Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Public Garden Tour
2025-04-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) and 7 more dates | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Cost: Free with admission
Day and Time: March – May at 11AM on Fridays and Saturday plus Community Days
Explore the Beauty of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden on a Guided Tour!
Step into nature and discover the wonders of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden with our engaging Public Garden Tours! Perfect for all ages, these guided walks offer a fascinating introduction to the diverse plants, landscapes, and stories that make our Garden so special.
Each tour lasts 45–55 minutes, covering scenic pathways while highlighting seasonal themes and insights from our expert guides. No two tours are exactly alike—our guides bring their unique perspectives, drawing from our mission to celebrate, cultivate, and conserve the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region.
🌿 No registration required—just show up and enjoy!
🌿 Tours are included with Garden admission.
Want to bring a group? We’re happy to accommodate private tours for groups of 10 or more with at least two weeks’ notice. Plus, be sure to check back for seasonal specialty tours featuring unique topics and experiences throughout the year.
For details and to plan your visit, click here. We can’t wait to welcome you!
Become a SFBG Member today and enjoy free admission all year long. Join/Renew here!

2025 Docent Training
2025-04-05 09:00 - 12:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Location: Santa Fe Botanical Garden on Museum Hill- 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Dates and Time: Saturdays, April 5, 12, 19 and 26, 9am – 12pm
Docents use their knowledge to lead public tours and specialty topic programs. Lessons covered during the Docent training range from natural science, ethnobotany, and insights on interacting with visitors.
The Santa Fe Botanical Garden begins its 2025 season of docent training on Saturday, April 5. This multi-session training will take place in the Botanical Garden in-person on four consecutive Saturdays through April 26th.
This training is only offered once a year, so don’t miss out!
If you are not a current volunteer you must have filled out a New Volunteer Application form, and have attended Volunteer Orientation in order to be a Docent Volunteer.
Questions? Email christie@santafebotanicalgarden.org

Rose Pruning Workshop
2025-04-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Location: Pavilion, Santa Fe Botanical Garden 715 Camino Lejo
Date: Thursday April 10th
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: Adults $35/ Members $28
Although many roses generally love our dry sunny climate, most will grow and bloom better with correct pruning. The rose collection of Santa Fe Botanical Garden includes beautiful species roses, climbers, and a number of shrub rose varieties. Come learn how, when, and why to prune this favorite flower with Horticulture Staff Linda Churchill and Noah Gapsis.
Bring water, a hat, and gloves to practice in the garden after learning the basics. We will provide tools if you don’t have them.

**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page. If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org. Discount reflected at checkout.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!
Refund Policy: Cancellations more than one week prior to event are subject to a 25% cancellation fee. Cancellations with less than one week notice are non-refundable.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.

Spring Bird Walk
2025-04-11 08:00 - 09:30 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Advance registration required.
Date: Friday April 11th
Time: 8:00am – 9:30am
Location: Program participants will be met at the entrance gate to the Garden, just outside of the visitor center.
Cost: Adults – $12, Members – $10
Join us for a morning bird walk to observe who is visiting the Garden. We’ll be watching for resident birds as well as migratory birds resting in the Garden. No need to be a birding expert, we’ll even provide binoculars if you need them.
**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page.
If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. Discount reflected at checkout. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!

Public Garden Tour - Community Day
2025-04-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States

Patterns in the Garden Tour
2025-04-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Location- Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo
Cost: Free with Paid Admission, no registration required.
Please wait in Welcome Ramada prior to the beginning of the tour.
Join Docent Tour Leader, Ivars Peterson for a walk through the Garden as Ivars incorporates Mathematics to illuminate and enrich our understanding of the many patterns found in a botanical garden.
About your Guide: Ivars Peterson has been a Volunteer Docent at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden for 3 years. Ivars is a freelance writer and editor. He was Director of Publications at the Mathematical Association of America from 2007 to 2014. As an award-winning mathematics writer, he previously worked at Science News for more than 25 years and served as editor of Science News Online and Science News for Kids. His books include The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton’s Clock, and Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art.

