APRIL THEME: BUZZING AROUND WITH POLLINATORS April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | Wednesdays at 9:30AM-10:15AM Do you have a child 18-36 months old? Are you looking for children’s activities in the East Bay area? Garden Buds is a month-long program where your child will meet the same friends each week and practice social skills […]
Join us for Story Time and crafts in the Nook every Thursdays at 9:30am.
We've partnered with Contra Costa Water District and East Bay Municipal Utility District to present a self-guided tour of inspiring home gardens in Walnut Creek, Concord, Lafayette, and Moraga. This tour highlights the beauty, creativity, and diversity of waterwise gardening in our local communities.
Join us for Story Time and crafts in the Nook every Thursdays at 9:30am.
Thanks to a generous invitation from the Bancroft family, visitors will have the rare opportunity to step beyond the Garden gates and tour Ruth Bancroft’s private iris garden — led by members of the Mt. Diablo Iris Society. Long before she became known for her succulents at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Ruth was an avid […]
Garden Buds is a month-long program where your child will meet the same friends each week and practice social skills in an outdoor setting while developing an interest in nature with hands-on activities.
When most people hear “bromeliad,” they picture delicate air plants clinging to rainforest trees, but this remarkable plant family extends far beyond the tropics. In dry garden settings, the Bromeliaceae reveal a bold and unexpected side: dramatic towers of Puya blooms, strikingly architectural Dyckia, Aechmea, Deuterocohnia, Ochagavia, and Hechtia, and an array of forms adapted […]
Join us for Story Time and crafts in the Nook every Thursdays at 9:30am.
This in-person workshop is a three part series on Wednesdays (May 13, 20, 27) from 10am-12pm. In this fine arts approach to watercolor basics with Wendy Soneson, you’ll learn about proper materials, brush and paper uses, and color mixing. We’ll learn about right brain drawing and how to compose a painting of some of the […]
Join us for Story Time and crafts in the Nook every Thursdays at 9:30am.
The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
Tax ID is 68-0310041.
1552 Bancroft Road | Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 944-9352
The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a preservation project of
The Garden Conservancy.
