Gardens
Find inspiration for your own landscape
in our
Gardens.
Enjoy a colorful variety of native and non-native plant species and gain inspiration for your own garden at the eight-acre botanical Gardens at the Springs Preserve.
Gardens Features Include:
- Cactus Gardens
- Palm Oasis
- Herb Garden
- Rose Garden
- Vegetable and Fruit Gardens
- Cooking demonstrations using herbs we've grown
- Enabling Garden, providing gardening options for people with physical disabilities
- Areas demonstrating different types of grasses, soils, mulches and hardscapes
See our Gardens Fact Sheet for more details about the Gardens themes, features and history. You can purchase plants at our Gift Shop.
Dr. Green Thumb
The doctor is in on Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon. Bring your sick plant, a photo or a description of what ails your garden and Linn Mills (Dr. Green Thumb) or one of our many Master Gardeners will attempt to provide a free diagnosis and cure.
Can't make it in on Fridays? Visit our Ask the Desert Gardener web board and post your gardening quandary.
Admission and Hours
The Gardens is open daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. or dusk (whichever comes first). Members get early-morning entry to the Gardens and Trails beginning at 8 a.m. Admission to the Gardens is free.
See the Tickets page for more information about hours and ticket prices for the Desert Living Center and ORIGEN Experience.
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