Garden Egg Hunt
2025-04-20 10:30 - 13:30 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
IMPORTANT: Advance registration required. All adults AND children must be registered in advance to gain admittance to the egg hunt. Walk-up tickets may be available day-of but are not guaranteed.
Date: Sunday April 20, 2025
Time: Timed 30-Minute Slots from 10:30AM – 1:30PM (Please arrive 10 minutes early before your time slot. Due to the nature of timed slots for the egg hunts (we will be unable to admit late arrivals)
Location: Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands Garden within the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo
Cost: Adults $15/Members $12/ Youth 4-17 $5/ Children ages 3 & under FREE, must still register to attend.
To register, click the time slot below you want to attend.
Registration slots occur every 30 minutes.
Join us Easter day in the Garden from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm where “Clover” the Easter Bunny along with staff and volunteers will hide thousands of eggs in the Garden.
Bring the whole family to the Garden for face painting, arts and crafts, search for colorful eggs and win prizes! There will be plenty of photo opportunities with Clover the Easter Bunny!
Children will have 15 minutes to hunt for as many eggs they can find. Once their 15 minutes are up, they will turn in their eggs to be counted and to pick their prize. Eggs will be reset for each new group coming in. (Remaining 5 minutes of time slot will be used for prize picking. Everyone will be asked to vacate the area so we can reset for the next group.)
The first two time slots are reserved for groups with littles only (ages 0-3). Groups with older children should register for a later time slot. Groups with both younger and older children may register for a later time slot. If you have additional questions, please email: education@santafebotanicalgarden.org
To register, click the time slot below you want to attend.
Time slot options are:
Ages 0-3 years only:

10:30 am – 10:50 am SOLD OUT
11:00 am – 11:20 am

All Ages:

11:30 am – 11:50 am SOLD OUT
12:00 pm – 12:20pm SOLD OUT
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm SOLD OUT
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm

**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. Discount reflected at checkout. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page.
If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!

Stargazing at the Garden: Earth Day
2025-04-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Advance registration required.

Date: Tuesday April 22nd

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Cost: Age 0-3 Free/ Youth 4-17 $7/ Members $16/ Non-members $20

Location: 715 Camino Lejo

🌙🔭✨ Celebrate Earth Day at the Garden after-hours. Enjoy an evening of celestial wonders as we gaze at the night sky and identify the constellations in view. We’ll help you navigate the stars with telescopes and planispheres. Download your preferred star map to your smart phone before you arrive. (Examples: Stellarium, Sky Tonight, Star Tracker, etc.)
Whether you’re an experienced stargazer or just curious about the cosmos, join us for our monthly nighttime Stargazing series.
Upcoming Stargazing dates:
May 27th: New Moon
June 20th: Solstice Stargazing
July 24th: Perseid Meteor Shower
August 12th: Perseid Meteor Shower
September 22nd: Autumnal Equinox Stargazing
October 7th: Full Moon Observation (final of the season)

**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page. If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!
Discount reflected at checkout.

City Nature Challenge 2025
2025-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 10:00am to 12pm
Location: Meet at 10am in front of Botanical Garden Visitor Center
FREE! No registration required. Admission to Botanical Garden not included.
Come join us for a morning nature walk along the trails of Arroyo de los Pinos and participate in a global effort of documenting biodiversity! Santa Fe Botanical Garden and the Santa Fe Chapter of the New Mexico Native Plant Society will be co-leading how to use the iNaturalist app and getting you started on making observations in the wild. You will come away with a new appreciation of many new flora and fauna species and learn more about how to use apps to identify biodiversity.
City Nature Challenge 2025: Santa Fe Area project – results, events, resources, and more!
Schedule:
Download iNaturalist app for your smartphone before you arrive.

Andriod app on Google Play
App store for iPhone

10:00am – Introduction to City Nature Challenge and iNaturalist. Tutorial for iNaturalist beginners.
10:15am – Guided nature walk along the Arroyo de los Pinos making observations of plant and insect diversity. Staff and volunteers will be present to help identify species and collect observations.
11:15am – Return walk back to starting point for results, compare identifications, and talk about diversity in the Santa Fe area.
11:45am – Final results and updates on the Nature Challenge!

Thanks to our partners who are helping organize and lead City Nature Challenge events:

Books and Blooms
2025-05-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Books & Blooms

No advance registration required.
Dates: Friday May 2nd
First Friday of each month May – September: May 2nd, June 6th, July 4th, August 1st, September 5th
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Pavilion, 715 Camino Lejo
Cost: Children $5/Member $8/Non-member $10
Join us the first Friday of each month from May – September for Books & Blooms – a story-time program for children 6 and under with their grown-ups! Listen to a story in the Garden, then spend time exploring activity stations set up especially for you and your young ones to explore together!
**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page. If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!
Discount reflected at checkout.

