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Monday 9am - 4pm Tuesday 9am - 4pm Wednesday 9am - 7pm Thursday 9am - 7pm Friday 9am - 7pm Saturday 9am - 7pm

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Explore 3 acres of garden, ponds,
2 indoor tropical rainforests, butterflies, turtles & tortoises. Western Colorado Botanical Gardens was founded in 1997.
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We have a Butterfly Pavilion, Rainforest and multiple outdoor gardens. In 2012, Strive, a local non-profit organization took over management of the Gardens. Since the takeover, there has been a huge growth in its work program at the gardens, where the clients needing vocational experience train in both paid and volunteer capacities at the gardens gift shop or on the 15-acre grounds. (Strive offers numerous services for clients who have a broad range of developmental issues.)

10/09/2026

⭐️ Join us for our FINAL Movie Under the Stars TONIGHT starting at 7:45pm!! ⭐️

Tickets can be purchased at the door 🎟️

Thank you to everyone who has come out in support of these events, we really appreciate it!

10/07/2026

This weekend will have different hours!

Friday, we will be open from 9am until about 10pm for our FINAL Movies Under the Stars event at 745pm ⭐️ tickets can be purchased at wcbotanic.org!

🌌 We’re going to be showing THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE 🌌

NOTE: Movies do NOT start at 9pm 🌙

Then, Saturday, we will be closed all day for a private event 💍👰‍♀️🤵

Western Colorado Botanical Gardens in Grand Junction, Colorado In 1994, the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens located at 655 Struthers Avenue, in Grand Junction, Colorado entered into a long-term lease with the City of Grand Junction for a 15-acre site along the Colorado River. Home to several spec...

10/03/2026

Looking for Saturday plans?

We’ve got Minions & Monsters tonight for Movies Under the Stars!

Movie will start at 7:45pm!

10/03/2026

I spend 45 minutes making these tortoises a beautiful lunch just for Frankie to lie down all over it 🤦‍♀️

09/29/2026

Gardens Hours Update:

This week we will have slightly different hours due to events.

- Friday we will be open to the public from 9a - 4p.
- Saturday we will be opening up the gardens at 5p and then having our Movies Under the Stars event at 7:45p.

🐢 Knobby says happy Tuesday!

09/26/2026

It’s going to be a nice warm Saturday night tonight for a movie in the garden! Be here around 7:30p to get your snacks & drinks and set up in the lawn! 🌙🌟🌟🎥🍿

09/23/2026

⭐️Movies Under the Stars Update ⭐️

It’s getting dark earlier and earlier so we’re aiming for a 7:30pm start on Saturday for Zootopia 2!

09/16/2026

It’s another rainy weekend here in the valley so we have preemptively moved our movie this weekend to October 9th.

⭐️Our next movie will be Zootopia 2 on Saturday, September 26th ⭐️

We apologize for the inconvenience - the safety and experience of our guests are the most important things!

Address

655 Struthers Avenue
Grand Junction, CO
81501

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 7pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 7pm

Telephone

(970) 245-9030

Website

http://wcbotanic.org/

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