Volunteer Appreciation Holiday Party
2022-12-02 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
In appreciation of all of our Garden volunteers, the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden will be hosting an informal lunch.

December Botanical Garden Tour - First Saturday
2022-12-03 13:00 - 14:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Explore our living museum, featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Educator for a free guided 1 hour tour.
Click here to RSVP

January Botanical Garden Tour - First Saturday
2023-01-07 13:00 - 14:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Explore our living museum, featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Educator for a free guided 1 hour tour.

Garden Educator/Guide Information Session
2023-01-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-01-18 15:00 - 17:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Do you love nature and teaching others? Become a Garden Educator or Guide at the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden!

February Botanical Garden Tour - First Saturday
2023-02-04 13:00 - 14:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US

March Botanical Garden Tour - First Saturday
2023-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US

April Botanical Garden Tour - First Saturday
2023-04-01 13:00 - 14:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US

30 x 30 California: Conservation Science and Policy in Action
2023-04-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Hershey Hall, 801 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Learn about California’s initiative to conserve 30% of natural areas by 2030.

Celebrating Volunteers
2023-04-21 12:30 - 15:30 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Come by to grab some snacks as a thank you for all you do!

House Plant 101 Workshop
2023-05-13 10:00 - 11:30 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Learn tips for caring for house plants and take home a plant of your own.

May 13 Botanical Garden Tour
2023-05-13 11:00 - 12:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US

June 3 Botanical Garden Tour
2023-06-03 13:00 - 14:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US

Family Basket Weaving
2023-06-24 10:00 - 13:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Discover the art of crafting baskets

June 24 Botanical Garden Tour
2023-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US

Become a Naturalist Day
2023-07-15 10:00 - 13:00 | UCLA La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Celebrate native plants with the Garden!

Members Only: Succulent Workshop
2024-01-13 10:00 - 11:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
succulent workshop
Give the gift of Garden membership this holiday season, and join us with your Garden member friends and family for our succulent workshop on January 13 at 10 a.m.
Learn all about succulents and take one home for that sunny spot on your windowsill!
Become a member here, or sign up at the door.
We’ll see you at La Kretz Garden Pavilion! To register, email botanicalgarden@g.ucla.edu. RSVPs are required for this event.

Public Tour - February 2024
2024-02-03 10:00 - 11:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on February 3, 2024. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe!
You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.
Every tour is different; each Garden Guide has a unique story to tell.

Hummingbird ID Workshop
2024-02-10 10:00 - 11:30 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Photo by Nurit Katz
Broaden your horizons about biodiversity in hummingbirds at our Hummingbird ID Workshop! Attend a presentation by Eleanor Diamant, and test your identification skills on a guided bird walk through the Garden. We’ll see you at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion on February 10 from 10 – 11:30 a.m.
RSVPs are not required. This program is free and open to the public.

Botany Brown Bag: Why Trees Go Nuts by Dr. Victoria L. Sork
2024-02-29 12:00 - 13:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for a new Botany Brown Bag lunch and learn series!
This free public lecture series is kicked off by our Garden Director, Dr. Victoria L. Sork, who will give a talk entitled “Why Trees Go Nuts” on February 29 at 12pm. Stop in on your lunch break and take home some fun facts about trees, birds, and the climate.
This is a BYOL (bring your own lunch) event!
RSVP not required.

Members Only - Nature Phone Photography Workshop
2024-03-02 10:00 - 11:30 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Unlock your smartphone’s powerful photography tools at our Members Only Nature Phone Photography Workshop! Learn to take stunning snapshots of the unique plants in our Garden, and see the beauty in nature’s tiny details. We’ll see you at on March 2 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion.

Become a member to attend, or sign up for membership at the door. Email botanicalgarden@g.ucla.edu to RSVP.

Native Bees with Krystle Hickman
2024-03-05 16:00 - 17:00 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Join us for the next installment in our learning series, Native Bees with Krystle Hickman!
Discover intricate ecosystems through the eyes of bees with conservation photographer, community scientist, speaker, and artist Krystle Hickman. This event will also feature an exhibition of Krystle’s photography. You can check out Krystle’s work here.
This event is free and open to the public. We’ll meet in the La Kretz Garden Pavilion from 4 to 5 p.m. on March 5.

Botany Brown Bag: Trees of Trees by Dr. Felipe Zapata
2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join us for a new Botany Brown Bag lunch and learn series!
This free public lecture series is continued by Dr. Felipe Zapata, who will give a talk entitled “Trees of Trees” on April 18 at 12pm. Stop in on your lunch break and take home some historical insights about trees in the Mathias Botanical Garden.
This is a BYOL (bring your own lunch) event!
RSVP not required.

