Hours: The Garden is open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM every day, except Thanksgiving Day, December 24 and 25, December 31, January 1, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and the first Tuesday of every month.

Location: The Garden is located at 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720-5045 midway between the UC Berkeley Memorial Stadium and Lawrence Hall of Science). Call 510 643-7265 to schedule a tour.

Discover the world of plants at the University

of California Botanical Garden

Located on 34 acres in Strawberry Canyon above the main Berkeley campus, the Garden’s world-class collection holds over 12,000 different kinds of plants from all over the world, arranged by region of origin: Asia, Australasia, California, Eastern North America, the Mediterranean, Mexico/Central America, New World Desert, South America, and Southern Africa. Special collections of cacti and succulents, epi-phytes, orchids, ferns, carnivorous plants, and tropical plants are displayed in glass houses. Ethnobotanical collections include the Crops of the World Garden, the Garden of Old Roses, and the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden. The Botanical Garden provides a rewarding and interesting educational experience throughout the seasons. Trained docents lead tours throughout the year for children and adult groups. These dedicated and enthu-siastic docents have completed an intensive six-month program presented by Garden, University and local experts. The Garden showcases plants of diverse form and function, with many plants of economic and ethno-botanical importance and horticultural interest. The Garden provides opportunities to discuss plant evolu-tion and adaptations, conservation, and restoration of endangered populations and habitats. Tour groups may wish to focus simply on the aes-thetic beauty of the diverse trees, shrubs, and flowers while guided by a knowledgeable docent. Expansive views of the San Francisco Bay delight locals and \out-of-town visitors alike.

All docent-led tours must be scheduled by the 15th of the month prior to your desired tour date. If your group wishes to visit the Garden without arranging a docent-led tour, please call 510-643-7265 in advance so that we may help to facilitate your visit. All student groups, visiting without a docent, are required to have a staff-led introduction ($20).

■ Tours may be scheduled mornings or afternoons each day of the week except for First Closed Tuesday and First Free Thursday. The first tours of the day are generally scheduled for 10 am.

■ Tour groups are welcome to extend their stay in the Garden an additional 1/2 hour for snacks, lunch or further explo-ration of the Garden. Children must be supervised at all times.

■ Tours are given rain or shine. Come prepared for the weather and areas of rough terrain. Ponchos are available free of charge for tour groups to use and keep. In case of heavy rain, an indoor tour such as Extreme Environments: Glass House Collections may be substituted.

■ Our docent-to-student ratios are as follows: one docent per five grade K-3 students; one docent per six grade 4-8 students; one docent per eight high school students or adults. Student groups must provide one chaperone, admitted free, for each docent-led group.Garden Tour FeesChildren $6.50 • College Students $6.50For Adults and Seniors a minimum flat fee of $100 for 10Each additional person: Seniors (65+) $10.00 • Adults $12.00

Grocery Store Botany In-School Program$75 for one presentation given on one day$60 each for two presentations given on the same day

■ Payment must be received by the Garden before your tour date. Reductions in contracted number of persons going on your tour are allowed up the 15th of the month prior to your tour date. Please make checks payable to UC Regents. Credit cards are accepted. Parking is available at $1.50 for the first hour and $0.50 for each half hour thereafter.■ Please call 510-643-7265 or email garden@berkeley.edu to schedule a tour or for more information. Written confirmation of your tour will be sent in the mail.

Voted “Best of the East Bay” Best Place to Get Lost

When you enter the Botanical Garden of UC Berkeley, on Centennial Drive between the football stadium and the

Lawrence Hall of Science, you not only encounter the plants native to all parts of the globe, you would swear that the climates shift slightly as you leave one continent

and come upon the next. — East Bay Express

© 2010 UC Regents. Printed on recycled paper, 15% post consumer waste, with soy inks. Photos by C. Manoux, L.Twitchell, and J. Williams.

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In-School Program:Grocery Store Botany (Primary; 45-60 min.)Docents will visit your classroom with a lively presentation and a diverse collection of edible plants representing all the plant parts: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds/nuts. Students will touch, smell, and taste as they learn about what plants need and their vital role in our lives. Teachers may request to keep the vegetables for class use

Adult Tours:We offer a wide array of tours suited for different areas of interest and levels of plant/garden knowledge. Upon request, all of the tours listed in this brochure can be modified for an adult audience. With advance notice, tours can be devel-oped and tailored to a group’s special interests. Call the tour scheduler to help you plan your tour.

Plants of the World: General Tour of the GardenExplore the Garden’s incredible diversity of plants from six continents, including environments as diverse as deserts, tropical forests, redwood forests, and wetlands. Each tour is a unique experience focused on plants at their seasonal best, a variety of themes, and your interests.

Beautiful Gardening with Waterwise PlantsSee how you can create a beautiful garden using plants with minimal water requirements. Our unique collection from around the world provides attractive plant candidates that will thrive in our Mediterranean climate. You will see annu-als, perennials, shrubs, and trees in a dazzling array of colors, forms, and textures.

Docents of the UC Botanical Garden will tailor tours to fit the needs, interests, and age or grade level of your group. Tours are offered year round, providing a fun, educational activity for summer day camps and youth groups, as well as students. Some tours accommodate a limited number of classes at one time. Children’s tours match California State Education Standards. Teacher materials are available with some tours and will be included with your confirmation and invoice.

Awaken Your Senses (Primary; 60 min.)Use all five senses to explore plants from around the world. Touch, look, listen, smell, and taste as you learn about roots, leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds, and the life cycles of diverse and amazing plants.

