Quarry Hill Botanical Garden

Quarryhill is located near glen ellen in the sonoma valley of california united states and is open.

Quarry hill botanical garden. There are waterfalls bridges stone paths fountains lyon statues pergolas wildlife trees and plants that originated from asia. This is not your typical botanical garden. Quarryhill botanical garden tucked behind a mature vineyard of cabernet sauvignon grapes just off highway 12 in glen ellen lies one of the most exotic and biologically diverse places in sonoma valley a hidden gem that most sonomans are unaware exists.

We thought we would visit the wildflower gardens nearby but learned we needed an appointment. From the remains of an abandoned quarry quarryhill botanical garden. The weather was perfect sunny and warm.

It is also a serene scenic place for peaceful recreation open for all to enjoy. Quarryhill botanical garden is a beautiful peaceful place to explore and enjoy a picnic. The grounds are well kept with canadian geese and their goslings enjoying the ponds filled with waterlilies.

Quarryhill is a wild asian woodland intentionally not manicured and featuring one of the largest collections of wild sourced asian plants in the world. Quarryhill botanical gardens which has been called a noah s ark of rare and endangered species is home to one of the largest and most important collections of plants from eastern asia in the u s. Quarryhill botanical garden is an education and research botanical garden home to one of the largest collections of scientifically documented wild source asian plants in north america and europe many of which represent ancestors of horticultural favorites found throughout the western world.