Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
The conservatory, themed gardens, community spaces, and children’s village show how plants can thrive under Cheyenne’s cold, wind, altitude, and short growing season.
Artwork inspired by Travis Ivey
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens turns high-plains constraints into the subject of the visit. The Shane Smith Grand Conservatory shelters tropical and subtropical collections, while nine outdoor acres demonstrate xeriscaping, herbs, roses, woodland planting, wetlands, cacti, and food production under Wyoming’s wind, altitude, frost, and short growing season.
Begin indoors, then compare that controlled climate with the exposed beds outside. The Paul Smith Children’s Village is designed for hands-on discovery rather than as a decorative afterthought, and the Discovery Pond, accessible dock, sensory garden, labyrinth, and community spaces show how horticulture, habitat, and inclusive design can occupy the same public landscape.
- Admission
- Free
- Signature
- Shane Smith Grand Conservatory
- Allow
- 1½–2½ hours
Quick guide
- Begin
- Move from the conservatory into exposed high-plains beds.
- Do not miss
- Use the children’s village, sensory garden, and pond dock.
Follow the design through Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
- Compare climates
- Move from the conservatory into exposed high-plains beds.
- Look closer
- Notice windbreaks, water use, and season extension.
- Include discovery
- Use the children’s village, sensory garden, and pond dock.
- Check calendar
- Programs and blooms change the visit.
Good to know
The conservatory and children’s village close Mondays and holidays; outdoor grounds remain dawn to dusk. Dogs are allowed only outdoors on a leash of six feet or shorter, while service animals may enter buildings.
Notice these
- Free
- Shane Smith Grand Conservatory
- Notice xeriscaping, habitat, and season extension.