This year’s Clarkia Festival, set to take place on May 18, 2024, is canceled.
If you were planning to attend the Clarkia Festival on May 18, we encourage you to visit the Gathering at Kuruvungna, the Clark Library’s Bookish Biomes event, and the Natural History Museum’s Bug Fair instead.
The UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden will have a wonderful Clarkia Festival next spring, and many other public programs throughout the year where you can celebrate nature in community. For now, we hope you can find peace and healing by visiting the Garden.
We look forward to seeing you at the Garden and at the 2025 Clarkia Festival.
Sincerely,
The UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden Team
We are so grateful to our collaborators and sponsors, acknowledged below:
Interactive Education with Community Partners
Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability
Pop-up nature library by UCLA Library
Family-friendly art activity at Jewell Terrace by Fowler Museum at UCLA
Programming
BioBlitz
Themed guided garden tours led by Bruin Birding Club and Bruin Beekeepers
Live music provided by artists affiliated with UCLA Radio
Science is Art: Nature Edition – art showcase hosted by UCLA Library
Environmentalist zine-making workshop by Common Experience at UCLA
Food & Shopping
Beer garden provided by Sunseri’s
Unravel at UCLA: sustainable clothing
Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer
Golden Vintage 1: upcycled handmade baskets & home decor
UCLA Radio: upcycled screen printing – bring an old t-shirt!
Garden merchandise: Clarkia petal earrings, totes, water bottles, lanyards, stickers
Special thanks to our sponsors: UCLA Life Sciences, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, The W Los Angeles, UCLA Health David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Extension, Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, Dental Views, Ralphs
Special thanks to our UCLA partners: Fowler Museum at UCLA, UCLA Radio, UCLA Library
