Grand Opening Celebration of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail - Saturday, October 14

On Saturday, October 14, the newly constructed Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail officially opens to the public! Please join us from 9:30 am to noon to celebrate the grand opening of the trail. If you plan on joining us, we encourage you to RSVP here.

For directions to the botanical gardens click here.

Below you can find a schedule of morning events:

9:30-11:30 am -- Activities at the trail head (near the Campus Farm off the gardens' south entrance)

• Mobile Bike Repair Stand by Common Cycle
• Face-painting  by Doodlebug Ink
• Coffee and Food Truck by Zingerman's Roadhouse
• Matthaei-Nichols Membership booth

10 am -- Ribbon cutting and brief remarks to officially open the trail

A map showing the trail connecting from the
Washtenaw Border-to-Border trail and Gallup Park

10:30 am -- Children's activities in the Gaffield Children's Garden

11:30 am -- Garden tours available 

• Campus Farm tour by Campus Farm Manager Jeremy Moghtader
• Great Lakes Gardens tour by Curator of Native Plants Mike Kost
• Conservatory tour by Mike Palmer

Bikers, walkers, and strollers welcome. Although pets are allowed on the trail, we ask that you do not bring your pet to the celebration.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1800 N. Dixboro Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105