Our Mission Create a botanical garden for the education, enlightenment, and inspiration for our children, and the child within us all. Alta Vista Botanical Gardens fosters the 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 its inhabitants. It is a place to reflect, relax and recharge. The gardens are a living, changing, and interactive environment which brings people together with nature and art. It serves 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. Alta Vista Botanical Gardens is a 501(c)(3) Not for Profit Corporation