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

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Tilden's South Park Drive Closed
Nov 1 2026 - Mar 31 2027

South Park Drive in Tilden Regional Park is closed to all motor vehicle traffic from Nov 1, 2026, through Mar 31, 2027, to protect migrating and breeding newts. See directions for alternate travel routes.

Log Hauling on Wildcat Canyon Road

Starting Wed Nov 4, during the week there will be log hauling on Wildcat Canyon Road. This is part of the fuels reduction work taking place near the Tilden Park Environmental Education Center (EEC). They will be hauling from the EEC, onto Wildcat Canyon Road, and out to San Pablo Dam Road. Please be on the look out for signs posted along the route that say "Caution Log Hauling".

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