Garden (Super Mario Galaxy)

This article is about the dome in Super Mario Galaxy. For the area in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, see Garden (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon).

“This is the Garden. It's a secret room!”

—Luma, Super Mario Galaxy

The Garden is a dome in Super Mario Galaxy. It is the sixth and final dome that is accessed in the game. It is unlocked once Mario or Luigi recovers the Grand Star from Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor.

From the outside, it looks like a pink pearl with a golden decoration similar to a tiara on top. Inside, the Garden is expansive, even having a sky. However, the player cannot venture outside the small cluster of rocks that make up the boundary of the "room". As with all domes, the Garden has a Pull Star in the center that is used to access its galaxies.

Unlike the other domes, the Garden lacks a boss galaxy, as the final Grand Star is located within Bowser's Galaxy Reactor. Mario does not need to enter the Garden in order to reach Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, as he can just collect the sixty Power Stars (including the six Grand Stars) required to access it from previous galaxies. There is a 1-Up Mushroom atop the observatory's spire above the Garden. It can only be retrieved via the use of a Red Star.

Galaxies

Screenshot of the Garden's interior.

Render Garden's interior.

The Garden galaxies.

Galaxy	Description	Star(s)	Unlocking criterion
Deep Dark Galaxy	A ghost-type galaxy with a large starting planet. Kamella is fought here twice, once regularly and once during Daredevil conditions. Guppy is found here during the third regular mission of the galaxy.		Collect 46 Stars and complete Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor.
Dreadnought Galaxy	A galaxy that is a mechanical and technological battle station, focussed entirely on the battleship called "The Dreadnought". There are many futuristic-looking planets here. Topmaniac is fought here twice, once regularly and once during Speedrun conditions.		Collect 48 Stars.
Matter Splatter Galaxy	A galaxy that is heavily centred around periodically disappearing and reappearing surfaces. The Spring Mushroom appears here. The only enemies found here are Magikoopas.		Collect 50 Stars and complete Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser.
Melty Molten Galaxy	A large galaxy made entirely out of lava and rock. Fiery Dino Piranha is fought during the third regular mission of the galaxy.		Collect 52 Stars.
Snow Cap Galaxy	A small snow-themed Hungry Luma galaxy. Three Star Bunnies are found here.		Complete The Sinking Lava Spire and feed the Hungry Luma 1,600 Star Bits.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ロフト Rofuto	Loft
Chinese	阁楼 Gélóu	Loft
German	Loft	Loft
Italian	Attico	Attic
Korean	옥탑방 Oktapbang	Loft, Rooftop
Spanish	Ático	Attic

Trivia

• The background music inside the Garden plays only the first part of the main dome soundtrack, and then uses bird noises for the remaining time.