Red Butte Gardens

Sunday June 5, 2011 my family and I celebrated my grandmas 80’s birthday at Red Butte Gardens. We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day to be out doors and at such a beautiful place. Growing up here in SLC I have been to Red Butte Gardens many times before; from taking the student’s in my recent class, to going to concerts in the summer. Recently I have come to find that some of my friends, who were also born and raised here in the wonderful city of Salt Lake, had NEVER BEEN! I was shocked to find they didn’t even know what it was. This very moment I decided that I had to write about Red Butte Gardens.

Red Butte Gardens has many fun activities you can do while you’re there. There are tons of grassy fields to put down a blanket and bring a picnic or shaded areas with tables and chairs that are off the path.

You can also walk around to different types of gardens. They have a beautiful herb garden that has multiple paths through it and you can calmly walk around or sit on swing benches. What a perfect place to bring a book and read. 

As you make your way around the Gardens, you will pass a medicine garden, a fragrance garden and even a rose garden. There are also multiple water falls, rivers, and ponds with koi fish and ducks. If you are big on hiking there are a few paths that begin at the gardens and take you up and through the hillside.

Even if you don’t have children, the Children Garden is fun to venture through. So many garden activities to keep the kids entertained, you can even take classes or arrange birthday parties. There’s a fun water fall you can walk under, as well as a huge vine snake you can walk though (if you’re smaller than 5 ft.) Even a huge pot with a tree coming out of it and a pole the kids can slide down.

Red Butte even has an Amphitheater where they do summer concerts, where you can bring a blanket and go and watch some of your favorite artist. These concerts tend to be an all day event, specifically if you want good seats.

Over all, a few hours or a whole day spent at Red Butte Gardens would not be a wasted day. Especially if you have never been before. Red Butte Gardens is free for University of Utah students, and $8 for adults. If you want more information about the Gardens check out their website; www.redbuttegarden.org