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UCR Botanic Gardens


Hello, everyone! I hope everyone's end of winter quarter is going well. In today's blog, we will be discussing about the UCR Botanic Gardens, a living plant museum. The UCR Botanic Gardens holds 40-acres of live plants that include thousands of plant species as well as many from around the world. The landscape of these Gardens are focused the Mediterranean climate and how that is representative throughout California. Approximately one-third of the Gardens is kept untouched with various native plant communities like coastal sage scrub and California sagebrush. Overall, the Gardens provide as a valuable place to conduct research, teach, enjoy, and use for demonstrations. More information on the UCR Botanic Gardens can be found here.

Currently, the UCR Botanic Gardens has been reopened with reduced hours. It is open Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 12 PM and the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month from 8 AM to 12 PM. However, please note, the Gardens will be closed on March 26, 2021 and April 4th, 2021. In general, the UCR Botanic Gardens are closed when the UCR campus is closed and on major holidays like Christmas. 

In terms of parking, visitors can park at the UCR Botanic Gardens Lot, Lot 10, and some areas in Lot 13. Each of these parking places are managed by TAPS, Transportation and Parking Services, and require a temporary permit when parking at various price points.

There is free admission to enter the UCR Botanic Gardens and donations of any amount are accepted to support the Gardens and any of its activities or functions. If a person is interested to hold a Gardens membership, a membership brochure is located at can be picked up at the entrance. 

As with any other museum, there are policies and guidelines that need to be followed. Pets, operation of any vehicles, smoking, public events, balloons, and alcohol are not allowed in the Botanic Gardens. Also, UCR Botanic Gardens entail that visitors stay on designated trails, not disturb wildlife, be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult under 16, and receive a permit if photography is to be taken of six or more people. More information on photography policies can be found here.

Generally, the UCR Botanic Gardens have a host of different events such as plant sales and members only events throughout the year. Currently, all future events have been postponed. If future events do become available, be sure to check out this link.

There are variety of ways to get involved with the UCR Botanic Gardens as a volunteer. Volunteers can actively engage as registered volunteers in roles like garden steward and curatorial assistant at different times from Monday to Thursday, 8 AM to 5 PM, and or Saturdays and Sundays. A volunteer can also become a docent where this role leads school children and adult groups in touring this living plant museum. In order to become a volunteer, you must fill out a volunteer interest form and attend a volunteer orientation session. All this information and more can be found here.

That wraps up today's blog post introducing the UCR Botanic Gardens! See you all in the next blog post.

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