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.
View event website »From June 30th to August 13th, the arboretum will be illuminated once again with more than 40 groups of larger-than-life lantern sculptures. Visitors are invited to walk-through the arboretum in Reno’s midsummer nights to see and interact with our luminous displays.
View event website »Join the California Botanic Garden to learn how to collect, clean, store, and germinate seeds from your garden. With the guidance of Cheryl Birker, Seed Conservation Program Manager at CalBG, feel prepared to carry your abundant garden this year into the next, and for many more to come. (Sunday July 2, 10-11 a.m.)
View event website »Join the California Botanic Garden on Saturday, June 17 at 8:30 am as Ashlee Armstrong, Assistant Director of Horticulture at CalBG, walks us through gardening for butterflies! Gain insight into how to best use California native plants in your garden to support butterfly populations, and more.
View event website »Join the California Botanic Garden for a virtual panel discussion on California’s extraordinary wildflowers, and how we can protect and conserve them.
View event website »Sculpture in the Garden is the annual art exhibit and sale that marries stunning sculptural art with the natural botanical beauty of the Garden. The exhibit is open to the public during Garden hours and is free with Garden admission.
View event website »The Theodore Payne Foundation, Southern California’s leading native plant nursery and educational center, will hold its 20th Annual Native Plant Garden Tour on April 15 and 16. The event, titled Spring of Life, spotlights 37 visionary gardens across the city, bringing together the plants and people that make Southern California one of the most unique and biodiverse places on the planet. This event is open to all media professionals.
View event website »Come stroll Burke and Plaza gardens where there will be over 3,800 plants and 270 different varieties for sale that will include Plant Select, Native Plants, and new varieties for this year. All plants will be zoned for our area and most you will not find in local garden shops. You will find a variety of shrubs, flowers, cactus, tomatoes and more…
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