Sherman Library & Gardens

What a lovely gem of a place!! I’ve been looking for a peaceful garden nearby and glad I found this place. The gardens are cared for so well. Highly recommend the restaurant for lunch if you’re able to make it during their hours!

It’s a cute small botanical garden. My favorite were the turtles and the area that had plants we could touch and smell. It’s a great place for a cute date or to take your mom to 😂 I would buy a plant here too! The best part is the garden is near other areas that sell second hand luxury goods and a beach. So you can make a small day out of it.

It is sad to think how many times I drove by here and did not realize what treasures were hiding behind the walls.
Hanging gardens bright with fuchsias, koi ponds hidden in a tropical greenhouse, beautiful, ever changing sculptures adorning the gardens, immense and lush ferns and Dr. Seuss kaleidoscope garden of succulents. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds quite literally keep this place humming with activity.
It is always a delight to find one of the tucked away benches to sit and relax while soaking in all of the colors and sounds.
A perfect day trip with the family or “the girls” is made complete with a lunch or coffee and dessert at 608 Dahlia. 🌺

Gorgeous botanical gardens with a large variety of tropical plants, ferns, orchids and fuchsia, as well as cactus and succulents. The docents lead very informative tours, well worth doing. Admission is $5 and parking is free in their parking lot, although their parking lot does fill up on weekends by about 11 am, so get there by 10:30 am on weekends to get a spot, otherwise you will be hunting for 2-hour parking spots on the street.

I went there for a wedding, the garden closed at 4pm for a special event.. It's a beautiful small garden and takes 1 hr. Many flowers are in bloom and plants are very green.
Place is very clean.
Daily: 10:30 am – 4 pm
December 24 & 31 – Closing at 1 pm
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Admission: $5.00
Children (3 & Under): Free
Only service dogs are allowed in the Gardens.
Parking on back and free
Many resting areas (benches & rocking chairs)
2 bathrooms (one left by gift shop & other one by train display)
2 fountain - one surrounded by flowers close to back entrances