Join us at Springs Preserve for our annual Haunted Harvest. Guaranteed to be a spooktacular good time, little ghosts and goblins will scream with delight at our trick-or-treat stations and live entertainment. Test your bravery in the “Boo-tanical” Garden where ghostly characters are lurking about.
View event website »Come discover a mesmerizing pumpkin wonderland featuring a new route, and even more pumpkin fun!
View event website »Choose from a wide selection of edible and ornamental plants, many propagated right here at Gamble Garden. We offer a wide variety of annuals and perennials including many unique varieties you are unlikely to find at commercial nurseries. We shower our plants with everything they need to thrive, and pride ourselves on providing the highest quality plants available.
Don’t miss this opportunity to plant a piece of Gamble in your own garden.
View event website »With fall just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about maintenance and other seasonal considerations in your garden. We invite you to join us for a morning of learning about the seasonality of native plant maintenance. From beginning to prune your plants or starting to think about sowing annual wildflower seeds for spring, there is always an opportunity to engage in native plant horticulture.
View event website »Sunset Piano and Gardens of Golden Gate Park are excited to present one of the most unique and creative events in the Bay Area from September 13-22. For 10 days, Flower Piano will transform San Francisco Botanical Garden once again into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.
View event website »South Bay Bromeliad Associates Annual Show and Sale will be highlight a wide
variety of members’ specimen bromeliads including Tillandsia, Neoregelia, Dyckia, Vriesea,
Aechmea, Billbergia and Guzmanias, and an artistic arrangement section. Chances are excellent
that you will see bromeliads you have not seen before. Bromeliads are easy to grow and offer a wide
variety of colors and interesting forms. Club members will be available to answer questions. Plants
for sale are from local Southern California commercial vendors and from members’ own
collections
Sherman Library & Gardens hosts this retro-event, which debuted in 1972 and
features plants and plant experts from these participating plant societies – California Native Plant
Society, Los Angeles International Fern Society, Newport Harbor Orchid Society, Orange County
Begonia Society, Saddleback Valley Bromeliad Society, and Southern California Carnivorous Plant
Enthusiasts. Former Gardens Director, Wade Roberts started the event in 1972 as a fundraiser for
the Sherman Foundation. At the time, former Horticulture Manager John Bishop managed the
nursery at the Sherman Foundation Experimental Center in Dana Point. “People always asked us if
we sold plants from the garden. It seemed like the right thing to do and we had the facility to grow
the plants,” recalled Bishop. “It was a very popular event. People would arrive early, and wait in the
parking lot until the gardens opened,” he added. Plant-O-Rama showcased local plant societies as
well as a unique variety of houseplants, tropical, hanging baskets, and succulents. Fast forward to
2024, this special event supports Sherman Library & Gardens and local plant societies.
Do not let limited space limit your gardening ambitions! Join University of California
Master Gardeners Beth Cross and Joy Tucker who’ll focus on container gardening and raised beds,
discussing benefits, site preparation, key to success, materials and what and how to plant. Limited
seating. Please bring your own chair or blanket.
Join herbalist William Broen for an interactive garden walk and talk focusing on medicinal and edible plants native to California. Participants will learn traditional and modern uses of approximately 15-25 species. William will also talk about the strategies plants use to survive in the wild, how these survival and defense strategies can impact people, how plant communities interact, and the benefits of growing native plants. The class will take the form of a moderately easy 2-hour loop walk, covering 0.5 – 1 mile distance.
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