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Moorten Botanical Garden
4.6 ★★★★★ 735 Google reviews · Greenhouse wedding venue in Palm Springs, California
Historic landmark opened in 1938 featuring a desert environment with guided tours & a nursery.
Plan your tour
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (760) 327-6555
- Website moortenbotanicalgarden.com — most venues book tours right on their site
Hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | 9 AM–1 PM |
| Saturday | 9 AM–1 PM |
| Sunday | 9 AM–1 PM |
The setting
“The Cactarium—a vintage-style greenhouse filled with the most Instagram-worthy spiky plants you’ve ever seen.”
“A fascinating botanical garden filled with an incredible variety of cacti, succulents, and unusual desert plants.”
“Loved this cozy, authentic, family-owned & operated arboretum (Grandpa & Granddaughter were running it the day we visited ❤️).”
What couples say again and again
“This was a really special place to visit while in Palm Springs, especially if you are a plant or nature lover!”
“It’s a small, family-owned garden tucked right in the middle of the desert—and it’s packed with hundreds of stunning cactus varieties, rare succulents, and desert plants from all over the world.”
“is not only a wonderful place to show your children all the different types of desert plants and flowers but it is super affordable.”
Why it's listed — and what we can confirm
- Glass / botanical setting — “Moorten Botanical Garden”
- Hosts weddings or events — “Wedding venue”
- Hosts weddings — “Weddings”
- Elopements & small weddings — “Moorten Botanical Garden is a small, intimate wedding only venue (no receptions) .”
From the reviews
Wow! What a beautiful gem in the desert. Every year, for our wedding anniversary, we go to a different botanical garden from around this country. They have all been amazing, but this one is the best one yet.
The kind of small botanical gardens packing a punch! Apropos, to the thrift of being a desert species and synergy of the botanical creator of this garden, you will find many established species in a highly dense and compact area.
Getting married at Moorten Botanical Garden
Moorten Botanical Garden comes up for weddings — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the tour worth it. First, see the glass house at the time of day and season you'd actually get married — the light pouring through the panes at golden hour is the whole reason to book one, but a greenhouse at noon in July feels very different from one at dusk in October, so ask about temperature and shade for your date and walk the path your guests take from parking to ceremony to reception. Second, bring the questions that only matter for a glass venue: is it heated and air-conditioned (the single most important question), what months do they actually book, is there shade cloth or diffusing glass for midday glare, what's the humidity like in summer, are candles or open flame allowed near the plants, and exactly what's included — tables, chairs, setup, and teardown are where quotes quietly diverge. Glass venues are intimate and popular dates book 12–18 months out, so if the tour feels right, ask what's open in your season before you leave.