Red Butte Garden is the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West and, together with the University of Utah, is the state arboretum. The Garden consists of over 21 acres of developed gardens and five miles of hiking trails winding through an extensive Natural Area. The Garden is renowned for plant collections, themed gardens, over 560,000 springtime blooms, and award-winning horticulture-based educational programs. ps: Had a close encounter with a Rattle snake and was so rattled that could not even take a picture 😊