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SUMMARY:Clarkia Flower Festival
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the most vibrant event of the year: the Clarkia Flower Festival! Mark your calendars and invite your friend to join us for a fun-filled day celebrating nature and community. \nJoin us on Saturday\, May 16 from 10 am to 4 pm for an unforgettable celebration featuring exciting nature activities\, a lively beer garden\, fantastic live music\, amazing community organizations\, and so much more! Admission to this event is free and open to the public\, no RSVP required. You won’t want to miss out on this blooming good time! \nEvent Highlights:\n\nTables from local organizations\nThemed Naturalist Walks\nEngaging talks and activities about nature\nDelicious food trucks\nA fun beer garden\nLive music\nArts and crafts for everyone\n\nOpening Ceremony:\nJewell Terrace \n10 AM: Land Blessing Ceremony by Cultural Bearer\, Tina Calderon \nSpeakers:\nLa Kretz Garden Pavilion \n11 AM: Ask a Gardener with Assistant Director Allison Keeney \n1 PM: Clarkia: Icons of the California Landscape with Dr. Gregor-Fausto Siegmund\, Assistant Researcher at UCLA\, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology \n2 PM: Gather\, Split\, and Stitch: Basketry Practices from Southern California with UCLA Associate Professor Dr. Theresa Ambo and UCLA alumnus and incoming MA student Todd Ambo (enrolled member JBMI) \n3 PM: Evaluating and Improving UCLA Campus Biodiversity with August Cowley and Max Reines\, 2025-2026 IoES Campus Biodiversity Practicum at UCLA \nMusicians:\nOutdoor Amphitheater \n10 AM: Kian Kaz \n11 AM: Learn to Forget \n12 PM: Mariachi de Uclatlán \n1 PM: Mia Akemon \n2 PM: Fathoms \n3 PM: La Compañia \nActivities:\nPark’s Patio (all day) \n\nButton Making\nColoring Pages\nFlower Crowns\nPostcard Making\nWish Tree\n\nBotany Building \n\n12 PM to 2 PM: Herbarium Open House\n\nGarden Tours take place every hour starting at 10 am with the final tour at 3 pm. Tours begin at La Kretz Garden Pavilion. \nFood Vendors:\n\nRice Balls of Fire\nCreamy Boys\nGo Beyond the Bowl\nSunseri’s Bar and Beverage Catering\n\nVendors:\n\nInvertebrate Club of Southern California\nMargaret Gallagher Art\nBerbo Studio\nHunny Bunny Studios\nFostering Flowers\nSoapure\nLouise Fleurs\nSunny Tran\nCrafting for Cancer\nLA Is Not A Desert\nGrowing Works Nursery\n\nCommunity Partners:\n\nAltadena Seed Library\nResource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains\nCalifornia Wildlife Center (CWC)\nCNPS Santa Monica Mountains Chapter\nFriends of the LA River (FOLAR)\nLos Angeles Public Library\nLos Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability\nSave the Vireo\nSouthern California Botanists\nStunt Ranch\nTawa Compost\nThe Xerces Society\nTheodore Payne Foundation\nTree People\nWomen Forage SoCal\nWestwood Greenway\nNational Forest Foundation\nHoneyLove\nCommunity Organized Relief Effort\nVets Garden\nHolmby Westwood Green Team\nOffice of the City Clerk\n\nUCLA Organizations:\n\nBruin Birding Club\nCongo Basin Institute at UCLA\nSage Hill\nUCLA Botanical Club\nUCLA EEB Undergraduate Association\nUCLA Environmental Student Network (ESN)\nEcological Restoration Association at UCLA\nUCLA Campus Biodiversity 2025 IoES Practicum\n\nSpecial thanks to our sponsors: Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath\, UCLA Health\, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA\, UCLA Department of Life Sciences\, the W Los Angeles\, and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. \nVisit this link for more information about parking on campus and an interactive parking map.
URL:https://www.botgard.ucla.edu/event/clarkia-flower-festival-2026/
LOCATION:707 Tiverton Dr\, 707 Tiverton Drive\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, US
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