:: The Ruth Bancroft Garden ::

Upcoming Events

Come visit the Garden during our annual Sculpture Show! Take a self-guided tour and explore the art on your own any day during the month-long installation, or attend one the many events planned during the exhibit. Click here for more information.

Garden Conservancy Challenge Grant

The Garden Conservancy has offered a Challenge Grant to the Garden. If we can raise $75,000 in 2013, they will give us a $25,000 grant. We need to raise $30,000 by June 30 to meet this challenge, so if you have been thinking about supporting the Garden, donate now and your gift will be worth over 30% more! Watch our progress on the Agave-ometer on the right-hand side of this page.

Plant Highlight: Echinopsis formosa

	Echinopsis formosa is a spring bloomer, flowering at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in late April and May. The large yellow funnel-shaped flowers are up to 3½” across (9 cm). Our plants took a long time to reach flowering size, but now that they are mature they put on a dazzling show each year. In nature, they grow in the eastern foothills of the Andes, to the west and northwest of Buenos Aires. Click here for more information

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Inc. is to preserve this exceptional example of garden design and to continue to develop its collection of water-conserving plants for the education and enjoyment of the public.

Grant Funders

The Ruth Bancroft Garden would like to recognize the following grant funders:

The Quest Foundation for funding our Education Coordinator’s position

The Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation and The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust for funding our directional signs

The California Horticultural Society for funding towards our restoration projects

The Bonita Garden Club for funding restoration and education projects

RBG in the News

The Wall Street Journal, Growing a Piece of History. 11/25/11.

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