Dave's Rock Garden — Attraction in Encinitas

Very Rad!! Love this beautiful peaceful garden.... shared to the public. It is for Adults really! Please don't let kids grab the rocks. Just look! Don't touch. Great idea for neighborhoods all over. Austin needs one. SanDeigo has more morally responsible people. The rocks could get stolen in Texas. I love this beach. I am 51. My childhood was filled with memories of this beach my grandparents lived near. We all were boogie boarding late 70s 80s here. Moonlight Beach, my grandmother could catch whale tails with her big camera from the cliff yard. Beautiful. Now 5 generations of my family have been to my favorite beach.. This is a...

Such a beautiful place with a beautiful selection of succulents. It’s so awesome to see a place that anyone can leave their impression on. Basically an entire collection of different cultures and ways of life all in one beautiful little place with a gorgeous view of the ocean. Dave is very very kind I enjoyed my conversation with him he’s such a genuine guy and I would recommend anyone that visits the garden to somehow interact with him. Definitely an all inclusive environment....

I really enjoyed stopping by this lovely public garden space as we walked from our hotel to Moonlight Beach. Thousands of hand painted and decorated rocks line the pathways along with succulent plants. You could spend hours looking at them all. Be sure to checkout the laminated article in the back corner that describes how Dave started the rock garden on what was essentially an abandoned lot....