VAILS LOCAL, AND AMERICAS HIGHEST BOTANIC GARDEN
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS & EDUCATION CENTER
Betty Ford
Alpine Gardens
At 8,250 feet above sea level, the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens is the highest botanical garden in the United States. With numerous educational programs for children and adults, including mountain hikes, docent-led tours, classes and exhibits, the beautiful botanical gardens in Vail offer countless ways to enjoy the rare and exotic alpine wildflowers and plants.
Explore and enjoy our stunning mountain garden situated high in the Rocky Mountains. In the shadow of Colorado's Gore Range, our assortment of perennial beds, rock gardens and waterfalls dramatically display an astonishing array of the world's most unique and beautiful high elevation plants.
Come explore the stunning scenery at the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens.
EXHIBITS
Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots
June 27 – Nov 2
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens is the first in the country to re-create the US Botanic Garden’s most popular 2015 exhibit, Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots. Actual twenty-foot-tall floor to ceiling perennial roots will fill the Education Center demonstrating the amazing functions and interactions of roots with soil. Photographic panels by world-renowned National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson installed in the Education Center and in the gardens will highlight the hidden world of roots.For more information and to see a calendar of events visit the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens website.