Visit the Garden!
Free Admission
Experience Nature Year-Round
Located less than an hour from Detroit, Matthaei Botanical Gardens offers one of Southeast Michigan's most diverse collections of gardens, trails, and indoor plant displays. Whether you're planning a day trip, looking for free family-friendly activities, or exploring Michigan's public gardens, Matthaei Botanical Gardens provides a year-round experience.
The Gardens
Explore our many outdoor gardens featuring bonsai, native and medicinal plants, perennials, and more blooming seasonally from spring to first frost.
The Conservatory
Three separate climates fill our indoor conservatory with plants from across the globe. See tropical plants from near the equator in the Kimberly and Theodore Maged Tropical House. Check out the Temperate house just beyond, and finish by visiting the Arid House to experience extreme, dry areas.
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.
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.
