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Spring Garden Festival

Plant Sale Spring Garden Festival is back, live and in person! Shop more than 9,000 plants hand selected by Botanical Garden staff including over 300 unique and tried-and-true varieties! The annual Spring Garden Festival plant sale will showcase a wide variety of roses, grasses, native plants, and more. Look for special varieties of some familiar [...]

Plant Sale: Free, Activities in Garden included with admission.
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Fairy Garden Drop-in

Celebrate gardening on a small scale and draw inspiration from fairies, gnomes, and sprites to create your own miniature garden. This drop-in style activity allows you to work at your own pace. Stations are sanitized between groups. Tickets do not include admission to the Garden. Walk-up registration only–available while supplies last.

$16 Members, $20 Nonmembers

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WE ARE LOCATED AT:

909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2897

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Botanical Garden Hours

thru May 31 Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Botanical Garden Summer Hours

starts June 1 Tuesday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Weekends 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Closed Mondays.

Robert D. Ray Asian Garden Hours 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Daily

Trellis Café Open Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Closed: New Year’s Eve (3 p.m.), New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Daily Admission
Member Free
Museums for All (EBT card + ID) Free for up to four people
Adults $12
Seniors 65+ $11
Active Military $11
Children 2-12 $9
Children 1 and under Free
Members of participating AHS Reciprocal Admission Program Institutes Two Free General Admissions per visit during regular hours
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