2017 Santa Fe Summer Youth Culture Passport at SFBG!
May 30 through August 30th, 2017 SFBG will once again be participating in Santa Fe's Summer Youth Culture Passport Program Free admission for Passport holders (kids ages 4-18 with passports and ONE adult will be allowed to enter the Garden [...]
Forest Health Survey Installs Insect Monitoring Traps in Garden
April 24, 2017 The USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection in coordination with the Santa Fe Botanical Garden are monitoring for exotic, invasive insects that may pose a risk to the health of our urban and native forests. Santa Fe [...]
Splendor in the Grasses
October 5, 2016 by Joan Grabel The grasses are in their flowering glory and what could be more complimentary to Bill Barretts’ Visual Poetry sculpture. The fall wind moves through the flowering grasses creating a sweet rhythmic motion as seen [...]
Mosaic mural “Sisters of the Sun and Moon” now complete!
September 25, 2016 W. Gary Smith's broken tile mosaic mural for Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden is now installed. The design displays the "three sisters" - corn, beans, squash. Title: Sisters of the [...]
Ojos y Manos Coming Together Beautifully
September 19, 2016 Gary Smith on construction site of Ojos y Manos in early April 2016. Our landscape architect, W. Gary Smith, has posted a great tour of the site in progress: Ojos y Manos, the new ethnobotanical [...]
What’s in Bloom – Morphing Into Fall
September 1, 2016 As Santa Fe is transitioning into fall the blue skies and cloud formations have been magnificent and the autumn blooming plants are coming alive at Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill. A fall standout is Muhlenbergia reverchonii [...]
Pavilion nearing completion in Orchard Garden
Friday, August 19, 2016 Thanks to our docent, Paul Eitner, who captured this beautiful picture of the approach to the new pavilion under construction on the Orchard Garden side of the bridge. The pavilion is 26 ft. by 30 ft. [...]
August 6-13 is Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Week 2016
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 We want to thank Nicholas Maestas, Constituent Liaison for Congressman Ben R. Luján, for visiting us today during "Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum Week"! We had the pleasure of giving a construction tour of the new [...]
Garden Stories
Dates: August 1 though October 31, 2016 We all have a story about a garden. It might be your memory of the first rose you smelled in your grandma's yard or the time you kissed a crush behind a tree [...]
What’s in Bloom: Summer Symphony of Purple
July 1, 2016 By Joan Grabel Although not a complete list of all plants in bloom, this article will feature a few to look for while in the gardens. Featured in the Botanical Garden at Museum Hill: For a SUMMER SYMPHONY OF [...]
New, Reduced, Affordable Admission
June 28, 2016 We’ve removed the cost of admission so you and your family can enjoy all the magic and wonder at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. If you have an EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) card, simply show it when [...]


