Maymont is a 100-acre (0.156 sq mi) Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia.

It contains Maymont Mansion, now a historic house museum, an arboretum, an Italian and Japanese garden, a carriage collection, native wildlife exhibits, a nature center, and a petting zoo.

[citation needed] The Japanese Garden at Maymont is well tended and features a koi pond and a large waterfall.

Years following Mrs. Dooley's passing, the Japanese garden increasingly lost its magnificence and design.

The new design of the Japanese is considered a "stroll garden" which offers guests at Maymont to see how the changing impact of nature has on the grounds.

Some examples of exotic flora that are on grounds include False Larch and Pseudolarix kaempferia from Japan; White Enkianthus and the Enkianthis perulatas from China; and Persian Ironwood.

It starts east of the Children's Farm and goes along the horse and cow pastures, down to the Bobcat habitat.

A nature center is also on the grounds, which exhibits many aquatic animals found in and around Virginia such as otters, alligators, and sharks.