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  • (Offsite) 2025 Waterwise Garden Tour

    RBG, CCWD and EBMUD have partnered to offer you the opportunity to take a self-guided tour of 16 home gardens in Walnut Creek and Concord that showcase the beauty and diversity of waterwise gardens.

    $25.00

  • Plant Swap

    Got more cuttings and potted plants than you know what to do with? Don’t toss ‘em—swap ‘em! Bring your extra plants and trade with fellow plant people for some fresh new foliage

    $15.00 – $35.00

  • Bold Botanicals-Capturing Garden Light with Acrylics (Workshop)

    Join artist-in-residence, Teresa Derdiarian, for an inspiring morning of plein air painting surrounded by the vibrant succulents, cacti, and plants of The Ruth Bancroft Garden. Using fast-drying acrylics, you’ll learn how to simplify complex garden scenes, capture shifting light, and mix rich, natural colors. Teresa will share her process through a short demonstration, then guide […]

    $100.00 – $125.00

  • Introduction to Ikebana Workshop

    Learn the Japanese art of flower arranging, or ikebana, in this hands-on workshop. Following a demonstration by instructor Pia Horei Groth, participants will explore versatile techniques for creating elegant, architectural arrangements. The session will focus specifically on creating a Moribana upright style arrangement. Each student will be provided with plant materials, a suiban (low-vase), and […]

    $90.00 – $120.00

  • (FREE Webinar) – Getting Started with Waterwise Gardening

    Join us for a FREE and inspiring webinar hosted by Ruth Bancroft Garden, Contra Costa Water District (CCWD), and East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to learn practical tips for conserving water and designing a garden that thrives in our local climate.

    Free

  • 2026 Waterwise Garden Tour

    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.

    $25.00

  • (Lecture & Guided Tour) Knowing and Growing Irises

    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 […]

    $20.00 – $35.00

  • (Webinar) Dry Garden Botany Series – Bromeliaceae & Agavoideae

    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 […]

    $15.00 – $20.00