The original interpretative plan for the garden included:

• Developing a brochure providing the visitor with basic orientation and interpretation of the garden and encouragement to visit the garden.
• A mural on the back of the restroom building, featuring some of the native plants in the garden and the relationships of these plants with insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, and the importance of these plants to the various cultures that have inhabited the Great Basin.
• Interpretive panels to provide visitors with some basic concepts that apply to all native plant species like pollination and water saving strategies.
• Garden tours when time and staff allow.
• Creating special events centered around the garden.
• Using the garden as a focal point for lectures, programs on growing native plants as well as the arts. Using arts to interpret the garden. 

This plan remains a great vision for the future and a challenge to the ESVC staff and Master Gardener volunteers. Due to changes in technology over the past ten years, in lieu of a paper brochure, the Master Gardeners will be hosting information about the plants on its website, available to the public. Information about the garden and the plants will posted on the Master Gardener's website and linked through QR codes accessible on visitors' cell phones.