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Flower Piano will return for it’s 11th year for 11 days, September 10-20, 2026

Internationally Acclaimed “Lightscape” coming to San Francisco Botanical Garden for 2025 Winter Season

Experience one of the most significant conservation collections of Magnolias in the United States in bloom January through March.

Celebrate the beginning of spring in the Japanese Tea Garden with cherry blossom trees blooming mid-March through early April.

Gala for the Gardens is our signature and only fundraising event of the year. Proceeds from the Gala help us cultivate vital resources that will support our Gardens, education programs, and conservation efforts.

Experience the larger-than-life, notoriously stinky corpse flower bloom.
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Each year, these collections are made available to researchers and educators in support of myriad projects. All collections done in the Gardens require a permit that will be issued after a review of the request.

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Celebrate nature, community, and the wonder of our planet at Gala for the Gardens, the annual benefit supporting the Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden, and San Francisco Botanical Garden.

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Immerse yourself in the serene beauty of the natural world on a forest bathing walk, a practice inspired by the Japanese tradition of shinrin-yoku.

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