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
Registration for the June butterfly walk will be posted on the first Monday in June.
Classes
What’s in Bloom
Beardtongue
Pacific bleeding-heart
Azalea
Buckwheat
Bush anemone
Bush sunflower
California brodiaea
California Indian pink
Clarkia
Columbia lily
Humboldt lily
Live forever
Mariposa lily
Matilija poppy
Milkweed
Monkey flower
Mules ears
Onion
Pacific bleeding-heart
Wooly blue curls
Mariposa lily
Activities
Sun Jun 29, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The ability to twist, twine or braid fibers into cordage allowed indigenous cultures to tie their world together. Learn the various techniques of gathering, preparing, extracting and plying of plant materials to create cordage.