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In December
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December 8 Holiday Wreath Making - Adult Designer Class SIGNUP ONLINE!
December 8 Wreath Making Workshop for Families SIGNUP ONLINE!
December 16 Winter Wonderland with Children's Storytime & Family Walk
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Coming Soon
Art
Exhibit
"Drawing
Nature"
With a focus on the changing colors of autumn and the holiday season, the Sonoma County Colored Pencil Artists bring us this stunning botanical art exhibit. Runs through December 30.
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Next Exhibit
Ernest Clayton painted a series of nearly 200 watercolors of the California native plants that he saw on his many walks around Marin County from 1938–1952. His granddaughters often accompanied him on his excursions and have organized this exhibit of giclée prints, running January – April 2013.
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FEATURED
Book
The Australian Garden: Designing with Australian Plants
by Diana Snape
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Great Botanical Gifts at the Bookstore
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We give Correa, December's featured plant, high marks for yielding lovely flowers while requiring such little maintenance. This easygoing shrub from Australia is drought-tolerant, frost-tolerant, happy in sun or in shade, and grows easily in our mediterranean climate. All it asks for is a little well-drained soil, and it rewards us with a bloom time that can go as long as from October to April. Find out more in this month's In Bloom feature, along with photos, a plant profile and exact locations. |
MAGNIFICENT MAGNOLIAS
A not-to-be-missed floral spectacle as nearly 100 rare and historic magnolias at San Francisco Botanical Garden erupt in a fragrant riot of vibrant pink and white flowers. Coming Mid-January–March
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The unusual & the unexpected |
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Winter is a great time of year to get lost in the Australian Garden. You can stand in any one spot and see dozens of wildly different shapes and textures without moving an inch.
Explore the Australia Garden >>
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Education
Support
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A Time to Give
This year, visitors from around the world experienced the Botanical Garden as a place of enchantment in which nature in all its glory was enjoyed. The Garden provides solace in our chaotic world.
In this time of giving, we ask for your support to help sustain this special Garden and our programs.
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Youth Education
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Shed Warming in the Children's Garden
October 31, 2012 was a day to remember – Halloween, the San Francisco Giants victory parade, and most important of all, the shed warming in the Children's Garden!
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Volunteers
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Restoration Continues in the Wildest Part of the Garden
Ten energetic volunteers from Exygy worked on the John Muir trail last month and did the first replanting in two years.
Read the report >>
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New Faces
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Welcoming Director of Development Rose Adams
SFBGS welcomes our newest staff member, Director of Development Rose Adams.
About Rose >>
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Peruse our selection
Join us this Saturday for this beloved annual event as we make spectacular holiday wreaths with cuttings from our Garden. (Saturday, Dec. 8)