San Diego Botanic Garden, a place of year-round beauty.
Explore four miles of garden trails, enjoy restful vistas, flowering trees, majestic palms, and the nation’s largest bamboo collection. Thanks to our mild climate, plants from all over the world thrive here. Our diverse topography provides a variety of microclimates giving the visitor a sensation of going from a desert environment to a tropical rainforest, all within 35 acres.
Located 30 minutes north of San Diego in Encinitas, California, San Diego Botanic Garden features numerous exhibits, including rare bamboo groves, desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, California native plants, Mediterranean climate landscapes, succulent gardens, an herb garden, firesafe landscaping, a subtropical fruit garden, and native coastal sage natural areas. In June of 2009, we opened the Hamilton Children's Garden, the largest interactive children's garden on the West Coast. |
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Hours
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Daily
(Closed Christmas and
New Year’s Day)
Extended summer hours,
open to 8:00 pm Thursdays
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Admission
Adults $12
Seniors, students, active military $8
Children ages 3-12 $6
Members; children ages 2 & under FREE
Parking $2*
*Members park free. |
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Discounted Membership for Active Duty Military
Discounted Membership for Active Duty Military during the month of
September 2010 at San Diego Botanic Garden
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Free Admission to Active Duty Military
Thanks to the generous support of Frances Hamilton White, the San Diego Botanic Garden is participating in the Blue Star Museums pilot program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Active duty military and their families (card carrier + 5) will have free admission to the Garden between Memorial Day, Friday, May 28 through Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2010. |
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New Entrance Open for
Members Only |
Many of our members have told us they would like to park and enter at the Hamilton Children’s Garden, and we have listened. From now through September 3rd, members can enter the Garden through the Hamilton Children’s Garden parking lot on Thursdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon. Members may exit through this gate until the Garden closes.
This convenient benefit is available to members only. Non-members should continue to pay the daily rate at the main admissions booth. If you would like to become a member and take advantage of this new benefit, you can join online, purchase a membership at the Member’s gate (credit card or check only, no cash), or call 760/ 436–3036 x215.
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Green Activities
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Families enjoying the Hullabaloo band.
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Thursday Family Fun Nights
The Garden will stay open until 8 pm on Thursday nights from June 3 – September 2. There will be activities for children and, on selected nights, music in the Lawn Garden.
Cost: Free with admission or membership.
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Ron Tatro:
Yellow Face Cutout
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Sculpture in the Garden
August 22 through April 18, 2011
Sculpture by regional fine artists installed in
natural, picturesque setting
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Smithsonian 2010 Museum Day
Saturday September 25, 2010
Free admission for two people to the Garden with Smithsonian ticket.
Limit one free ticket per household.
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San Diego
International Orchid Fair
October 1 – 3, 2010
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Click here for 50% off admission coupon >> |
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