A Vision for Conservation Brought into View

Lauritzen Gardens is creating a new feature in 2023 which we hope will inspire greater appreciation and support for our conservation vision. The walkway that winds through our woodland restoration area ascends to a rise that provides a spectacular view back into the heart of the garden and the Missouri River valley beyond and looks out over a prairie meadow planted with 300,000 daffodils bulbs. We are constructing an overlook platform at this location to take advantage of the view and provide a site for an interpretive node. Here our visitors will learn the remarkable backstory of Lauritzen Gardens, that the land encompassed within this beautiful vista was once a sprawling municipal landfill. The overlook will also provide a glimpse of our new Claire M. Hubbard Plant Production Center with its Conservation Lab and Seed Bank facility.