spirit garden

What's a visit to Big Sur is you don't make it to the Spirit Garden! It has just changed management..but still seems to be going strong..local art..music..garden...galleries...gas and food too...you gotta check this place out! I found an amazing piece of local Bubble Jade in the shop there!

Unfortunately this was closed. We were able to walk around the property but not enter the garden area. I would say that from the outside it needs a lot of work, but sure did look interesting.

The Spirit Garden was closed when we were getting ripped off at the Bakery. The cactus and plant area was a nice (very short) walk. You could see the Spirit Garden from the garden area and it looked like some kind of hippie dream come true. Some homemade stages painted with vibrant colors and some other colorful statues. There was a cool ring made of tree branches. The gratuitous Tibetan prayer flags were there. Some kind of Scarborough Faire meets the Grateful Dead kind of thing. It looked really lame.

Was very happy to find this place, an interesting garden to walk around and enjoy. :)Definitely worth the stop.

We were told that a famous Brazilian drummer was performing at 7:30. We were ready for an adventure and we certainly had one. Admission was $20 and we felt like we were on a film set created in the late 60's. Lots of spiritual tokens from other lands, flags, huge primary colored jungle murals and a bon fire in a contained location. Unforgettable.

A kind of cramped garden with signs everywhere saying "do not enter" and do not climb. There are some nice plants (but the emphasis is things like drums and artsy statues and a few stages that could be used at some times plus a shop where you can buy fancy paintings and jewelry and a bakery with fabulous smelling coffee but you don't get to taste it because the staff is VERY VERY SLOW.) So if you're hoping to chill out etc, we anyway felt a bit harassed. On the plus side there weren't any "no dogs" signs.

This free garden is a sanctuary for artists to come and work. It was created by the son of the gallery owner, and she says he works around the world building 'tree nests' for people. Beautiful, peaceful. And the art inside the gallery is lovely.

It's truly easy to miss this spot as it is located in a center with the bakery, deli and other shops. Although they call it a spirit garden I'd call it more of a succulent garden. Lots of kitchy stuff around, too. We were expecting something else from the description and were disappointed with what we found when we arrived.

Behind the Big Sur Bakery, another Zen experience, cool music, very spiritual feeling

Worth the visit. Bad parking. Its like an outdoor gallerey, except better. I've never seen anything like it! the Spirit Nests were the thing that caught my eye the most!!