Beautiful garden. Got an excellent tour from one of the employees. Interesting to note that they brought in plants that arent all super common to the area. It is made into a learning center along with being beautiful. They are also super energy efficient and careful about their water consumption and impact on the enviorment

I enjoy visiting the Santa Fe Botanical Garden from time-to-time. To be fair, the garden itself has never been the impetus for me to travel to Santa Fe, but it is right across the street from Museum Hill, so getting there takes minimal effort.The garden itself is lot large. It is, however, laid out well, and is very serene. Still, this place exudes the fact that its in its nascency; the garden has quite a way to go to become a proper destination in my book. Thankfully recent additions, including their Shakespeare in the Garden program, indicate the gardens desire to make more of a name for itself.The Santa Fe Botanical Garden is not the biggest garden around, but is worth visiting if you are in the area.

I dont know why people are giving 4 stars to this place....I LOVE IT. Its a beautiful garden. Its clean. They take good care of it. Yea, they dont allow you to bring lawn chairs but its understandable. Chances are the garden get ruined, i get it. Its $8 the fee which its not bad. A lot of parking space. Wear sport clothes & comfortable shoes if you want to explore the whole garden.

The gardens are well kept and show many plants of the area. I especially enjoyed the section devoted to plants used for food and fibre by the Native Peoples.

The Santa Fe Botanical Garden is a nice change from the art and museum scene if you are touring Santa Fe. They were featuring several bronze animal statues throughout the garden during my visit. There was a large variety of species on display, and the exhibit featuring all local, native species was a great showcase of southwest plantlife. The garden overall is pretty small and all outdoors with many things put of season in November.

Beautiful, peaceful, educational. A must see in Santa Fe!

Well marked trails with detailed information and points of interest along the way coupled with well-versed staff in the visitor check in and outside to help you get started make this a great stop on your Santa Fe tour. Great photo opps as well!

The Garden is a new add-on to the city since it is only four years old as of writing this. It will clearly be expanded over time, and given the thought that went into it I know it will be wonderful. Short meandering paths provide beauty and education. Among the plants you will will find lizards, bees and a host of other tiny creatures. It is a wonderful place for a short visit. Be aware there is not much shade so you might bake in the summer months.

Not much to see in the winter. But I went for their night time glow show for the holidays. Very pretty lights.

This was absolutely the coolest place! I was lucky enough to be in the area on their community day, so I got to visit for free. I liked the mixture of relaxing spots to chill, and parts that were (enjoyably) educational. If I’m ever in Santa Fe again, I would love to come back to visit!

A treasure to visit! Beautiful southwest gardens highlighted with local artist sculptures. Glow event was the highlight of our week! Family friendly, community oriented! Ill be back with friends and family!

Gorgeous location with excellent plantings. Its well worth the entry fee.

Lovely and growing collection, friendly staff, and beautiful sculptures.

A beautiful place to visit. Nice sculptures and landscaping too. A must for new gardeners in the area. The gift shop was great too.

Nice place to find out about drought resistant plants. Price was a bit high for whats there to see when theres no presentations

Sculptures in the gardens make it better!

A gorgeous place. Helpful docents, good photo opportunities, and a fun gift shop. Loved it!

It is rare to find so much beauty in one place.

Beautiful gardens that truly reflect the unique beauty of Santa Fe, NM. Highly recommend. They also offer free admission for EBT holders, its a great way to enjoy a beautiful cultural experience by yourself or with your family. My two year old loved it and they even had an area for children to play & explore.

This is a great botanical garden on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. They have very nice paths and good descriptions of the plants as well as how they would have been used by Native Americans. It can get hot, do I would recommend going early. There is also very nice sculpture scattered throughout. Highly recommended!

Always a joy to visit. The addition is a nice improvent.

While smaller than its sister city to the southwest (Abq), the Santa Fe botanical garden holiday light display was amazing. Lower cost, less busy, and inspiring art sculptures within the light displays. A must see!

Serene... beautiful indigenous plants with incredible views

The place seems OK, but it was night so I cant really comment on its merits at this time as far as the garden is concerned.

First of all, we went on a cool day which helped. I live in an arid area, so its great to see what can grow in a dry climate. Besides the beautiful plants, the sculptures were beautiful and the humming of all the bees and hummingbirds were a delight to the ears.

This garden is wonderful! Its immaculately cared for, artfully designed, and many of the plants are labeled. Although rather small, it is growing and an added bonus is many interesting sculptures.

Pretty, representative desert Flora. A small but good quality place.

It was so beautiful. The trees and sculptures looked so amazing under the fresh snow.

Love it! The staff was very friendly and hospitable. The grounds were clean and well cared for. Amazing photo opportunities!

