Conejo Valley Botanic Garden

Each life needs its own quiet place. ~quote by unknown This beautiful quiet place is located inside the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, a Ventura County Master ...Gardener demonstration site. This garden site has many tranquil places to reflect and admire the view! #vcmastergardeners #venturagardens #vcmastergardener

Looking for native plants, succulents, and other blooms that are perfect for growing in your Southern California garden? The Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, one ...of the Master Gardener partner sites, is filled to the brim with plants propogated by volunteers. And all sales go directly back to the garden to pay for garden maintenance, new plants, and other projects, so it's a definite win-win! Plants sales are every Wednesday from 9 a.m. - noon. (For plant sales, please use the volunteer entrance at 1035 E. St. Charles Place, Thousand Oaks.) See more

The desert works constantly to forbid it, and still the cactus blooms. ~author unknown Echinopsis spachiana, commonly known as the golden torch, growing at the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, a Ventura County Master Gardener partner site. Photos by VC Master Gardener Bill Dobner

Conejo Valley Botanic Garden is on KCET's list of the five most peaceful solo excursions! https://www.kcet.org//five-most-peaceful-solo-excursions-i

Happy solstice, everyone! With more hours of sunshine, folk wisdom tells us that all plants will catch up by the end of the month regardless of how early we got them in the ground! See all you need to know about the summer solstice: Almanac.com/summer

Reposted from the Conejo Recreation and Park District

A striking tree located in our Butterfly Garden is the Tabebuia avellanedae (Pink Taebuia). This particular one was donated by the Conejo Valley Garden Club on Arbor Day, April 24, 1990. Native to Brazil, this tree has many uses, including tea made from the inner bark. The timber is valued for cabinet making, musical instruments, even balls for various sports!

Irises are a favorite at the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, with many native varieties in bloom right now at the garden, including Iris douglasiana (Douglas iris) and Iris tenax (Toughleaf iris). You will see these two varieties also growing in oak and conifer forests, as well as open prairies and logged land, in California, Oregon and Washington. There are actually 280 species of irises in the world, and they take their name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris. Irises bloom in white, pink, yellow and purple usually from spring to early summer, and attract hummingbirds to the garden. #conejoblooms #conejogarden #springblooms #irises

We hope that everyone is having a happy and wondrous Earth Day! A quote to inspire: "Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty" ~John Ruskin

One of the most beautiful blooms at this time of the year is Penstemon spectabilis (Showy Penstemon), and it’s making quite a show right now at the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden. Native to southern California and Baja California, this perennial herb is drought tolerant and great for bringing hummingbirds to your garden. What is your favorite plant for attracting hummingbirds in your garden? ... #prettyflowers #springblooms #conejoblooms #conejogarden #conejovalleybotanicgarden #stayathomegarden

A beautiful view today (though a little lonely) from inside the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden! While the Botanic Garden is temporarily closed, we will continue to post videos and show pictures of what's happening there.

While the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden may be temporarly closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still a lot happening inside and our volunteers are making sure the garden is being properly maintained. Right now, the spring blooms are so pretty, and we want to share what's there, albeit virtually. Everyday we will bring you a new bloom, and hope that our visitors can see them in person once again when we reopen. We receive quite a number of inquiries ab...out the status of the Matilija poppies inside the garden. They are just starting to bloom, but we still have about another month or so when they're at their peak. Today we got a couple videos of what is there so far (from various places in the garden). Note: Apologies for the fingers in one video due to taking video while walking dog. #conejogarden #conejoflowers #springflowers #matilijapoppies See more

Important Notice: The main garden is open to visitors who adhere to Ventura County Public Health's "Stay Well at Home" emergency order allowing residents to exercise in nature while keeping six feet between you and others in the community. Please follow this order to further combat the spread of COVID-19.... The Kids' Adventure Garden will remain closed until further notice.

Our bunny greeter inside the Kids' Adventure Garden The Kids' Garden is open today 11 am - 3pm. The Main Garden is open dawn to dusk.

We are loving the spring-like weather here at the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden!

This is a fabulous event hosted by the Conejo Valley Audubon Society. The classes will be held at the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden!