michigan's Mackinac Island

Bonus Gardens and Flowers on Mackinac Island

  • French Lane Private Residence: Test your eye-spy skills at this elaborate private garden with hidden figures within it. Located between Main and Market Street, you’ll find a sheet posted on the fence with photos of what you can find inside!
 
  • Twisted Lilac Trees: Take a stroll on the boardwalk and see the unique twisted lilac trees. Lilacs thrive on Mackinac Island and these bunch have twisted trunks from the wind coming off Lake Huron.
 
  • East Bluff Private Gardens: Enjoy views and gardens from East Bluff. These impressive private gardens are viewable from the road but please remember to respect private properties and homes.
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