Guided Garden Walks
Explore the demonstration gardens and learn how habitat gardening supports wildlife and biodiversity.
Guided garden walks offer visitors a chance to explore the Home Ground Habitats demonstration gardens while learning about native plants, pollinators, and habitat restoration. Walking through the gardens with a guide reveals the stories behind the landscape — how the soil was restored, how plants were selected, and how wildlife has returned as the habitat has matured.
Each walk invites participants to slow down, observe closely, and experience the gardens as a living ecosystem.
What You May Discover
During a guided walk, visitors may explore:
- Native plants that support pollinators and birds
- Monarch butterfly habitat and milkweed plantings
- Water-wise garden design and watershed practices
- Seasonal blooms and seed cycles
- Habitat features that support insects and wildlife
- The ecological restoration of the demonstration gardens
Every walk is slightly different depending on the season and what the gardens are revealing at that moment.
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks, always unexpectedly.
— John Muir
Experience the Garden
Walking through a habitat garden reveals details that are easy to miss at first glance — the insects moving among flowers, the structure of plants supporting wildlife, and the quiet interactions that make a garden come alive.
Guided walks help visitors see the landscape through a new lens, deepening their understanding of how thoughtful planting and stewardship can restore ecological balance.
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