San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

Join us in creating this beautiful and fun painted picket fence for the SLO Botanical Garden Children's Garden! This fundraiser will support children's programs and garden operations and stand as a lasting reminder of our community creativity! Relax in the Children's Garden as you paint your picket with plenty of social distance and sunshine! Fun for one and all!

Hello Friends. Do you know of anyone who has a passion for nonprofit fundraising? Who’s excited about supporting a community treasure responsible for supporting hundreds of volunteers, plant and environmental education, conservation, and so much more? This is an opportunity to join a robust, growing community of fun and generous individuals making lasting impacts. And you don’t even have to like plants to work at the garden! The job description for Development Director at S...Continue reading

All Hands on Deck for Fence Building at SLOBG! New volunteers welcome! We will be holding fence building activities this week and next (December 8th - 20th) every week day from 9am -12pm and on Saturdays from 9am - 12pm. Any and all shifts you can help out on would be massively appreciated! We'll be working in open spaces with plenty of ability to social distance while also working as a team and enjoying being in the beautiful garden.... If you'd like to join the team and help complete this important new addtition to SLOBG, please send me an email at: [email protected].

All hands on deck! Volunteer at SLOBG this week and next building our new fence to enclose the garden. Join us in continuing to improve and expand San Luis' beautiful botanic garden! 9am-12pm M-S. Contact Anne at: [email protected]

Acorn & Wildflower Seed Planting Party! Saturday, December 12th from 9am - 12pm Come out to the hills of SLO Botanical Garden this Saturday to help seed our wildflower meadow and oak tree garden expansion. Enjoy a socially distanced outing while seeding a beautiful new woodland area of SLOBG. Be a part of growing the garden and connecting people with nature!... Location: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, 3450 Dairy Creek Rd Cost: FREE to attend. PLEASE RSVP on Facebook or email to [email protected]. Event contact phone number: 805-541-1400

Building heat before meditating opens our senses and prepares us for a more centered meditation. Join Dawn Feuerberg for this class and hike the hills at the beautiful SLO Botanical Garden before our outdoor meditation practice. More information at: slobg.org

SLOBG November Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/slobg/monthly-events-9455994

Happy Holidays to your and your loved ones. We know this is an unusual holiday season and your Garden family wishes you health and happiness. The Gardens will be open to the public during daylight hours, and the Gift Shop will have limited hours through the holiday season. We hope you'll consider making a charitable donation to the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden this holiday season. Your support helps this Garden grow. (Purple Bridge painting by Marci Hawthorne) - https://mailchi.mp/slobg/monthly-events-9472234

Our annual plant sale has move ONLINE! Shopping begins Monday morning at 9AM. Your online purchases are available for pick-up at the Garden's giftshop Thursday and Saturdays from 10AM-4:30PM

Add a little brightness to your day! The Garden has joined with local, well-respected artists to showcase and sell their fine art, with sales benefitting the non-profit San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden. Come check out this limited-time gallery at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden!

Check out our Science Saturday playlist and enjoy our popular Zoom presentations! Learn more about the issues facing the creatures of our environment. MONARCHS: WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW WE CAN HELP This year's monarch butterfly overwintering count may be the lowest ever recorded. Learn why this is happening and how you can help in the video "All About Monarchs". &... RAPTORS, RATS AND YOU! Learn more about the effects of these rat killers on our wildlife in the video "Raptors, Rats and You", presented by biologist and President of the Morro Coast Audobon Society, Judy Neuhauser. https://www.youtube.com/playlist

@slobotanical garden would like to thank all of our volunteers, members, and friends that help us year-round! We hope your holidays are filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Don’t forget to think of us when donating to #givingtuesday. Donate at slobg.org #slobotanical #slobotanicalgarden #optoutside #visitslo #TheChild #followme #iloveoutside #garden #thankyouvolunteers #ilovevolunteers #giveagift #itsfall #discoverytrail #outsidemakesmehappy #outsidemakesmehealthys

may my faith always be at the end of the day like a hummingbird...returning to its favorite flower.... Sanober Khan, Turquoise Silence See more

Happy Friday! We hope everyone is having a fun and safe Halloween Weekend. For this Friday’s plant share, we are introducing Aquilegia formosa, a wildflower that is native to western North America. This plant has many common names, including Crimson Columbine, Red Columbine, and Western Columbine. Aquilegia formosa is a perennial herb that grows red and yellow flowers in the spring. #plantshare #slobotanicalgarden #aquilegiaformosa

Making your own sugared skull and putting your name on it is a tradition that is celebrated in Mexico every year during the day of the dead on November 2. Every child can’t wait to get there sugared school, much like kids can’t wait for their chocolate Easter bunny or candy cane. Are you Ready to play with death? To contemplate your mortality? To live life to the fullest remembering that this life Is full of uncertainty? Contemplating and keeping this awareness present, c...an and will bring more gratitude and joy! Nobel prize winner of literature in 1990, Octavio Paz, said. To the resident of New York, Paris, London, the word death is never pronounced because it burns the lips. The Mexican, however, frequents it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it, it is one of their favorite past times and most permanent love.. We will be bringing awareness and contemplation through ritual and fun activities at the full moon and the Day of the dead ceremony tonight at 5 pm @slobotanicalGardens. We only have two spaces left, if you’d like to join a small group of 12 people. Go to www.Auroraadventures.us/meditation or www.Slobg.org Aurora Adventures Dawn Feuerberg

Sign your COVID families, work group, book club, grand kids, or friend groups for this fun, safe, and outdoor activity! Proceeds benefit your local botanical garden :) #slocallife#slocal#enjoylife#paintingparty#morrobaychamberofcommerce#slochamberofcommerce

Can you take a minute to ask your child/grandchild about physics? The Garden is planning an interactive physics display and we need your feedback! Take this quick survey and help the Garden bring meaningful science education to the Children's Garden: https://forms.gle/jDcGRcEvrYrtUuMf9

Check out this great interview about the Garden, on KCBX. https://www.kcbx.org//issues-ideas-virtual-monterey-jazz-f

Full moon ceremony & Day of the Dead celebration! This Friday, Oct 30th at 5 PM. Go to slobg.org Dawn Feuerberg of Aurora Adventures will be guiding this event and sharing her long traditions of day of the dead rituals that come directly from Oaxaca. It’ll be a beautiful evening of remembering those who have died that were so dear to us and celebrating this life and all of its abundance. Many fun surprises and meaningful rituals that bring gratitude and a renewed sense of being await you on this night. Limited to 11 people. Direct link is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/full-moon-ceremony-day-of-the- .