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June Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia – Outdoor screening + Q&A with Hamilton Morris

The Nest Outdoor Amphitheater 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore ethnobotany as Hamilton Morris digs into the history of one of his favorite psychoactive plants: peyote. Tribes and shamans have been consuming the cactus for generations, and Hamilton taps a Native American peyotist to help him trace the plant's history—from its humble origins to the place it occupies in popular culture today. Hamilton is […]

July Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

August Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

September Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

October Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

Botanical Origins: Natural Dyes with Next of Kin Studio

UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Join us for a presentation and pop-up shop featuring the creative natural dye projects of Allison Alford. Allison is a Los Angeles based artist and teacher who explores connections between art and the natural world. Her practice involves a passion for plants and the relationship she can form with them through her work. Natural dyeing […]

Autumn Garden Gathering

UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Autumn is here, and we welcome you to meet kindred spirits and to revel in the Garden at dusk! Find out what’s new in the Garden, meet staff, and get to know other folks that love spending time around trees. Merriment at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion will be followed by an after-hours walk in […]

Argentine Ants: Super colonies in the Garden

UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

The Botanical Garden holds more than just plants – it is home to many other life forms, and in particular, the diverse array of insects that call the Garden their home. Join Julie Miller for a talk to learn about one such insect, the Argentine Ant, that arrived in California a little over 100 years […]

November Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

Nicholas Staddon: The New American Garden

UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Join Nicholas Staddon for an Englishman’s view of the New American Garden. “Gardens all over the United States are undergoing a measure of change” bubbles Nicholas. “No more so then here in Southern California.” He will provide us with a unique overview of new plant exploration not only here in the United States but overseas […]

December Drop-in Garden Tour

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a docent for a free guided tour of the garden on the first Saturday of the month at 1pm. We’ll hear the stories of a selection of plants in the garden, and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. See […]

Botany of the Holidays

UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, US

The holidays are a time for rest, relaxation, family and friends. To a botanist, they are also a case study of the deeply interconnected relationship between nature and culture. Join us as we share the botanical origins of some of the most ubiquitous holiday traditions, and see just how important plants are to the spirit […]

The UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a promoter of nature at a California land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

Contact us

(310) 825-8260
For venue reservations: (310) 467-7980

707 Tiverton Drive
Los Angeles, CA
90095

Open hours

Hours (February through October):
Weekdays: 8AM to 5PM
Weekends: 9AM to 5PM

Hours (November through January):
Weekdays: 8AM to 4PM
Weekends: 9AM to 4PM

UCLA Holidays: Open 9AM to 5PM. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Closed at 2pm on Christmas Eve.

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