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The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a naturally beautiful and tranquil living museum of California native plants. Located within Tilden Regional Park in the hills above Berkeley, California, this enchanting 10-acre garden is a sanctuary for many of the state's rare and endangered plants and a place for visitors to wander among trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses from plant communities throughout the state. The Botanic Garden is welcoming to all visitors from our entire Bay Area community and travelers to the Bay Area.

Walks

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September Butterfly Walks
Sep 28
September Butterfly Walks

Join Sarab Seth, the butterfly guy, for free, guided walks around the Regional Parks Botanic Garden looking for butterflies. The walks are 1:00-2:00 PM and 2:15-3:15 PM. Sign up for the walk HERE!

Classes

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The World in Your Garden
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The World in Your Garden
$150.00

Sun Oct 12, 19, Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Learn about the parts of the world where the non-native plants in our gardens come from. At each of the six sessions the focus will be on plants from one of the following areas:  Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, New Zealand, Mediterranean.

Make a Soaproot Brush
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Make a Soaproot Brush
$45.00

Sat, Oct 18, 2025
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Experience the skill of making your own soaproot brush. Making soaproot brushes from start to finish is a lengthy process. Due to the long drying time of each layer of soaproot paste to create the handle, each participant will take home additional paste to complete the handle at home. For participants 18 years and up.

Plants of Interest

  • Aster

  • Buckwheat

  • Bush sunflower

  • Clarkia

  • Evening primrose

  • Goldenrod

  • Gumplant

  • Island bush poppy

  • Manzanita berries 

  • Mock orange

  • Monkey flower

  • Snowberries

  • Spice bush

  • St. Catherine’s lace

  • ​Vine maple leaves

Manzanita berries

Activities

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Plant Sales
Plant Sales

The Fall Plant Sale is Sat, Oct 4. The sale inventory will be available about one week before the sale.

Plant sales on Wed 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and the first Sat of the month 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM will resume shortly after the Fall Sale.

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Garden Tours
Garden Tours

Our knowledgeable docents provide free guided tours on non-rainy Sat, Sun, and holidays.

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