Enjoy the many beautiful gardens, Live Music and Plein Air Artists. Featuring local fare by Ramone’s Catering, local wine and beer by Lost Coast Brewery, and raw and barbequed oysters served with champagne. Preview selected items from our Annual Online Auction to be held at the end of September.
View event website »HALLOWEEN 2023: FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! Don your capes, round glasses, magical hats and fly yourselves to Diagon Garden this Halloween. We will be celebrating with a display of wands, confectionery, balloon art, fun crafts and much more. The Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo will showcase live owls for our learning astonishment! Write a letter and see if these owls will carry your messages to the recipient? Come to this Halloween fundraiser at Gamble Garden and find out!
View event website »Fall Plant Sale from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Clovis Botanical Garden. Come and fill your garden with fall plants October 14.
View event website »Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens is hosting a succulent workshop. Create a succulent wreath inspired by Southwest plants on October 18, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
View event website »Join the Grow Native Nursery Manager, Mariana Ramirez Rodriguez, in a hands on seed propagation workshop on Saturday, September 9th, at 9AM. Become familiar with some of the tools and materials we use in the Garden’s nursery and learn what is practical to do at home. Walk away with your own seed flat sown by you with Mariana’s guidance to watch tiny seeds grow into a thriving plant!
View event website »10am-3pm, University of California Riverside (UCR) Botanic Gardens will host an outreach event where curated items from local artisans are offered for sale. Come spend a pleasant afternoon strolling through Alder Canyon, where California artists and craftspersons are showcased representing a variety of media including ceramics, jewelry, mosaics, metal work, fiber arts, wood, and photography. Art in the Gardens is a great opportunity to shop from local artists while supporting the programs and activities of the UCR Botanic Gardens.
View event website »The Garden’s monthly Sick Plant Clinic is here to help! Bring plant samples to the clinic to find out which diseases or pests are afflicting your plants. Entomologists and plant pathologists will diagnose and suggest effective and environmentally sensitive remedies. Please cover plants and disease samples in containers or bags before entering the Garden.
The clinic is open on the first Saturday of the month in the Conference Center. No admission required for the clinic-only.
This class is a daylong retreat to learn about beekeeping. Participants will spend the day learning from a local expert. There will be a brief break for lunch, but participants should plan to remain on the premises. Please be sure to bring a bag lunch that does not require refrigeration. This class will consist of an indoor slide presentation and an outdoor portion to visit the hives.
View event website »It’s time again for our cactus & succulent hobby’s largest event of the year. A little competition, a little shopping, and a lot of comradery! Come join your fellow plant enthusiasts in the three-day Inter-City Cactus & Succulent Show & Sale held this year on August 4th, 5th, & 6th, 2023. Our 1500 plant exhibits represent the globe, with significant collections from South Africa, Madagascar, Mexico, South America, and the United States.
View event website »Learn about Descanso’s collection of cycads in the Ancient Forest during their most active time of year. Cycads were one of the first seed bearing plants and predate all the flowering plants that dominate our world today.
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