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.
Upcoming Events
Botanical Hotspots of Northern California
Northern California is among the most diverse floras of the world and much of that diversity is found in well defined hotspots. In July Glenn Keator offers this series of free presentations from 10 AM to 12 PM at the Botanic Garden Visitor Center.
July 12 THE SMITH RIVER WATERSHED California’s most northern undammed river feeds into wetlands and sea promontories and extends into deep forested canyons with peaks rising to 5,000 feet and is home to many special endemics.
July 19 COOK AND GREEN PASS Just short of the Oregon border, 5000-foot Cook and Green Pass has an unparalleled diversity combining lowland species with high and subalpine species in a series of forests, meadows, and rock outcrops.
July 26 MT. EDDY This, the highest point in the Klamath Mountains at 9,000 feet is an entirely serpentine area featuring several gem like lakes, large meadows, a range of interesting conifers, and true alpine habitat. It is also home to vast populations of the curious insectivorous cobra plant, Darlingtonia californica.
Holiday Road Closures
The following roads will be closed - no cars, no bicycles - for 24 hours from early morning on July 4 to early morning on July 5 for fire concerns:
Grizzly Peak Boulevard (from Fish Ranch Road to Centennial/Golf Course Road).
South Park Drive (from Wildcat Canyon Road to Grizzly Peak Boulevard).
Lomas Cantadas Road (from Orinda to Grizzly Peak Boulevard).
The Garden will be open for normal hours.
The following roads will be open: Wildcat Canyon Road, Golf Course Road, and Shasta Road.
Plants of Interest
Long-rayed brodiaea
Roundleaf amauria
Harvest Brodiaea
Thicket prickly pear
Heartleaf keckiella
Tehachapi buckwheat
Snapdragon keckiella
Candleholder dudleya
Island white-felted paintbrush
Cedar’s fairy lantern
Coulter's matilija poppy
Coral bell
Red ribbons
Leopard lily
Kellogg’s lily
Sierra bladdernut
Columbia lily
Red clintonia
Firecracker flower
Yellow mariposa lily
Scarlet monkeyflower
Sierra columbine
Showy milkweed
Wild mock orange
Ongoing Activities