Music in the Garden: Garden Party, Old Growth, 287vinyl
2024-04-27 14:00 - 16:00 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Kick back at a free public concert in the Garden! 287vinyl will kick off the music at 2pm, followed by Old Growth and Garden Party. Meet at La Kretz Garden Pavilion (707 Tiverton Drive) on April 27, 2024 from 2-4pm.

Flyer (cover art) by @_mayas.arts

287vinyl
Started by three friends and bandmates Steven Schlosberg, Sara Gorman, and Ben Kenvin, 287vinyl was started out of the dorm room of Steven and Ben. An homage to disc jockeys of the 60s and 70s and preserved and inspired by chicano soul/lowrider oldies vinyl djs and greats of East LA, the three share a love of the physical and meaning in the music they keep. All musicians themselves, their combined collection influences the music they make and for certain albums, the physicality of memories. With additions passed down from family members, hidden gems found in the bottom boxes of record stores, and borrowed from friends, the collective shares a passion for the analog sound and making people dance. While the collection is always expanding, current genres include downtempo souldies, doo wopp, R&B, motown, gospel, blues, retro soul, neo soul, deep funk, jazz, west coast hip hop, rap, ska, rocksteady, reggae, afrobeat, disco, mambo, salsa, cumbia, tropicalia, samba, bossa nova, latin, soft rock, psychedelic surf rock, Habibi funk, Somalian disco, Egyptian pop, Ethiopian jazz, Taiwanese rare groove, world, good tunes, good tunes, good tunes.
Old Growth
Old Growth is an LA based jazz and reggae band. Their debut EP; The Old Growth EP was released in November.

Garden Party
Fusing the genres of Jazz, Motown, Neo-Soul, and Funk, Garden Party is an LA-based band, comprised of 7 members: Jude Fucetola (keys), Jacob Williams (guitar), Sara Gorman (bass), Ben Kenvin (drums), Gael Saldana (tenor sax), Steven Schlosberg (trombone), and Coco Mori (vocals), each from diverse musical backgrounds. Showcasing nostalgic rhythms, moving chord changes, and powerful horn lines, Garden Party creates original compositions of love, loneliness, and so much more, all through the soulful vocals of lead singer Coco Mori. Forming in their freshman year of college, the musicians quickly became family. Performing in and around LA and San Francisco, at notable venues such as Brick and Mortar and the Lodge Room, the band is excited to share their passion with the world and the party of Garden Party!

May 4 Guided Garden Tour
2024-05-04 10:00 - 11:00 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on May 4, 2024 at 10 a.m. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe!
You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.

Our tours are free; become a member to support free public programming and access member-exclusive events.

CANCELED: UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden Clarkia Festival
2024-05-18 10:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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
UC Master Gardeners
Friends of the LA River
Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability
cityLAB at UCLA
Project Phoenix
UCLA Food Studies
Theodore Payne Foundation
CALPIRG
TreePeople
North East Trees
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
Herbarium open house
Science is Art: Nature Edition – art showcase hosted by UCLA Library
Environmentalist zine-making workshop by Common Experience at UCLA

Food & Shopping
Smile Hot Dog
Cookies by Linda
Gelino’s Ice Cream
Beer garden provided by Sunseri’s
Unravel at UCLA: sustainable clothing
Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer
Golden Vintage 1: upcycled handmade baskets & home decor
UpTop Health & Beauty
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

CANCELED: Music in the Garden with Gabriela
2024-05-23 17:00 - 18:00 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Gabriela Acosta’s senior capstone recital on 5/23 will be canceled. This decision was not made lightly, but rather upon reflection of the responsibility of her work. She had to prioritize student well-being right now (including herself and her collaborators). She will postpone her recital until it feels appropriate.

CANCELED: Botany Brown Bag: Amazing Hawaiian Plants by Dr. Tom Gillespie
2024-05-30 12:00 - 13:00 | La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
We regret to inform you that this event is canceled. Dr. Gillespie is out sick. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
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Join us for a new Botany Brown Bag lunch and learn series!
This free public lecture series is continued by Dr. Tom Gillespie, who will give a talk entitled “Amazing Hawaiian Plants in the UCLA Botanical Garden.”

June 1 Guided Garden Tour
2024-06-01 10:00 - 11:00 | 707 Tiverton Dr, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, US
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on June 1, 2024 at 10 a.m. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe!
You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.

Our tours are free; become a member to support free public programming and access member-exclusive events.

Singing Bowl Meditation
2024-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 | The Outdoor Amphitheater, 707 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Join The Common Experience at UCLA for a peaceful Saturday afternoon in nature. On June 1 from 2-3pm at the Outdoor Amphitheater, enjoy an introduction to mindfulness, a singing bowl meditation, and art activities. RSVP here. This is an event by The Common Experience at UCLA, co-sponsored by the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden.
Mindfulness experts from UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) will be facilitating. Then, there will be journaling and painting on themes of mindfulness and the environment. This is event is free but RSVP is required.
