San Francisco Botanical Garden

Thanks for coming out to the Garden this morning NBC Bay Area! Still a few tickets left for tonight's show! It is so nice to have music in the Garden while we await Flower Piano in September. - Tickets for tonight: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-a-landscape-san-francisco-b - More Flower Piano info: sfbg.org/flowerpiano

Thanks to All Who Made Garden Feast a Success! Together we raised $400,000 to support our youth education programs and extraordinary plant collections! It was wonderful to gather in the beautiful Celebration Garden, which hosted Garden Feast for the first time. Our special guest speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer inspired generosity, learning, and a shared love of plants. A special thank you goes out to our amazing Champion Sponsors Delle Maxwell and Pat Hanrahan and co-chair...s Sarah Ryan and Saul Nadler, the whole event committee and all our generous sponsors! We are also grateful to the more than 60 volunteers who gave their valuable time to this event! We deeply appreciate everyone's contributions! See you in the Garden soon! : Drew Altizer Photography #sfbotanicalgarden #gardenfeast #braidingsweetgrass #robinwallkimmerer #fundraiser #supportlocal See more

2020 ends tomorrow Please help the Garden meet our goals with a year-end donation: sfbg.org/donate Donate today. Support our conservation work, families with young children who attend our Bean Sprouts program, our volunteers, and all those who need the peace and refuge of the Garden this year. ... : 1. Magnolia zenii - the rarest magnolia in the Garden and IUCN red-listed as critically endangered 2. Bean Sprouts Family Days participants dissect Canna seed pods in the Children’s Garden 3. Misty early morning along the Conifer Lawn #sfbotanicalgarden #seasonofgiving #everybodysgarden See more

Happy Holidays from the Garden! Please celebrate safely and consider joining us for our upcoming Holiday Free Days. The winter-blooming aloes, camellias, and more beautiful seasonal highlights are excited to welcome you. At this time when we all need the outdoors like never before, the Garden will be open and free to everyone on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year’s Day (January 1). ... Please do your part to stay safe by continuing to practice physical distancing and wearing masks. Do not gather with members of other households. Wishing everybody a healthy holiday! #sfbotanicalgarden #happyholidays #freedays See more

Every flower, tree, and shrub in the San Francisco Botanical Garden tells a storya story about climate, botany, and horticulture, as well as a story about community. The Garden is an intrinsic part of the fabric that makes up the Bay Area. More than just a pretty place, the Garden is a space where children, teens, and adults gather to learn, collaborate, strengthen familial bonds and friendships and build new onesall while connecting to plants and our environment. The Garde...n is filled with more than 8,000 extraordinary different types of plantscared for and admired by our horticulturists, our volunteers, and you. Make a year-end gift to the Garden today sfbg.org/donate Potberg protea (Protea aurea subsp. potbergensis) in bloom in the South Africa garden #linkinbio #seasonofgiving #sfbotanicalgarden #winter #proteaaureassppotbergensis #potbergprotea See more

Aloes are ready to officially welcome winter next weekblooming en masse in the Succulent and South Africa gardens (Aloe sp., Aloe plicatilis, Aloe arborescens) Asteraceae family seems to never stop offering flowersMexican marigold, Mexican sunflower, and tree dahlia blooming just adjacent to the Succulent Garden (Tagetes lemonii, Tithonia diversifolia, and Dahlia imperialis)... Afternoon light shines through the century old Redwood Grove (Sequoia sempervirens) Recent rain and wind have brought down much of the fall foliage but the leaves offer a new beautiful display on the ground (Ginkgo biloba) #sfbotanicalgarden #fall #aloe #asteraceae #redwoods #fallcolors #fallfoliage #leefpeeping See more

