Botanical and Organic Gardens
Plants are beautiful and amazing.
This section is a resource of botanical and organic gardens that
offer tours and information on how they care for each diverse
plant. Many have gift shops with garden products and unique items
for your home and gift giving occasions.
- Albuquerque Aquarium and Rio
Grande Botanic Garden
Albuquerque Aquarium and Rio Grande
Botanic Garden. The Aquarium exhibits feature a coral reef, moray
eel-tunnel and 285,000-gallon shark tank. At the Botanic Garden
stroll amidst formal walled Spanish and English gardens, or in
glass conservatories show casing desert and Mediterranean plants.
2601 Central NW, Albuquerque, NM (505) 764-6200
- Arboretum at the University
of New Mexico, Central
Avenue and Yale Blvd. Albuquerque, NM
(505) 277-0111
- Ceces Gardens - 126 Longview Drive, Los Alamos,
NM (505) 672-1500
- Chile Pepper Institutes Demonstration Garden - West end of campus of New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, NM (505) 646-3028 or e-mail: hotchile@nmsu.edu
- Corrales Water Lily Gardens - 12 Perea Road, Corrales, NM (505)
898-6382
- Frolicking Deer Lavender Farm - Grower
of lavender plants, distiller of lavender essential oils and
handcrafter of lavender-based products. We handcraft a wide range
of botanical, culinary, personal care, therapeutic, household,
and pet care products using lavender oil and other oils. Everything
is organically grown on our 24 acre farm. Each plant has it's
own dripper so water is not wasted. Our products include Lavender
plants, Goats Milk Soap, Shea Butter Soap, Body Gel, Salt Rub,
Hand and Body Lotion, Body Gel, Body Powder, Massage Oil, Lip
Balm, Candles, Pet Wash and Gift Baskets. Visit us and watch
how the oil is extracted; walk the fields and cut your own Lavender.
Buy our products at tewa@gilanet.com
Datil, NM (505) 772 5120
- Giannangelo Farms Southwest
Private, sustainable, formal organic gardens open to the public
year-round. For an appointment to visit, contact Frank and Vicky
Giannangelo at their Web site: www.avant-gardening.com.
Ramah, NM
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
Dedicated to the interpretation
of the Chihuahuan Desert, Living Desert State Park is an indoor/outdoor
living museum displaying more than 40 native animal species and
hundreds of succulents from around the world. While on the 1.3
mile self-guided tour, which takes approximately 1.5 hours, visitors
will discover sand dunes and mountainous areas, where piñon
and juniper trees contrast with the desert floor below. Open
everyday except Christmas. Located on the northwest edge of
Carlsbad, NM off US 285 (505) 887-5516
- Purple Adobe Lavender Farm - U-pick fresh lavender field. The lavender
store offers our bath and body products made from our estate
lavender. Lavender Festival every July. Call for information.
Located on Hwy 84 Private Road 1622 #23. Located on off Hwy 84
between mile marker 210 & 211. Abiquiu, NM (505) 685 0082
- Santa Fe Greenhouses, Inc. -
2904 Rufina Street, Santa Fe, NM (505) 473-2700
or e-mail: info@santafegreenhouses.com
- Santa Fe Water Gardens - 1628 Saint Michaels Drive, Santa
Fe, NM (505) 473-2693
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