Ventura Botanical Gardens

Our @vbgventura Ventura Botanical Gardens backyard is bursting with succulent flowers right now.

Thanks Spence and KVTA News AM 1590 for sharing your experience at the Gardens on New Years Day. We’re happy you enjoyed the Gardens and excited to have you as a new member!

VBG in the News! Check out KABC Channel 7 tonight at 5:45.

Celebrate the New Year with a beautiful stroll through the Ventura Botanical Gardens! We're offering FREE entry on New Year's Day, from 9 am - 4 pm. The Courtyard Garden Shop is open, featuring gifts, pottery, and plants. Get a gift with membership purchase. Leashed dogs are welcome, and COVID protocols are in place. Happy New Year! : Bill Layman

Isn't this lovely? The White Lion's tail (Leonotis leonurus) starting to flower in the Fynbos garden.

Check out these beautiful succulent and pumpkin displays. We have two versions in our gift store, the smaller version is $25, and the larger version is $45. Won't these look amazing in your home this autumn season!

Beautiful morning view of the Coastal cactus in our Ramble.

At the Ventura Botanical Gardens working hard to hold the hillsides in place, fix some carbon, and create a little good cover for my animal friends. I was on t...his hillside long before it became.part of a garden but I welcome the good folks of the Botanic Garden as newcomers on the scene. They get me. See more

Saturday, October 10th we will be offering FREE entry to the Gardens in honor of World Mental Health Day. Open 9am 5 pm Enjoy a beautiful walk outdoors! Leashed dogs are welcome and COVID protocols are in place. The Courtyard Garden Shop is open, featuring gifts, pottery, and plants. More info ----> https://www.venturabotanicalgardens.com... : Phil Ranger

Monday’s Medical Message (From our Botanical Gardens ) Let’s DANCE like no one’s watching LOVE like we’ve never been hurt SING like no one’s listening, and LIVE like it’s Heaven on Earth

A midsummer night wedding at the Ventura Botanical Garden.

Took Deysi on a little hike Una caminata con Deysi

We are excited to announce that our previously closed Tuesdays, will now be re-opening. Our renewed days of operation will be Tuesdays through Sundays from 9 to 5. We want to thank everyone for their patience during this time.

Ventura Botanical Gardens will be open on Monday, September 7th from 9 am - 5 pm. We're offering FREE entry on Labor Day. Join us for a beautiful walk outdoors! Leashed dogs are welcome. COVID protocols are in place. https://www.venturabotanicalgardens.com... Photo: Phil Ranger See more

The Museum of Ventura County (MVC) and the Ventura Botanical Gardens (VBG) is thrilled to host 14 regional artists in their first ever collaboration, "Arte Fora...stero." Open now through November 30, 2020, visitors can currently view this open-air installation at the Botanical Gardens WednesdaySunday from 9am to 5pm. MVC Members can visit the Botanical Gardens free of charge, and once the museum reopens VBG Members can visit the Museum of Ventura County and the Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula free of charge. Here's a look at just a few of the pieces on display at both locations. Keep your peeled for more information in the coming weeks! Sculptures and installation works have been installed in the Ventura Botanical Gardens’ nursery and lower trails, and in the Museum’s outdoor Plaza along Main Street in Downtown Ventura. This exhibit showcases works by the following artists: Emma Akmakdjian, Gloria Bradley, Kevin Carman, Bijan Fan, Wrona Gall, Sooz Glazebrook, Carlos Grasso, Paul Lindhard, Bob Privitt, Sudad Shahin. Additional works by artists Tanya Kovalesky, Marianne McGrath, Carole Shaw Sutton and Amy Sharp will be installed in mid-September. This collaboration was initiated by VBG Executive Director Joseph Cahill and MVC Deputy Director Denise Sindelar in recognition that the Gardens and the Museum’s outdoor Plaza would provide an excellent venue for the community to safely explore and experience outdoor art installations. Jurors selecting the exhibiting artists included Christine Beirne (Ojai Studio Artists), Barbara Brown (Board Member VBG), Matthew Furmanski (Professor CSUCI), Michael Pearce (Professor CLU), Peter Tyas (Executive Director Studio Channel Islands) and Denise Sindelar (Deputy Director MVC). The funding to support the art installations was provided by the Bonita C. McFarland Endowment through the Museum of Ventura County. All art sales will 100% benefit the exhibiting artists. Patrons interested in purchasing works may contact Denise Sindelar at [email protected].

Great news! For several weeks now, we've limited entrance into the Gardens to 50 people. Our visitors have been so attentive to wearing masks and social distancing that we are lifting that limitation. For as long as it is safe and visitors remain respectful, we are NOT limiting the number of people that enter the Gardens. We're so proud of our community for caring about the safety of others.