The Garden remains open daily for everybody amidst the new Regional Stay at Home Ordera time when we all need the outdoors like never before. Please enjoy the Garden responsibly so it can remain open. Wear a face covering and practice social distancing at all times. Do not gather with those outside your household. There is a light at the end of the tunnellet’s all get there safely together.... : @lucassaugen @lesliesfilmroll @trinacupcakee @dipikap @cmaskco @lucykassela @bellamiaquinonez @elizabethgilmore @lheylani.mw @johnlovestravel #sfbotanicalgarden #everybodysgarden #fall See more

Since the Garden reopened in June, staff and volunteers have worked to make the Children's Garden ever more welcoming, with new signage and activity areas. Thanks to the generosity of Kaiser Permanente we've been able to successfully reconfigure Bean Sprouts Family Days to serve over 1,500 children, family members and caregivers through November. Help support the Garden share plant-joy and plant-knowledge with everyone. Please consider making a year end gift at sfbg.org/donate #sfbotanicalgarden #getkidsoutside #geteveryoneoutdoors

A Garden favorite is back with an adapted formatVirtual Wreath-Making with Garden Greens! Join the talented Baylor Chapman + Lila B. Design, author, designer, stylist, and our longtime botanical wreath instructor for a craft-from-home event. Get all the details and register here: https://sfbg.secure.force.com/ticket/ #sfbotanicalgarden #wreathmaking #tistheseason

GivingTuesday’s message of hope, connection, and community have never been more needed. Today, take time to show your generosity to the people and institutions you love and support. Help a neighbor, share a skill, or donate to a favorite non-profit organization. Please consider donating to San Francisco Botanical Gardena vital and vibrant community resource. Now, more than ever, it’s important to preserve and maintain outdoor public spaces to spread joy and maintain healt...hy communities. Donate today! #givingtuesday #sfbotanicalgarden #everybodysgarden See more

Fall Vibes California fuchsia (Epilobium canum) blooming in the Native Plant Garden with California goldenbush (Ericameria ericoides) fluffy seed heads, big-cone Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa), and more providing a beautiful backdrop Chinese tulip tree (Liriodendron chinense) framed by Loropetalum foliage and palm fronds in Temperate Asia... Japanese maples, magnolias, gingko, flowering cherry, and Liriodendron all starting to show fall color in Temperate Asia Though we tend to think of conifers as evergreen, there are a handful of conifers that are deciduousHere is one, golden-larch (Pseudolarix amabilis) in Temperate Asia. If you’re unfamiliar with deciduous conifers, they can cause quite a shock come fall when their needles begin to change color and fall from the tree. This is often an adaptation to extreme habitats as many deciduous conifers are found in areas such as swamps or alpine zones. Protea repens flowering in the South Africa Garden along with several other proteas Tree daisies (Montanoa spp.) from southern Mexico through Central America have begun to flower and their abundant, cheery, fragrant flowers are not to be missed Verbena bonariensis provides some late season flowers in the Zellerbach Garden of Perennials Chinese sweet gum (Liquidambar formosana) adding to the early, subtle fall colors indicating the seasonal shift in Temperate Asia Fascicularia bicoloranother beautiful terrestrial bromeliad from Chilecascading down the admittedly drab, battered, beige cinderblock wall in the Entry Garden is always a welcomed fall surprise #sfbotanicalgarden #fall #fallvibes #fallcolors #fallfoliage #fallflowers #autumn #autumnal #sunsetstroll #californianativeplants See more

Bean Sprouts Family Days presented by @kpthrive continue through December starting tomorrow, December 1! Register here: https://sfbg.secure.force.com/ticket/ The free fun continues through the rest of the year, with activity buckets available for pre-registered families. Kids of all ages get hands-on in the Children's Garden, and adults have a great time too! Dig holes, fill watering cans, collect treasures, toss pine cones, and above all, exercise your imagination! This ...month we'll have new take-home kits so you can continue the fun at home. We hope to expand our programs in 2021, resources permitting, so that we can offer Bean Sprouts more often, including weekends. If you'd like to help support us, please consider becoming a Botanical Garden member or making a year-end gift. Together we can give children the best possible opportunities to grow and thrive in the Garden! sfbg.org/support #sfbotanicalgarden #getkidsoutside #outdooradventures See more

