UC Riverside Botanic Gardens

Look who came to visit! This fantastic footage was captured by one of our volunteers in the gardens plantdoctorlady Bobcat sightings are rare, but they do vis...

There's always something new to discover in the rose garden! #rosegardens #roses #ucrbotanicgardens #botanicgardens #gardening

Looking for a shady spot to cool off in this week? Our grove of coastal Redwood trees might not come with that cooler northern Californian weather, but with all...

Butterflies love passion flowers, that's why we have them in our butterfly garden! Join us this weekend on our open Sunday (it's the first of the month) and s...

Join us for our summer twilight tours! Come with us on these special tours, and experience the magic of the gardens at a time when we are not open to the publ...

We will 'bee' closed for 4th July! 🐝 Have a happy independence day, and we will reopen 8am Friday 5th July.

It might be getting hot, but for some plants, it's perfect! Come and visit the desert garden and more, all summer long, Monday thru Friday #ucrbotanicgardens...

One of our volunteers caught sight of a gray fox in the gardens! Gray foxes have short legs and can climb trees to find food or a place to hide. They will also ...

There's always something new to see at the gardens! #ucrbotanicgardens #botanicgardens #riverside #inbloom

The Gardens and UCR will be closed tomorrow in honor of Juneteenth. Come back on Thursday to see what’s surviving this heat! (Hint—Rosa ‘Eyeconic Melon Lemonade’)

Peruvian lilies (alstroemeria) We have a range of colors popping into bloom here, and they are all fabulous! They are long blooming and perennial, but unlike t...

Come and find the cape chestnut, in bloom right now! On one of the quieter pathways in the gardens, this South African tree (calodendrum capense) is a blast of...

It's time for the annual Meeting and State of the Gardens Address from the UCR Botanic Gardens director, Dr Jodie Holt. Join us on June 20 to hear about what's ...

Time for a cookout! Floribunda cultivar Rosa ‘ketchup and mustard’ anyone?

It's national gardening week, so we're here with some gardening tips from our master gardeners! Today we're thinking about watering in this sudden June heat. D...