Colton Garden

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Colton Garden

Open May-September

Wheelchair accessible path and garden beds allow everyone to enjoy the garden.

Sunflowers, gourds, and other crops with long histories in the Southwest flourish in the Colton Community Garden.

The Hoop House supports the growth of seedlings for the Native Plant Program and garden.

For volunteers, working in the community garden is an enjoyable way to spend time outdoors with others, and learn about growing food.

The garden serves as a learning laboratory for all ages, with regular public education workshops and ongoing collaborations.

Colton Garden is a welcoming space where visitors of all ages can learn about growing, explore native and heritage plants, and reconnect with the land. Set on the site of Mary‑Russell Ferrell Colton’s World War II Victory Garden, it features organic growing methods, pollinator‑friendly plants, and innovative techniques—from a hoop house to a pioneering passive solar greenhouse built in 1976.

Open daily during daylight hours, the garden offers a wheelchair‑accessible path, benches, beautiful views of the San Francisco Peaks, and colorful demonstration beds filled with flowers and vegetables.

Directions to Colton Garden:

By GPS – enter coordinates 35.23551, -111.6607

From downtown Flagstaff – Take 180 North towards the Museum of Northern Arizona. Before you reach the museum, turn right onto Winding Brook Rd. Follow this road until it comes to a “T”. Turn left and park. Walk behind the buildings to the garden.

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