The California Garden
Our Vision is a world class, botanical garden that represents the culture, environment, and panorama
of California.
Our Mission
To establish The California Garden through phased development and
community participation.
To Invite the world
to experience California’s unique mosaic, born of her natural
wonder, her innovative people, and her rich cultural heritage.
To Provide opportunities for artistic, educational, and cultural enrichment.
To Influence the future through visionary use of innovative materials, practices, and
environmental conservation.
Why a Garden?
Gardens exist to educate as well as provide enjoyment for their visitors. They are living museums,
classrooms, and places of research. Gardens are places to learn through all our senses - smell, touch,
sight, taste, hearing - about the biological and ecological processes of plants and how they effect us and
our environment. The California Garden will showcase California’s rich and unique history from its vast
number of native plants to its culturally diverse heritage and how it has impacted the land, its plants, its
people, and its economy. Using innovative, sustainable, and ecologically friendly technologies
throughout the garden, will allow visitors to see and learn, first hand, the benefits for our environment.
Benefits of a Botanical Garden
It promotes conservation, environmental sustainability and increases public understanding of the
importance of plant diversity.
It has an educational component for people of all ages and may be affiliated with other
educational facilities in the area.
The display component attracts tourists making The Garden and the Sacramento Metropolitan
Area even more of a destination to visit.
Botanical gardens are increasingly popular with new urban planning designs, affording
environmentally sensitive approaches.
It provides special therapeutic values, volunteer opportunities, and adds to outdoor activity
options available in the community.
It is unique and complementary to other public venues, creating a diverse community.
It offers a wide variety of horticultural information beneficial to the public.
It engages the community by hosting events throughout the year such as meetings, concerts,
and many other community exhibitions and events.
The California Central Valley Horticultural Foundation (CCVHF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
founded in September, 1997 for the purpose of developing and maintaining a world class botanical
garden in the capitol city region. The California Garden is the working title of this project.