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.
Talks
The High Line is the most famous example of Piet Oudolf's four-season, naturalistic garden designs. Join senior director of horticulture, Richard Hayden for an exploration of the habitats, important native plants, and horticultural techniques for evolving and caring for this NYC treasure. This lecture will be via ZOOM only.
Bob Case talks about the Beartooth Range, home to many beautiful and horticulturally desirable alpine plants. Bob is a long-time member of the Friends of the Garden and a frequent speaker for the Wayne Roderick Lecture series.
Greti Sequin will explore various features of some weedy plants that contribute to their success, including their chemical make up.
Dee Himes will share her love of the Calochortus genus with a highlighted summary presentation. Calochortus is in the Liliaceae family and it is in California that has the greatest number of taxa than any other states or North America.
Classes
Sunday, March 16, 2025
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Make an open-weave basket, choosing from several species of rush (Juncus) species to work with.
Activities
Our knowledgeable docents provide free guided tours of the garden on non-rainy Sat, Sun, and holidays.
Mar 8, 22, May 10, 17 , 24, Jun 7
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Glenn Keator presents a series that will focus on habitats and adaptations to plants in a wide variety of different regions of California including the north Coast Ranges, the Northern Mountains, the Sierra foothills, the high Sierra, the deserts, and the Channel Islands.