Pretty GARDEN

Smallish, but beautiful with various varieties of plants thriving in the desert soil. Friendly and knowledgeable docent. Decorative statues throughout as accents to feature artists, changed seasonally.

Beautiful, inspired, calming. Loved the fascinating way the space was designed!

Small but growing. Wonderful sculpture thought the gardens. The docents were knowledgeable.

This is a great place to wash around and see the plants in various seasons. The kids love it, especially the sculpture garden. I do wish that on community says they would offer some additional educational or interactive/activity aspect with the various parts of the gardens, more than simply the signs posted to read.

Wedding held here. It was an excellent choice of venue.

Not much to it but very nice for what it is. The art sculpture blended with the natural topography is worth the visit. Have little expectations and you will enjoy.

Great gardens conveniently located on Museum Hill. Easy walking trail meanders through, with clear signage identifying the various plants. Sculptures on site change annually, so be sure to come back multiple times to see the new art!

A lovely place to learn what grows in this region. You will find both native and adaptive plants. Also great to learn about precious resources, like water. Very educational and beautiful. Smsll Botanical Garden.

We had fun thank you see u soon

Beautiful grounds! Friendly staff. Gorgeous GLOW holiday event.

Smallish garden. The plants and layout of plants were not terrible impressive. The sculptures were the highlight.

Glow was very pretty. Glad we got our tickets in advance.

A smaller garden. Has a nice metal bridge over a dry wash. Has good displays of roses and local plans. Has a lot of sculpture which I like.

Beautiful! At dusk and the lights from GLOW...breathtaking!

Very pretty, nicely landscaped but overpriced entry for size, diversity. In the last five years, entry has tripled. Very few shaded spots from which to enjoy displays. Volunteer not well trained and not all that helpful. Bacpacks for kids really well done but need maintaining, prominent display.

Small botanical garden but well laid out. Had an excellent sculpture exhibit currently

Beautiful glowing lights, roaring fire, not too crowded! Be sure to bring a flashlight or better yet, your glowing magic wand— contribute to the ambiance and put your own spin on it!! They do sell light up items, but bring your own! Live band, fires and heaters every so often along the foot path. Enjoy!! Dress warm!

We went to the Santa Fe botanical gardens back in May and it is fairly new and small but they have done a wonderful job with it! There was a lot to see but it had nice pathways so it didn’t feel overwhelming or that you were lost or missing out on anything and a lot of educational boards which were interesting to read. We have been to a lot of botanical gardens and we thought it was a nice small relaxing botanical gardens to go to particularly early in the morning when it was quiet!

Great place to go, relaxing

We always love to include Botanical gardens whether home or abroad on our trips.We travelled to Santa Fe for the holdiays from San Diego.We were excited to know we could see the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens (GLOW) all lit up with holiday lights thro until the end of the year. NOT SO! When we arrived on December 26th approx 5.45pm all was closed up! NO NOTICE on the web sites NO NOTICE on the gates. A total BUST! Also the option on the site to pre-purchase entrance-we fortuantely were having connectivity problems so decided to just arrive & pay the extra.That was fortunate for us!

Beautiful gardens with sculpture exhibits throughout. If youre a member of the Santa Fe Library system, check to see if they have Step Pass available to check out, and get yourself and 5 others in for free. Also good for the Childrens Museum, the Georgia OKeefe and the IAIA. Enjoy!

A inspired collection of sculpture and expertly organized Flora! Cant wait to return and see how far along the fruit trees have come along.

Enjoyed ourselves some outside time! Always nice to brush up on the native Flora whilst on vacation

Beautiful garden with lots of art work displayed along the way. The staff are always helpful, knowledgeable and super friendly.

Was fun, but not as well done as years past.

We went for the GLOW event tonight and we were underwhelmed. It would help to have lights around some trees, maybe wrap all of the tall sticks/poles with lights where you put the bonfire (would be pretty cool). Basically, more lights everywhere would help as it was sparse out there. Consider some synchronized Christmas lights to really nail it out of the park.

Nice desert garden. Could have better plant labeling.

Well designed, beautiful location. Plant IDs not sufficient

Lovely garden and culture walk

Beautiful scenery, reasonable priced, all day fun.

Friendly staff and the place looks fairly nice. It has only mobile toilet, which was clean though. Maybe my expectation was too high.

A lovely place to see different kinds of plants, trees and flowers.

Peacefull! Looking forward to summer full bloom!!

A smaller garden, but beautiful none the less. The Docents are extremely kind and knowledgeable. Both parts of the gardens are extremely unique. One side features plants indigenous to the area, where the other area features plants brought in during the colonization, as well as drought resistant plants and suggestions for landscaping homes in New Mexico.