Grateful for your continued support during these difficult times and for ensuring that San Francisco Botanical Garden remains Everybody’s Garden for years to come! Read more about this past year in our Annual Reportsfbg.org/reports-financials The Garden is free to all todaywishing everyone a safe, joyful, and peaceful day.... Olka Baldeh, a member of Oakland OMies8 dynamic black women yoga teachers who radically promote wellness, mindfulness, and holistic healingenjoys a moment in the Garden with fallen camellia petals this past winter. Photo by Marissa Leshnov. See more

Happy 150th Anniversary Golden Gate Park!

Another glorious autumn day in San Franciscoget outside and enjoy! Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) from Guatemala and Mexico highlands is wonderfully fragrant and the tubular red flowers are a hummingbird magnet. With plants from all over the world there are fall flowers and foliage throughout the Garden’s 55 acrescome explore and relax.... #sfbotanicalgarden #salviaelegans #pineapplesage #fallflowers See more

"When it comes to fall sights, GirlVentures's Cori Coccia hails Golden Gate Park as an often-overlooked gem right under San Francisco's nose. Coccia says the park 'offers everything from misty redwood groves, to lakes with turtles in them, to the biodiversity of every continent thriving in the botanical garden.'"

Magic Hour Heron Fishing #sfbotanicalgarden #waitforit #greatblueheron

Excited for this upcoming event the Garden is co-presenting with our friends at Litquake - Forests: Obi Kaufmann with Leslie Carol Roberts! Nice coverage yesterday in the San Francisco Examiner.

The past two Octobers, the Garden has been thrilled to partner with Litquake and host programming in the Redwoods and Garden of Fragrance. This year, we’re continuing the partnership virtually and co-presenting two events. Mark your calendars: Forest: Obi Kaufmann with Leslie Carol Roberts on Sunday, October 11, 7 pm 8:15 pm The Daily Dose: Feminist Writers Respond to the Climate Emergency on Tuesday, October 20, 7 pm 8:15 pm... Registration links on our website sfbg.org #sfbotanicalgarden #litquake #litquake2020 See more

Looking for something outdoors for your K-4 student to do in the afternoons once distance learning is over? Our Garden After-School Program could be a perfect fit and registration for our next session is now open! This drop-off program begins at 1pm (with a late drop-off option for students who still have class) and runs until 4:30pm, allowing students over three hours of outdoor socializing with others their age. Operating in pods no bigger than 10 and wearing masks, stude...nts are able to explore the Garden in groups with at least two counselors. All of our activities stem from our four pillars - Gardening, Ecology, Art, and Wellness. From these, students will play games, make art, and learn about all about what makes our beautiful Botanical Garden so unique. Our students leave the Garden dirty, exhausted, and excited to come back! Details and registration can be found online at sfbg.org/afterschool. We hope to see you there! #sfbotanicalgarden #afterschool #outdooreducation #getoutside See more

Parks have been here for you, be there for them. Today is the final day to join the ‘Heart Your Parks’ campaign by donating or sharing why you #HeartYourParkscheck out San Francisco Parks Alliance for details.

In coastal California, there is minimal natural fall color, so the best locations to see fall foliage are public gardens or arboretums. Poimiroo recommends Golden Gate Park at the Japanese Tea Garden and San Francisco Botanical Garden Via SFGATE

Excited to see our friends and neighbors reopening!

Fall colors are a little different here... happy autumnal equinox! Fresh air, sunshine, and late bloomers await you in the Garden on this beautiful first day of fall. Come take a break and relax. Aloe pluridens in the Succulent Garden and Leonitis leonurus and Nerine bowdenii in the South Africa Garden are just a few of the many late blooming plants throughout the Garden. More traditional fall colors are subtlety starting to show now, too, and will increase as we proceed... into the seasonwe’ll keep y’all posted! #sfbotanicalgarden #fallequinox #autumn #fall #fallflowers #fallcolors See more