UC Riverside Botanic Gardens

If you are a fan of lilacs, both native (Ceanothus spp.) and horticultural (Syringia spp.), be sure to check out our Spring Online Plant Sale April 6-7. We need...

Happy Spring! UCR Give Day is coming up and we hope the season inspires you to support the UCR Botanic Gardens!

Online Spring Plant Sale coming up! Check our website on March 23 for the plant list so you can plan your shopping! Details in flyer.

So glad we closed today! Thanks to UCR Grounds for responding so quickly to this dangerous situation.

Heavy winds -> falling branches -> the UCRBG is closed today! 💨🍃

Who’s a hungry boy? No, do not get any ideas about those turtles!

What a glorious day in the Gardens today!

From South Africa to North America, old world to new, our deserts are thriving with all this rain

Join us for our next Bird Walk; details on flyer

The Gardens are ‘lichen’ all this rain!! (Photo by Pam Roose)

Our plants love the rain but our trails do not; we will be closed tomorrow and reopen Wednesday when this storm blows over. Thank you for your understanding!

Only in So Cal— tree poinsettias beginning to flower with snowy mountains in the background…photo by Pam Roose, UCRBG botanist

If April showers bring May flowers, then February showers bring…mosses! Be sure to plan a visit before the next storm rolls through So Cal

2.47 inches and still coming down! The UCRBG will be closed again tomorrow, but we hope to resume normal operations on Wednesday. Stay safe!!

Closed Monday in anticipation of 🌧️ Our 🌳🌺🌿love the rain, but luckily the 🌞 will return soon