Discovering Flowers and Plants (Primary; 60 min.) Investigate an amazing variety of plants and flowers from around the world as you explore the Garden’s paths. Why are there so many different kinds of plants? What are their flowers for? Learn the answers to these questions and so much more.

Math in the Garden: Patterns in Nature (All grades; 60 - 75 min.)Develop your mathematical skills and powers of observation as you apply them to the beauty and diversity of plants surrounding you in the Garden. Look for geometric shapes, angles, symmetry, and patterns, even fractals and Fibonacci numbers! Discover how nature’s designs are adaptations helping plants to survive. Activities will be selected to be grade-level appropriate.

Plant Travelers (All grades; 60 min.) Can plants really travel? Marvel at the slingshots, parachutes, hitchhikers, helicopters and other mechanisms that propel plant seeds around the Garden. Best in Fall.

Extreme Environments: Glass House Collections (All grades; 75 min.) How do plants survive in diverse ecosystems? Visit three unique glass houses: the Arid House, with one of the largest collections of cacti and succulents in the country; the Orchid,

California Natives: Plants and People (Grades 3 & up; 75 - 90 min.)How could people get everything they need from the natural environment without stores? Learn about the plants used by California Indians for food, shelter, clothing, tools, medicine, games, and music. Become familiar with the varied customs and skills of California’s earliest human inhabitants.

Ethnobotany: People Using Plants (Grades 3 & up; 60 - 75 min.) People depend on plants. We eat them, wear them, and build with them. We use them for medicines and marvel at their beauty. Discover how different peoples and cultures have used plants in their lives as you visit the herb and crop gardens, the desert, the redwood forest, the rainforest, and the California plant communities.

Foods of the Americas (Grades 3 & up; 75 - 90 min; $7.50/student.) Each fall we set up an educational marketplace filled with pro-duce domesticated by ancient farmers in the Americas. These include varieties of corn, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, beans, chocolate, amaranth, quinoa, and squash. See how they actually develop from soil to harvest in our Crops of the World Garden and Tropical House. Fee also covers pre- & post-tour classroom materials and consumables during the tour. Offered in October only. Enrollment limited. Book by September 15.

Pollinators in the Garden (Grades 3 & up; 60 - 75 min.)The bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds you can observe in the Garden are just some of the world’s 200,000 species of pollina-tors. Discover how insects, birds, bats, and wind are essential in the life cycles of our crops and other plants. Learn how flower forms and colors relate to their pollinators. Best in Spring and Summer.

Evolution: Plants through Time (Grades 4 & up; 75 - 90 min.) How have plants adapted to the changing conditions on earth? Which plants living today are connected to ancient times? Trace the story of plant evolution from a hostile, barren earth 4.5 billion years ago to the astounding diversity of plants today. We’ll use our knowledge of plate tectonics, climate change, and the fossil record to try to understand the key changes that have allowed these organisms to emerge and survive. We’ll inves-tigate examples of the first land plants, early vascular plants, ancient seed plants, conifers, flowering plants, and grasses.

Plants of the World (Grades 4 & up; 60 - 75min.)Plants grow on every continent in diverse ecosystems from desert to rainforest. Discover how such different environments shape plant forms and life cycles, creating incredible diver-sity. Investigate plant communities from California to South America, from the Mediterranean to Africa, and from Asia to Australia.

Coming soon: Foods of the World

Our mission is to develop and maintain a diverse living collection of plants to support teaching and worldwide research in plant biology, further the conservation of plant diversity, and promote public understanding and appreciation of plants and the natural environment.

Student and Public ToursFern and Carnivorous Plant House; and the Tropical House, where you feel as though you’re in a rainforest. Discover remarkable relationships between plants and animals. Learn about environments and plant adaptations found in widely different places around the globe. This is a mostly indoor tour great for rainy winter months.

Water Ecology: Ponds and Creeks (Grades 2 & up; 75 min.)Visit the Garden’s creeks. Dip nets into the Garden’s many ponds. Be amazed by the plants, insects, and microorganisms you’ll discover in these watery environments. Investigate the crucial role of photosynthesis and decomposers as you compare and contrast the Garden’s pond and creek ecosystems.

Trees in the Garden (Grades 3 & up; 60 - 75 min.) What is a tree? How do they get so tall? Why are they impor-tant to our planet? Discover how a tree is different from other plants, how they adapt to their environments, how they make food from sunlight, and how they grow and reproduce. Learn about their life cycles, and the ecosystems they inhabit. Visit trees from around the world; see examples of the planet’s tallest and most massive organisms, as well as those that lived when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.

A Tropical Experience (Grades 3 & up; 60 - 75 min.) The Earth’s tropics are home to ecosystems as diverse as rain-forests and deserts. Investigate an amazing variety of tropical plants as you explore the Garden’s Tropical House, Mexican Cloud Forest, and desert areas. Compare and contrast the trop-ics to our own Bay Area. Get to know the plants that provide bananas, vanilla, chocolate, and more!

California Ecosystems and Habitats (Grades 3 & up; 60 - 75 min.) Explore the Garden’s outstanding collection of California native plants to learn how they adapted to specific areas within the Golden State. Visit different ecosystems and plant communities including alpine slope, chaparral, coastal dune, desert, pine-oak woodland, pygmy forest, redwood forest, serpentine, and a vernal pool. Compare and contrast the characteristics that allow plants to exist in diverse habitats.