Site-Wide Activity

Join us for two series of in-person classes led by Glenn Keator, one focusing on the diverse plant habitats of the Bay Area and the other focusing on the Bay Area’s diverse plant families. These series are tailored for plant enthusiasts who wish to explore the beauty and botanical diversity our region offers.
Series 1. Bay Area Plant Habitats
Explore the diverse plant habitats of the Bay Area through engaging PowerPoint presentations. Discover what makes our area uniquely c […]

Please join us at the East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden for a Special Family Friendly Tour, Plant Adaptation to Habitat.

This engaging and educational event at the Botanic Garden will cover diverse California habitats, including sea bluffs, mountains, and temperate rainforests, where the adaptability of plants to different environments will be on display. This is a free Docent-led Family Friendly Tour. No registration is required.

Meet in front of the Botanic Garden […]

The North American Rock Garden Society Western Chapter and the Regional Parks Botanic Garden will host the 2024 Winter Study Weekend Friday, Mar 8 – Monday, Mar 11. For the event schedule and to register, go to the NARGS Western chapter website. For the speaker list, see the event flyer.

The popular Wayne Roderick Lecture series of free public lectures, on a broad array of topics related to plants and natural history, has returned. The series takes place on Saturday mornings starting at 10:30 AM and begin at the Garden’s Visitor Center auditorium. The schedule for 2023-4 is:

November 4: Bart O’Brien – The Botanic Garden’s Manzanita Collection part 1: East of Wildcat Creek. This will be a walking tour in the Garden.
November 11: Bart O’Brien – The Bot […]

Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 2:00 p.m. Join us for a free, docent-led, family-friendly tour. Play the traditional Miwok game of staves, grind acorns, and wash your hands with soap root.

You will see Native American artifacts and the plants used to make them. Meet at the Visitor Center. Rain cancels.

More information:
(510) 544-3169  ❊  bgarden@ebparks.org

The Botanic Garden sells plants and seeds at the Potting Shed each Wednesday in May from 10-noon and the 1st Saturday of May and June from 10-2. At other times, you can purchase seeds at the Visitor Center.

Join our knowledgeable docents for free guided tours of the garden on non-rainy Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays (except New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day).

Saturdays – 2 pm
Sundays – 11 am & 2 pm
Holidays – 2 pm

Meet at the Visitor’s Center.

Tours usually last about an hour and are appropriate for both adults and children. You can leave a tour at any time. No reservations are needed.  Tours are limited to a maximum of 10 people.

Save the date!

The Botanic Garden is holding an in-person plant sale on Saturday October 7, 2023.
The final  plant sale list with many Botanic Garden introductions is available here.
A map showing where different plant categories will be staged is here.
Fall is the best time to plant many California natives.
Choose from a huge selection of California native plants at our annual fall sale to benefit the Garden.
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Friends of RPBG members […]

The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is accepting applicants for our 2024 docent training class.  The purpose of the training is to help participants develop the knowledge and skills necessary to lead Garden tours and to greet visitors. The next class runs from January 10 to June 26, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday mornings.

We encourage applicants who can contribute to our goal of diversifying the docent class. Tuition is $275 plus membership in the Friends of the […]

Join us for a fee-based floral arrangement workshop using California native plants. You’ll be working hands-on with a variety of California native plants and learning about flower composition, the basics of bouquet arranging, wrapping a bouquet, and flower care. Plant material, sourced from local farms, will be provided by the instructor, Emily Pong of Flower Feelings LLC.
Location: Regional Parks Botanic Garden Visitors Center.
Date and Time: Sunday, August 20th, 2023, from 11:00 […]

A special summer plant sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16th. The featured plants will be various  Diplacus which are blooming beautifully right now. Also blooming and for sale will be Eriophyllum, Helenium bigelovii, Eschscholzia californica and Heterotheca villosa. We will also have lots of Asclepias and Dudleya, and a fair amount of Lupinus albifrons that are looking good and ready to be sold right now.

This will be the last […]

The Pride Flag is on display at the Garden in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month. The Garden’s spaces allow many diverse ecosystems where plants and animals thrive. Nature is diverse, and the Garden welcomes and celebrates diversity. See the EBRPD’s list of activities for Pride Month.

On Monday, June 19, 2023, there will be free docent-led Garden tours in honor of the Juneteenth holiday. For this holiday there will be two tours, starting at 11 a.m. and […]

Thanks to the diversity of plants and habitats represented in the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, there’s always a good variety of bird species to observe.

Sunday, July 2, 2023 from 9:00–10:00 a.m. Meet in front of Botanic Garden Visitor Center.
Join Naturalist Paula Urtecho for this special event. There will be a few pairs of binoculars to loan. Bilingual program: Español/English.
No registration required, drop-in program only. For information, call 510-544-2233

Pollinators in the Garden: A Tour for Communities of Color and Allies.
Sunday, April 16, 10:00–11:30 a.m. Meet at the Botanic Garden Visitor Center.
Great for families! Free; no registration needed
Join Regional Parks Naturalist Paula Urtecho and friends from the Xerces
Society to learn why pollinators are so important to the lives of many bird
and animal species, including humans, and what you can do to help protect
them. We’ll explore which pollinators are present in the Bot […]

Botanist Glenn Keator will be offering a class series on Bay Area Locations to Botanize. Each class will cover a different area, and will be a monthly in-person lecture starting in March, 2023. There is a one-time fee of $90 for the series.

For more details, please visit this page.