UCR Botanic Gardens | A Nature Oasis and Living Museum in California's Inland Empire

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens -- two female students taking pictures (c) UCR / Stan Lim

Welcome to the UCR Botanic Gardens

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens plant sale

Plant Sales

The largest plant sale events in the Inland Empire

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens Art in the Gardens

Art in the Gardens

A fundraiser where curated items from local artisans are offered for sale

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens bird walk and breakfast (c) UCR / Stan Lim

Bird Walk & Breakfast

Periodic early morning bird walks in the Gardens

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens Members annual meeting

Members Annual Meeting

Members-only annual Meeting and Reception

UCR Botanic Gardens, Primavera in the Gardens

Primavera in the Gardens

Riverside’s premiere food, wine, and craft beer tasting event

UCR Botanic Gardens, Annual Rose Pruning

Rose Pruning

Annual Rose Pruning Demonstration

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens twilight tours (c) UCR / Stan Lim

Twilight Tours

After-hours Twilight Tours of the Botanic Gardens

UC Riverside Botanic Gardens Volunteer Orientation Sessions

Volunteer Orientation Sessions

Learn how you can get involved

The UCR Botanic Gardens is a living museum curated to inspire and facilitate education, research, and interpretation of the natural world. Please view calendar for business hours.

The Gardens

Located in the foothills of the Box Springs Mountains on the east side of the University of California, Riverside Campus, the Gardens covers 40 hilly acres. Come visit our collection and gardens, wander over four miles of scenic trails, or just relax on a bench and enjoy the beauty and vistas.

The UCR Botanic Gardens are open with reduced hours: MON - WED, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Thursday & Friday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, two Saturdays (2nd & 4th) per month, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, and two Sundays (1st & 3rd) per month, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, except for major holidays, special events, and during UCR campus closure.

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Students touring the Botanic Gardens

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Featured Botanic Gardens News

AIG 2022

November 05, 2022

Art in the Gardens, November 5, 2022

Art in the Gardens Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 am-3:00 pm Join us for the 9th Art in the Gardens This will be a wonderful opportunity to purchase unique and beautiful art pieces (maybe shop early for the holidays!) enjoy...

Spring Tour of a CA Native Garden, April 23, 2022

Moreno Valley garden tour, talk, and refreshments hosted by the UCR Botanic Gardens. Garden tour and talk provided by Master Gardener George Spiliotis and Master Gardener Karen Fleisher. Moreno Valley address provided upon registration. Two tour options: 10am-12pm & 1-3pm...

Hummingbird

Bird Walk & Breakfast, April 2, 2022- MAXIMUM CAPACITY REACHED

The UCR campus is a bird hotspot for both permanent residents and seasonal migrating species (see ebird.org). The UCR Botanic Gardens will host an early morning Bird Walk in the Gardens on April 2, 2022, timed for ideal sightings and...

Plant Sale

Online Spring Plant Sale, April 2 & 3, 2022

For over four decades the UCR Botanic Gardens has hosted the largest plant sale events in the Inland Empire. These events were recently redesigned to focus on plants propagated from our own unique collection. Currently, due to the Coronavirus pandemic...

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Interactive Virtual tour (GIS Map)

Southwest Deserts Story Map

Plant Ecology Story Map

California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) in bloom

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Flower in Bloom (c) Ilse Ungeheuer

What's in Bloom?

View our monthly listing of plants in bloom and their corresponding locations in the Gardens

Snowdrop flowers at UCR Botanic Gardens (c) Ilse Ungeheuer

Photography Policy

Please review our policies and fees for professional, commercial and paid photographers

Brittlebush in the Botanic Gardens

Interactive Story Map

Explore the Gardens with our new "Deserts of the Southwest" self-guided tour

GIS Map UC Riverside Botanic Gardens

Interactive GIS Map

Locate more than 150 specimen in the Gardens

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What's in bloom

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