La Luz de las Noches: A new holiday event at the Garden
The Santa Fe Botanical Garden is thrilled to announce its new holiday tradition: La Luz de las Noches which takes place December 21, 2023 through January 1, 2024. (We are closed December 24th and 25th). We know how many of [...]
We met the funding goal for the David Salman Tribute Garden!
November 30, 2023 In the short time since we announced this project in September, you have generously responded, offering your words of encouragement, your belief in the importance of David Salman’s legacy, and your financial support for the David Salman [...]
“Rooted in Place” in Collaboration with Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
November 9, 2023 - August 1, 2024 Collaboration with our community partners fosters creativity and amplifies our outreach outside of the Garden. Santa Fe Botanical Garden is thrilled to work with the staff at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum on [...]
David Salman Tribute Garden Fundraising Kickoff and Update
October 30, 2023 David Salman Garden Funding Update We're pleased that we're making progress but we need additional support to break ground next Spring. Not only does the garden show our appreciation for David's contribution to horticulture but with [...]
A Letter from the Executive Director, David Young
Dear Garden Supporter: It was truly an amazing spring and summer at the Garden – and we are on track to welcoming the most visitors to the Garden ever! The new “Garden Conversations at Weldon’s Museum Hill Café” program was a huge success – four [...]
Gift of Seeds
June 26, 2023 On June 21, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden (SFBG) was gifted a wonderful batch of native seeds from the Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE). The mission of this conservation organization, whose offices are located in Corvallis, Oregon [...]
Celebrating 10 Years on Museum Hill!
This past weekend the Santa Fe Botanical Garden celebrated a great milestone-- its 10-year Anniversary on Museum Hill! We had 3 days of exciting events from June 15-17 with beautiful weather and had a chance to reconnect with new [...]
New native pollinator plant collection in the Garden
May 2023 By Linda Churchill, Horticulture Director After much planning (and planting) we are delighted to announce we have a new pollinator garden on site! On May 20th a group of Volunteer Gardeners worked with Linda to plant over [...]
Custom three-bin compost system a new Garden feature
June 2023 Aaaaaaand it's here! Our spanking new 3-bin composting system is complete and we are now composting on site! The new compost bin, courtesy of the RAID (Recycling And Illegal Dumping) grant from the New Mexico Environment Department (see also [...]
Message from the Executive Director
March 31, 2023 Dear Garden Supporters: Well, spring is finally here – at least according to the calendar! And while it will be a few more weeks before it looks and feels like spring in the Garden, the staff is [...]
Compost Happens
March 2023 Composting is coming to SFBG! Thanks to winning a RAID (Recycling And Illegal Dumping) grant from the New Mexico Environment Department, we (along with 6 other sites across New Mexico) will soon be building an on-site, three [...]


