The Yampa River Botanic Park includes four different rock gardens. The Member’s Rock Garden was the first garden planted in 1997 when the Park opened to the public. It is a very large Garden with big rocks and massive plantings. Another smaller, more intimate rock garden is Sascha’s Rock Garden. It is located adjacent to the Yampa River Core Trail which runs along the river and is viewed by everyone on the bike path. It has a small trail through the top and is surrounded by a trail to allow viewing of many, small alpine plants. Another small rock garden at the top of the Water Wise Garden is set among volcanic stone from the Flat Tops Mountains which are 25 miles south of Steamboat Springs. It includes quite a few plants from Argentina’s Steppe region, several Plant Select® plants, and native plants. The Crevice Garden is about 1200 sq. feet, south facing and on a steep slope. It has 10 tons of Sabille Moss Veneer rock planted vertically in order to replicate vertical strata. There is a two-switchback trail which goes through the garden enabling visitors to view the plants close-up. It was constructed in October of 2013 with the help of a grant from the Colorado Garden Show, and planting is occurring throughout 2014. At this time the garden is about half planted and contains over 500 plants, generally grouped by genus.  The gardens are maintained by Gayle Lehman and her staff of nine