Red Butte Garden, located on 100 acres in the foothills on the eastern edge of the University of Utah, is the official arboretum of the state of Utah. The Garden has welcomed guests since 1985 and is the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West with over 18 acres of developed gardens and five miles of hiking trails winding through an extensive Natural Area. The Garden, which is community-funded, is renown for its numerous plant collections, display gardens, and 450,000 springtime blooming bulbs, including a vast collection of daffodils.. In the heart of this diverse, lovely floral paradise is the scenic Orangerie. Enter the Fragrance Garden and be stunned by the mountain and valley vistas in this aromatic setting under a Wisteria arbor. The Fragrance Garden features plants, like lilacs, lavender, seasonal mock orange, and crocus, chosen specifically to entice your senses and enhance all the sense of your guests during your wedding. Walk up one of the meandering sandstone pathways in the Fragrance Garden to arrive at the Orangerie. This spacious indoor garden has the feel of alfresco with none of the weather worries. Exotic flowering plants and citrus trees are framed by mountain and valley views, making the indoor Orangerie a scenic and seasonally dependable location for a fantasy wedding. During splendid, sunny weather, it is a bright, storybook garden and when it rains, it appears even more magical as raindrops hit the glass walls outside and add a unique mood to the soft, romantic glow of the indoor lights.