Yampa River Botanic Park

• How many gardens are in the Yampa River Botanic Park?
  • The Yampa River Botanic Park is home to 50 different gardens, including an Iris Garden, a Medicinal Herb Garden, a Children's Garden, a Tranquility Garden, a Rainbow Garden, a Rose Garden, and a Spring Bulb Garden, among many others.
• What is special about the Botanic Walk Garden?
  • The Botanic Walk Garden rests at the northern entrance to the park and features native red osier dogwoods, narrow leaf cottonwood trees, and riverine Hawthorns.
• What can you find in the Blue Garden?
  • The Blue Garden is one of six Rainbow Gardens that produces sweet-smelling grape hyacinths in spring, blue iris, monkshood, and balloon flowers in summer.
• What is unique about the Crevice Garden?
  • The Crevice Garden is located in the Hummingbird Neighborhood and uses flat rocks to create crevices where alpine rock plants grow.
• Where is the Lily Garden located?
  • The Lily Garden is in the Sundial Neighborhood and puts on a stunning show of lilies all summer long.
• What can you find in the Medicinal Herb Garden?
  • The Medicinal Herb Garden is an elegant garden with dry-stone beds and a lovely patio, featuring medicinal herbs from all over the world.
• What flowers bloom in the Coreopsis Corner?
  • The Coreopsis Corner is a beautiful three-season garden featuring pasque flowers in the spring, Columbine in June, and coreopsis in the summer and fall.
• What is special about the Garden for All Seasons?
  • The Garden for All Seasons has an array of plants, shrubs, and trees growing among massive sandstones that bloom continuously between spring and fall.
• What can visitors find in The Hidden Garden?
  • The Hidden Garden is a sheltered cove surrounded by tall cottonwoods and features an array of shade-thriving flowers, a beautiful trillium, and the ‘Little Bear’ sculpture.

• What makes the Penstemon Garden unique?
  • The world’s only garden dedicated to the genus Penstemon, the Penstemon Garden honors the plant, which originates in the Rocky Mountains, with over 273 species, of which 60 are native to Colorado.
• What can visitors find in Jeff's Garden?
  • Jeff's Garden is a lovely south-facing garden that boasts volcanic rocks found on the sides of the Flat Top Mountains and containers filled with seasonal plants and shrubs.
• What blooms in the Spring Bulbs Garden?
  • The Spring Bulbs Garden is full of crocus, daffodils, hyacinths, and tulip bulbs that burst into bloom during the spring.
• What is special about the Foliage Garden?
  • The Foliage Garden is a shady grove that focuses on leaves instead of flowers, featuring plants like Lungworts, Hostas, and Ornamental Grasses.
• What does Sascha's Rock Garden feature?
  • Sascha's Rock Garden overlooks the Yampa River and features alpine blooms from around the world.
• What is grown in the Annuals Garden?
  • The Annuals Garden is home to a variety of annuals that are replanted every year.
• What can visitors find in the Rose Garden?
  • The Rose Garden has a variety of shrub roses grown in a manicured garden of raised beds next to West Creek.
• What makes Dorothy’s Garden special?
  • Dorothy's Garden is a dry xeric garden with an array of native plants that attract a variety of pollinators.
• What is the Stumpyland Fairy Garden?
  • The Stumpyland Fairy Garden is a beautiful place for children to explore, discover, and use their imagination to learn more about plants and the environment in which they live.
• What sculptures can be found at the Yampa River Botanic Park?
  • The Yampa River Botanic Park is also home to an array of sculptures dotted throughout the Park, including The Turtle, The Frog, Peter, Cherish, The Trumpeter, Nammu, Wings, Buddha, The Stag, and the Apollo Armillary Sundial.

The Yampa River Botanic Park is located at 100 Pamela Lane in Steamboat Springs and is open to the public for free from dawn to dusk from May through October.

1000 Pamela Lane, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, Phone: 970-846-5172