For the Love of Plants - Lauren Springer - SOLD OUT
2025-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Christ Church, 1213 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Christ Church, 1213 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe
Cost: Member $20/Non-member $25
Registration Opens to SFBG Members March 15th. Open to Public April 1st.
Come join Lauren as she explores and celebrates the pioneering work in western horticulture that David Salman and she both focused on during their almost thirty-year-long friendship, and that she continues. Lauren will interweave their shared interests with examples of her design work– pertinent timing as she is the recipient of the 2025 American Horticultural Society Landscape Design Award. She’ll touch on David’s and her early passion for water-wise native and adapted plants, including personal favorites hardy cacti, fiber plants, and grasses, on into plants that attract and support pollinators, hummingbirds, and other wildlife, and also their hunt to identify some of the best woody plants for a resilient future.
10:00am – Meet the Designer, coffee & light refreshments
10:30am – Presentation in theater
11:30am – Q&A and event concludes
About Acclaimed Designer, Lauren Springer
Lauren Springer designs public and private plantings, including the WaterSmart Garden and Romantic Gardens at Denver Botanic Gardens, the Visitor’s Center native plantings at Chatfield Farms, and the Undaunted Garden and south hellstrip at the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins. She has written five books, including The Undaunted Garden, Plant-Driven Design and Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens. A pioneering designer of waterwise landscapes, she also seeks to create beauty and diversity with wildlife function. This commitment resulted in Audubon Society Habitat Hero designation for four of her design projects.
Registration Opens to Members March 15th. Open to Public April 1st.

Members: $20.00
Not Members Yet: $25.00

Thank you to the Santa Fe Garden Club for their generous support of this program.

The Santa Fe Raptor Center at the Garden
2025-05-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Advance registration required.
Date: Saturday May 3rd
Time: 11:00AM – 12:00PM
Location: Pavilion in Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe.
Cost: Attendee $15/ Member $12/ Youth 4-17 $7/ Children 3 and under free
Join us as The Santa Fe Raptor Center offers an up-close look at some of their animal ambassadors! The Raptor Center will have live birds to show and talk about their unique characteristics.
**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page. If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!
Discount reflected at checkout.

Spring Bird Walk
2025-05-09 07:30 - 09:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Advance registration required.
Date: Friday May 9th
Time: 7:30am – 9:00am
Location: Program participants will be met at the entrance gate to the Garden, just outside of the visitor center.
Cost: Adults – $12, Members – $10
Join us for a morning bird walk to observe who is visiting the Garden. We’ll be watching for resident birds as well as migratory birds resting in the Garden. No need to be a birding expert, we’ll even provide binoculars if you need them.
**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page.
If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. Discount reflected at checkout. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!

Nature Sketching at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden with Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
2025-05-10 09:30 - 12:30 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Registration Required through Georgia O’Keeffe website.
Date: Saturday, May 10th
Time: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: 715 Camino Lejo, Outdoor Classroom in Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands Ethnobotanical Garden
For cost and to register, please visit: REGISTRATION
Join the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum for a relaxing session of nature sketching at the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens!This class will take place at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden’s outdoor classroom, where instructor Sudeshna Sengupta will begin with an interactive demonstration of how to capture trees, dry twigs, leaves, seedpods, flowers, and buds using nature-sketching tools like watercolor pencils, graphite pencils, sketch pens, and more. After receiving guidance in a variety of styles and techniques, participants will create their own observational nature sketches inspired by their surroundings with plenty of opportunity for more individual guidance from the instructor.
Weather permitting. Space is limited, registration required. Please email contact@gokm.org or call 505.946.1000 for assistance with event registration.

Hummingbird Migration Celebration
2025-05-10 14:30 - 16:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Registration Required

Date: Saturday May 10th

Time: 2:30PM – 4PM

Location: Pavilion, 715 Camino Lejo

Cost: Children 0-4 Free/ Youth 5-17 $5/ Members $12/ Non-members $15

Celebrate the return of our tiny traveling friends to Northern New Mexico with an afternoon at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden! Guests will learn all about hummingbirds with a presentation led by our Garden educators. Enjoy a themed mocktail (non-alcoholic drink) and snack in the Garden’s Pavilion. Afterwards, hummingbird fans are invited to spend time enjoying the Garden and watch for hummingbirds at one of our many nectar feeders!
Garden admission included in program pricing.

**SFBG Members** You must sign in to receive your member discount. If you already have an account, click the “Sign in” button at top of this page. If you do not have an account, click the “Register” button to create an account. If you receive an error or have questions, email info@santafebotanicalgarden.org.
Refund policy: We do not offer refunds for this program. If you must cancel, please consider the program fee a donation.
Cancellation Policy: Santa Fe Botanical Garden reserves the right to cancel programs at its discretion. Programs will run as scheduled, regardless of weather, unless participants are contacted directly by Garden Staff either by phone or email.
Not yet a member? Join/renew now for discounts and benefits all year long!
Discount reflected at checkout.

Ask A Master Gardener
2025-05-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Santa Fe Botanical Garden, 715 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, United States
Ask a Master Gardener! On Community Day
Date: Tuesday May 13th
Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: 715 Camino Lejo
Cost: FREE
Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners will be onsite from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm to address your curiosities and questions about plants.
For more information about the Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners visit: https://www.sfemg.org/
