[5] Although its main entrance is found at 400 West Gainsborough Road,[6][7] it is also accessible from Conejo Community Park, located at the intersection of Hendrix and Dover Avenues.

[11] It is operated by the nonprofit Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, Inc.[12] It lies across the street from Tarantula Hill, the highest point in Thousand Oaks.

It is home to a variety of hiking trails, which interconnect with other paths leading to various overlook points from the hill.

The longer, 1-mile (1.6 km) Nature Trail follows the creek and descends into a shady, oak-canopied canyon just below the hill with the botanical gardens.

After exploring the creek-bed for 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km), the trail climbs out of the ravine and returns to the main garden area.