RBG, CCWD and EBMUD have partnered to offer you the opportunity to take a self-guided tour of 16 gardens in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Moraga and Lafayette that showcase the beauty and diversity of waterwise gardens.
When starting a new garden design there are many things to consider. Learn how to evaluate and record the conditions of the site and incorporating the client's desires into a successful design.
Learn about different garden layouts, flow and access as well as other factors to consider when creating or redesigning the overall structure of your new garden.
There are many factors to consider when selecting your plant palette for your garden design. We will look at color theory, texture and how specific plants can clearly communicate specific garden styles.
In this unique mixed-media workshop, participants will be taught Nature Printing, a printmaking technique that combines botanical printing and hand coloring to create hand-pressed composition using plants, ink and aged paper.
Learn how to incorporate aloes and other plants in the Asphodelaceae family (including Gasteria, Haworthia and Bulbine) into a successful dry garden design, whether as an accent or companion plant.
In addition to saving water, your dry garden can also reap many other environmental benefits. Join us for an overview of several relationships that are impacted by our decisions & actions when we garden and how we can think through our options to make better decisions going forward.
Children, ages 5-10, are invited to a drop-in session on Sunday, May 21st from 11am-1pm to learn how to make a small ikebana arrangement.
Learn how to incorporate mid-size shrubs (herbaceous and woody plants) into a successful dry garden design.
Learn about the different factors you need to consider to refurbish or design a small garden space. Create that perfect ‘jewel box’ and maximize the impact in challenging spaces.
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.
