UC Riverside Botanic Gardens

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...

It's the first week of June! That also means it's national gardening week, so keep an eye out as we share top tips for gardening in June all week from our maste...

How tall is it? Our Octopus Agave has grown a huge spike of yellow blossoms this spring which is over 10 feet tall! The mother plant will die after this, bu...

The California Buckeye (Aesculus Californica) is in glorious bloom right now. Come and find it in the North Coast section behind the rose garden #ucrbotanicga...