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.

Upcoming Events

Wildflowers of the World

Classes by Glenn Keator 10 AM to Noon, at the Visitor Center

Oct 25 SOUTH AMERICA: Mainly the plants of forests, woodlands, and coastal habitats of the west coast of South America especially from Peru to Chile.

Nov 1 TEMPERATE EUROPE: The parts of Europe that are winter cold and summer wet that include a wide range of forests, woodlands, and meadow like habitats.

Plants of Interest

  • Hummingbird monardella

  • Ashyleaf buckwheat

  • Long-stemmed buckwheat

  • Emory’s rock daisy

  • Laguna Mountain alumroot

  • California huckleberry

  • Feltleaf everlasting (Wright’s cudweed)

  • Santa Cruz Island buckwheat

  • Cuesta Pass checkerbloom

  • Coinleaf manzanita (nascent inflorescences)

  • Western azalea

  • Marsh grindelia (Gumweed)

  • Wright’s buckwheat

  • California fleabane

  • Buttonwillow

  • Beach sagewort

  • Fringed false hellebore

  • Foothill clarkia

  • Leatherroot

  • Purple reed grass

  • Parry manzanita

  • Blue field gilia

Ongoing Activities