Conservation Garden Park

 Conservation Garden Park is a lovely educational park in West Jordan. It was designed to teach you how to conserve water in your gardens and lawns. My friends and I love to walk around and see what kind of pretty, water-wise flowers we can find. It is a lot of fun, and along the easier side of adventures.

As I have been tending to do with these odd little adventures, this is a combination of 2 visits. Early April and Late May.

Quick Details:

Length: Whatever you decide. We did about 7/10ths of a mile each time.
Trail Type: Meander
Difficulty: DR2 it is ADA friendly.
Elevation Gain: NA
Restroom: 2, but the outside one is seasonal.
Dogs? Unknown, but probably not.
Other Info:

To Get Here:

From i15 take the 90th south exit heading west for 1.5 miles. Turn right onto 13th west. Go about 9/10ths of a mile and it will be on the right.

The Trail: Part 1, April 3rd.

We found a quail in the parking lot. Hello little guy!

Hyacinths. I had no idea they came in such pretty colors! I absolutely love the burgundy ones!

We generally start in the Design section and make a counter-clockwise loop. There is also an inner loop.. ish. It’s a little wonky but generally you can see most of it without too much overlapping.

Cute summer winds statue.

Cute white daffodils.

Nice view of the mountains.

These are cute.

Tulips.

I love this tree lined corridor in the back area.

From the other way.

Cream colored fritillaria.

These are deer and rodent resistant. My poor garden loving friends both have gophers and have been fighting the good fight. Oof. Whatever issues I have with my house, at least I don’t have that! When we first moved in we had a pest control guy trying to tell me there were voles here, seeing as we just moved in I declined his services since I didn’t know what pests we had yet. I am glad I did because… no voles either.

A Canada goose flew right over us.

It looks like they have a nest on top of the Outdoor Classroom.

A canal of some sort. It isn’t labeled on google maps... or any other map service I use.

Again

Some phlox. We see this on our hikes all the time.

A fun almost life size chessboard.

Closer.

Whites.

Blacks

Middle. This is neat! So far this the only large chessboard I have found around here.

There are geese nesting on the Education Center as well. They don’t seem to care at all about the faux owl. Snort.

Cute little metal gate for the maintenance area.

Cute red barn on the neighboring property.

Little truss bridge over the canal.

Upstream.

Downstream.

Closer view of the automobile bridge.

Mount Jordan with some low clouds.

The geese on the Education Center again.

Quick PSP (Passenger Seat Photography) shot as we leave.

The cows next door (PSP).

They are building something next to the Midvale City Hall (PSP).

I later learned it is a new food truck pavilion. It is super neat.

Part 2: May 31st.

The main central area.

They really do smell like grape Kool-Aid! I didn’t get a shot of the sign, but a google search seems to suggest it is Iris pallida.

Again we started in the Design section.

Some lupine. Another flower we see often on our hikes.

American robin.

Yellow columbine. Another one we find on our hikes, but much, much more rare to find versus their white counterparts.

Cute little bench.

I just love the little bison statue.

Well these are super cute. Google suggests they are 4 o clocks.

Mountains.

Cute little fountain.

These are cute too!  Google is suggesting red valerian.

Conifers of some sort.

Cute little bee.

The lovely tree lined path.

Again.

Some alliums.

Clematis. Another one we find when hiking.. though never in this particular color.

This is closer to the color we see in the wild. Just a little darker though.

Fun covered pergola.

Another.

Penstemon. Another that we find frequently on our hikes.

Coreopsis.

.Little fountain.

Information about it.

Another fountain.

Roses.

Continuing along.

Google suggests this is salvia.

Poppies.

Pretty roses.

Sundial looking display.

Honeysuckle.

Catmint.

Peony.

Prairie winecups.

The main intersection.

The maintenance section.

Irrigation section.

Planting section.

Flowering cacti.

Closer.

Some kind of yucca.

Made possible by Willard L. Eccles Foundation.

I am fairly certain he was somehow related to the the other Eccles of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.... Okay, it took a bit of sleuthing, but it looks like he was George's Brother. Neat. Except now when I see an Eccles thing I will have to double check which one. It is quite refreshing to see descendants of a billionaire give back to the community.

Interesting plant.

I squirreled a lot here so I am not 100% sure on the identification on this one, and I am not particularly trusting googles idea for it either.

Neat fountain.

A panoramic captured the whole thing.

Mountain.

Pedestrian truss bridge over the canal again.

Upstream.

Downstream.

Mount Jordan.

The Education Center.

I really enjoy our random walks here. The gardens are really just lovely and, like I said, we enjoy seeing pretty flowers that might like our desert environment without needing a lot of water. It certainly is no Thanksgiving Point, but it's free so it's super neat for that. It also is never super crowded either which is always a huge plus for me. 10 out of 10 squirrels today.

As for difficulty, it is ADA compliant so DR2.

Dogs, I can’t seem to find the policy on dogs so I tend to lean towards probably not.