Gilgal Sculpture Garden

This is a cute little sculpture garden located between houses in Salt Lake City. It is operated by the city parks department and is only open during certain hours: 8am-8pm from April to September and 9am-5pm from October to March. There is a sign at the entrance with some information about preservation of the garden, but the printed guides it mentions were all taken and didn’t look like they’d been refilled anytime recently. Outside of that, the only other information is a sort of choppy timeline in the back of the garden, but to be honest, it left me with more questions than answers. The garden seems to be entirely themed on abstract Christianity, which isn’t my cup of tea, but the sculptures were still interesting. I’d say it’s worth a stop if you’re in the area, but I personally wouldn’t drive too far out of the way and I’d be wary of arrival time in the winter months.

What an awesome find. Beautiful artwork, carvings and flora/fauna. There are beautiful scriptures carved into many stones. Even if not mormon, you'd enjoy the art and the nature. It's a little difficult to a you have to walk between 2 houses. There is a sign on the gate however not very visible from the street.

Cool place to visit it's in a quiet neighborhood. Hidden gem of salt lake city. Check out the Joseph Smith sphinx! Such unique art and beauty. Flowers of all kinds all around. Could spend hours reading stone carvings everywhere.

Five stars for sheer funkiness and unique local flavor. I discovered the Gilgal Sculpture Garden on the Atlas Obscura app– if you travel, make sure you always check Atlas Obscura for your destinations, and you will uncover some truly fascinating, often hidden, gems in the cities where you go! We were here at dusk on a Sunday. There were a few other people around. What a brilliant exploration of one man's intense love for Mormonism! Creative sculptures, lovely flowers, a giant birdhouse, VERY happy bees. Aren't beehives an LDS symbol? As you walk onto the property there are even trees with eyes. Are you a Severance fan? Some of it reminded me a lot of memorials to Kier in the show!! What an interesting place to explore. We were here about 45 minutes and this was plenty of time to see the features and check out the time line display of the gardens evolution at the back.

Perfect place to sit and enjoy a garden. Very small but worth the stop if you love art and sculpture. Loved that I could smell everything in bloom.

sculpture garden with some unique pieces and beautiful flowers. Some of the pieces seem In complete or broken but still Worth a quick visit if around the area. It’s free to visit

It’s a fun time to walk around and check out this gem. If you’re visiting Salt lake and looking for a low key, low pressure experience this is a good option for you. I’ve been a handful of times and there were always very few other or no other people at all. It takes about 10 minutes to walk around and view everything of you don’t read about all the sculptures. Highly recommended as a low key experience.

A very unique garden. I've never seen suck strange but fascinating sculptures before. It's free so come walk around!!