Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:749 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
Tel:
(801) 294-1247
Our Botanical Gardens Expert Says:
"Can I create a sanctuary or atmosphere in my yard that will shut out fear and keep one's mind young and alert to the last, no matter how perilous the times?" This was the challenge that founder Thomas Buttersby Child Jr. carved out for himself before creating Gilgal Garden, his sculpture garden sensation on East 500 South, right smack in the center of Salt Lake City. You can stroll amidst a Sphinx of Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormon movement), a huge Mormon cricket, scattered, sculpted body parts of biblical figures etched with scripture, as well as more than 70 poem-, quote-, and verse-inscribed stone slabs. The garden is open year-round and admission is free.
From Gilgal Gardens - Salt Lake City, Utah:
Formerly the secret garden of Salt Lake, Gilgal Sculpture Garden is now a public city park, open daily for the enjoyment of all. Tucked in the middle of the block behind houses and businesses, many are still unaware of its existence and enjoy a true sense of discovery when they visit the garden for the first time. Gilgal Sculpture Garden contains 12 original sculptures and over 70 stones engraved with scriptures, poems, and literary texts. As a whole, Gilgal Sculpture Garden is significant as the only identified "visionary art environment" in Utah.