The Montrose Botanic Garden features a xeriscape demonstration garden as well as traditional garden plantings. It is run by the non-profit Montrose Botanical Society Board and is maintained primarily with volunteers who donate close to 2000 hours a year. The xeriscape/rock garden berm was designed by Marty Jones of Colorado Alpines and includes about 70 different types of perennials and 6 types of trees. It has also incorporated 18 Plant Select® plants and won the Plant Select® Golden Shovel Award in 2012, which acknowledges a demonstration garden partner exhibiting superior design and use of Plant Select® plants while providing excellent educational opportunities to visitors.

The garden is built with 200 tons of local Shavano sandstone including 80 large boulders which provides a variety of different micro-pockets and biomes sustaining a diverse palette of plants. Most popular is a 40 foot long waterway carved into the berm to simulate a high desert dry wash. Controlled by a timer, the water feature comes on at lunchtime and in the evening. A stone bench with a beautiful arched shade canopy is located across from the waterway feature.