Upcoming Events
 

Art and Jazz

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.

For more information about special events during the Sculpture in the Garden exhibit,

click here.

For more information about our Sunset Social series, including Art & Jazz, click here.

 
Succulent Garden Design Workshop
 

Whether you are replacing your lawn with a drought-tolerant landscape or creating a stunning arrangement in a bed, learn how to landscape with fashionable succulents at this lecture, led by Ruth Bancroft Garden curator Brian Kemble. Click here for more information.

Saturday, July 6, 10am-12pm

Succulent Garden Design

 
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: Salvia canescens var daghestanica
 

S. caescens var. daghestanica

Without its flowers, Salvia canescens var. daghestanica is only a few inches tall, and in flower it attains a height of up to 12” or so (30 cm). Its leaves are up to about 2” long (5 cm), with blunt teeth along the edges and densely covered with wooly silvery-white hairs on both surfaces. In time, a clump may reach a diameter of up to 2 feet (60 cm). Flower color ranges from blue to violet or purple. Some sources list the flowering time for this species as late spring to early summer, but for us it persist longer, beginning in late April to May and lasting until late July or August.

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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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