The best place to learn about native plants. Every corner of the entire museum offers learning possibilities. Great place to bring your kids.

A beautiful little garden! The ladies in the visitor center were wonderful and very helpful

Glow was amazing. It just is so creative and and beautiful and heartwarming. Why no pictures of it on this site? Its the best thing in Santa Fe at Christmastime.

Nice statues, most plants were past their bloom time. 20 for both of us indiana folks on their free day that was only for new Mexico residents, ok gotcha, at least they wont charge us when we tour the local grocery store

Loved the lights great place for family

The Jasmine is in bloom and smells terrific as you walk in. The roses are also in full bloom.

It was lovely, though they need signs to direct people to get there. The black cherry tomatoes were amazing, bronze statues amazing. Will return. Fun for toddlers

Small garden, not so many variety of plants, and for a $7 admission fee, it is not worth seeing. I visited the Santa Fe Botanical Garden at the Museum Hill as it was just right across the Museum of International Folk Art. The entrance to the garden was a little confusing. If you don’t walk and check a small trailer that was placed sideways relative to the parking lot, you won’t see the ticketing booth.After I paid the fee, I asked the staff at the Visitor’s Center how long would it take to see everything in the garden. I was told — only 10 minutes! I was surprised to realize that I just paid $7 for a 10-minute walk in the garden.If not for the statues along the short trail, I would have left sooner.The staff was right. I finished the trail in about 20 minutes (including the time spent taking these photos).I have been to a number of botanical gardens around the U.S., and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden offered too few things to impress visitors. So if you intend to just see the garden, don’t make the hassle. Instead, I suggest that you spend more time with the other beautiful museums at Museum Hill.It was no surprise that I was the only one at the garden. No one dared to visit the place on a Sunday afternoon. I saw some visitors who parked their cars, looked around, and then left without even bothering to go inside the Visitor’s Center.I love Santa Fe, but I will never go back to this garden.

Excellent place. Very well run. Friendly people.

My girlfriend brought me there when it first opened and just visited it again and what a beautiful change. They are doing a beautiful job in growing the botanical. Will visit again for sure.

Beautiful gardens!! Extremely friendly, helpful staff!! Great family destination!!

It was beautiful. The sculptures were awesome.

A very well-laid out small garden with an artistic bent (cool sculptures) and an educational Native American focus. I also liked the focus on residential layout options.

Nice place to get to know the plants of the area. It is only 5 years old but it’s worthy if you are around the area. The staff was really helpful explaining us the different varieties of plants and their names

Incredible folk art market with authentic pieces. You also get to see the artists at work amongst their wares. Well worth a visit to see cultures of the world.

This was awesome!Take the free guided tour, its worth it!

The staff is great.

Wonderful, peaceful gem of a Garden. Great gift shop too.

Very nice...great example of southwestern gardens. Small but beautiful.

Shows me sustainable, low water beauty

Beautifully lit pathways, delightfully watching, a play...A midsummers night dream ..under the stars. A must go- must experiance-must see.

What an amazing place! Friendly and knowledgeable staff. And theres always events and activities for kids.

Very thoughtfully laid out, with beautiful plants.

We visited in mid-March, and everything is pretty dormant then. The staff said everything really starts going in May.

The Annual International Folk Art Festival in Santa Fe is located on Museum Hill in the vicinity of the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens. So many overlapping events and sites, its hard to know where to begin, but the cultural fun never ends in Santa Fe.

Spectacular... lovely plants, amazing views, beautiful scupture.

Good place to get ideas for home landscaping. And plants that survive in that environment. Very lovely gardens.

Sweet little gardens with beautiful stone work and excellent native plants

I wish we would have gotten an off season discount, as MANY of the plants were dormant, and cut down to the ground. Still a great time, probably much better later in the year.

Awesome Easter egg hunt with my beautiful daughter.

So-so, not as good as previous years, staff not very friendly, probably will not visit again.

Visited first time at the Water is Life festival several weeks ago (June-20170. New addition to Santa Fe, located adjacent to Museum Hill on Camino Lejo Come here to figure out the name of that shrub you couldnt ID on your last hike. Volunteers are helpful and knowledgeable. Lots of places to sit in the shade (or sun in winter) and enjoy desert flowers, songbirds, pollinators, and an occasional hawk. As you walk through, striped lizards dart under the mesquite, easily evading you and the roadrunners.

Very nice place to visit tons of things to see and do. If you are from Texas do not order the tea it is not worthy of Texas LOL other than that they have great fruit smoothies.

Nice Gardens, not all that large. The folks who worked there were very knowledgable and helpful.

Came for glow, winter lights. Not worth 10 bucks, not worth a trip imo, better to see during the day

Beautiful sculptures. Small but charming.