We are launching a new Garden Journaling Group.  Garden journaling is all about spending time in gardens….and journaling about our experience.  Seasoned gardeners and “brown thumbs” welcome!  Garden journaling might include garden visitors, flowering dates, planting maps, taste notes, mysteries, and feelings about gardens.  Gardens can be as simple as a houseplant or as complex […]

Join us for a delightful day at the Boo-tanical Garden! This is a free day for kids, families, and adults! Enjoy nature crafts, story time activities, balloons, and a tasty treat or two. Costumes encouraged! We hope to see you there - no ticket or registration needed. While everything is free, your donation will help […]

Enjoy an evening of connection, peace through sound vibrations, mindfulness, and nature. The new moon is a doorway to intuition, clarity, and fresh focus. After a mindful nature walk (weather dependent) through the Garden amongst the trees, flowers, and creatures, immerse in harmonic tones from crystal alchemy bowls, Koshi chimes, and more. These frequencies can […]

Join us for a family friendly cultural experience focused on the Dabke Dance, a traditional Arab line dance from the Levantine region that combines rhythmic stomping and synchronized footwork. Dabke is practiced at weddings and community gatherings as a joyful expression of unity and cultural pride. The dance is deeply tied to the land and […]

Please join us for a potluck lunch, followed by a private Garden tour with Executive Director Janine Stillman at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden.  If you can't stay for the tour, we hope you will still join us for lunch. 11:30pm - Lunch / Oak Glen Pavilion 1:00pm - Tour (about 45 minutes) If […]

A talk for those creepily curious about skulls and bones. What are they made of? What can we deduce from looking at a skull and its teeth? Do fish have skulls? Amphibians? Reptiles? Birds? Are those skulls really all that different from our own? This is a talk that will appeal to those who have […]