Alta Vista Gardens has been established to create a botanical garden for the education, enlightenment and inspiration of our children, and the child within us all. The garden will foster involvement of the community in efforts, both local and abroad, to protect and preserve endangered habitats, which are vital to the health of our planet and all of her inhabitants. It will be a place to reflect, relax and recharge. The gardens will be a living, changing and interactive environment which brings together people, nature and art. It will serve as a gathering place, an educational center, a forum for the arts and an exhibit of the most remarkable, beautiful and rare plants in the world.