Visit the Garden!

Currently Open
10:00 am to 8:00 pm

Free Admission

1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Unleash Your Inner Explorer

Flowers, plants, and gardens are natural ambassadors to understanding impacts on local ecosystems.  We invite you to embark on a journey of discovery and connection with the natural world as you explore a diverse array of featured plants, gardens, and points of interest, offering a window into the richness and complexity of nature.

an adult and child look at colorful flowers

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The Gardens

Explore our many outdoor gardens featuring bonsai, native and medicinal plants, perennials, and more blooming seasonally from spring to first frost.

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The Conservatory

Three separate climates fill our indoor conservatory with plants from across the globe. See tropical plants from near the equator. Check out the temperate house just beyond. And finish by visiting the arid house to experience extreme, dry areas.

The tropical house section of the conservatory
Bicycle rider crossing a bridge on the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail

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The Trails

Trails winding past stunning natural features have been part of the Botanical Gardens’ Dixboro Road site since before its development in the early 1960s. 

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The Campus Farm

The Campus Farm is a student-driven multi-stakeholder living learning lab for sustainable food systems work built around principles of food grown by students for students.

The program focuses on carbon-neutrality, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice to foster student leadership development, which leads to high-impact teaching, research, and learning opportunities.

Students tending the campus farm