Upcoming Events

Volunteer Interviews & Training – more info

2014 Tour Season Opens April 1st

Mother’s Day Plant Sale - Sunday, May 11th

Midsummer Garden Tea – A Mad Hatter Tea Party
Saturday, July 19th

Welcome to the official website for the Home, Greenhouse, and Gardens where world-renowned horticulturist, Luther Burbank, lived and experimented with plants for most of his 50-year career.

This Registered National, State & City Historic Landmark is a unique city park located at the corner of Santa Rosa and Sonoma Avenues in Santa Rosa, California - across the street from City Hall and Juilliard Park. See the map to Luther Burbank Home & Gardens.

The Carriage House Gift Shop and Museum is open and walk-in docent-led tours are available April through October. The grounds are open daily from 8:00 a.m. to dusk year-round for self-guided tours and reserved Group and Children's Tours.

Volunteer at Luther Burbank Home & Gardens

We are now accepting applications for new Volunteers for our 2014 training. We are looking for Gardeners, Docents and Gift Shop staff.

Interviews will take place in January and training will be the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturdays in March. Our Tour Season starts April 1st.

You can find more information about Volunteering here as well as our online application.

Did You Know?

In California, Arbor Day is celebrated on March 7th, in honor of Luther Burbank’s birthday. (In many other parts of the country it’s celebrated late in April, as being a more appropriate time, weatherwise, for planting trees.)

In fact, California celebrates Arbor Week, March 7-14. You can find more information about local activities at Arbor Week.

What’s in Bloom

After the bitter cold, and, finally after some rain, the gardens are starting to wake up for early Spring.  View more…