Glacier Gardens Rainforest Adventure
Glacier Gardens
Famous for its “upside-down tree garden,” where fallen trees are planted root-up as flower pots, and riding an electric cart through the temperate rainforest up to a hillside viewpoint.
Glacier Gardens was created in 1984 by a family on a hillside devastated by a mudslide. Its best-known feature is the “flower trees,” fallen trees replanted upside down with petunias and other flowers growing from their roots. Guided electric carts climb steep slopes through the Tongass temperate rainforest to a viewing platform about 180 meters above sea level, overlooking the mouth of the Mendenhall River and Gastineau Channel. The tour lasts about an hour, and admission is about $40. It operates even in the rain.
Opening hours
May-Sep approx. 09:00-18:00
Nearby sights
- Alaskan Brewing Company
- Macaulay Salmon Hatchery
- Mendenhall Glacier
- Eaglecrest Ski Area
- Nugget Falls
- Alaska State Museum
- Mount Juneau Trail
- Juneau-Douglas City Museum