Sego Lily Gardens

 Sego Lily Gardens is a small garden in Sandy that teach you had to garden locally and be water wise. Kind of a smaller version of Conservation Garden Park. After a hike in Dimple Dell that was also pretty short I decided to toss this in as an add-on.

Note: This is an archive post. I typed it all up back in 2023, but for whatever reason opted not to share it. But, like other articles I abandoned and came back to, I have tried to refer back to it once or twice. So, I am posting it now in January 2026.

Quick Details:

Length: I guess the main loop is about 2/10 of a mile. With the couple of side paths I took it was about .29 miles.
Trail Type: Loop with spurs.
Difficulty: The main loop is fully paved and would be a DR2. Some of the spurs would be DR3.
Elevation Gain: About 22 feet.
Restroom: I thought I remember seeing a port-o-potty but I might be wrong. Either way you can’t be sure it will always be there. There are a few public businesses nearby though.
Dogs? No.
Other Info: The garden is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Mid April–Sept. 30. It is free to visit. 

To Get Here:

From the north, take i15 to 90th South. head east to 13th east, turn right. Go about a mile and turn left on Sego Lily Dr. Go about 3/10ths of a mile and it will be on the right.

From the south, take i15 to 106th South. head east to 13th east, turn left. Go about a half mile and turn right on Sego Lily Dr. Go about 3/10ths of a mile and it will be on the right.

1472 E Sego Lily Dr, Sandy, UT, 84070

The Trail:

It’s not a park but a demonstration garden. Here are the rules.

History.

Its kind of cute.

The garden surrounds a giant underground water tank. Which, according to that previous sign, can hold up to 8 million gallons of water. What a creative use of otherwise useless space.

Flowers.

How to plan and design a water wise garden.

The water tank again. 

Little archway.

Nice little rockscape with some penstemon and other plants.

Milkweed.

Continuing along.

Yucca.

Cute little bridge.

More milkweed.

Ornamental grasses.

The water tank again.

The bitter brush here in the garden is doing a lot better than the bitter brush on the nearby trail.

Flowering shrubs.

Little educational area.

Bed of grass. Cute.

Interesting flowering tree.

The water tank again. There is a nice pattern between 2 different colored stones on it.

Better seen from above.

Nice little seating area.

Little Zen garden. Okay, actually this might be the biggest one I have seen locally.

Another cute little bridge.

Nice little water feature.

Nice little garden.

Blue hill salvia. Kind of reminds me of elephant head.

The front garden again.

A pretty little pergola.

Looks like a trail counter. Man I swear these are popping up on almost every trail or nature area we go to.

Well, that was a fun add on. I don’t think I would go out of my way to see it. It is a nice garden though, and not busy at all. And I do appreciate the creative way to use some space around a water tank that might otherwise not be used. 6 out of 10 squirrels.

As for difficulty, it is paved and fairly flat. DR2.

Dogs are not allowed. So be sure to leave Fido home.