Sketching with Sami

SF Botanical Garden

If you're a beginner who wants to learn about field sketching or an advanced illustrator who wants a reason to explore the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, join science illustrator Sami Chang as she explores the San Francisco Botanical Garden. In this workshop, you will learn some tips and tricks on how to get accurate sketches and try your hand at different methods of field sketching.

$25 – $50

Bean Sprouts Family Days

SF Botanical Garden

Join us for family fun in the Children’s Garden: dig, water, pick, build, explore, and investigate in the Botanical Garden's “yes space” for kids! Grab some garden tools at our welcome station or bring your own to enjoy hands-on activity stations and explore and tend to the Garden.

Free

In A Landscape

SF Botanical Garden

Date: Wednesday, May 21 Time: Check-in begins: 4:00pm Concert performance: 5:00 - 6:30pm Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden - Great Meadow IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild™ is an outdoor concert series where America’s most stunning landscapes replace the traditional concert hall. Guests explore the surrounding environment while listening to the music through wireless […]

$55

Bean Sprouts Family Days

SF Botanical Garden

Join us for family fun in the Children’s Garden: dig, water, pick, build, explore, and investigate in the Botanical Garden's “yes space” for kids! Grab some garden tools at our welcome station or bring your own to enjoy hands-on activity stations and explore and tend to the Garden.

Free

Ask A Master Gardener

SF Botanical Garden

We’ve partnered with the UCCE Master Gardener Program of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties to bring you this FREE service to help with your own garden. Stop by the Garden’s Library of Horticulture on Fridays from 10:30am-1:30pm and ask your questions!

Free

Ask A Master Gardener

SF Botanical Garden

We’ve partnered with the UCCE Master Gardener Program of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties to bring you this FREE service to help with your own garden. Stop by the Garden’s Library of Horticulture on Fridays from 10:30am-1:30pm and ask your questions!

Free

Yoga in the Garden

SF Botanical Garden

Date: June 12th 2025 Time: 12-1PM Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden- Garden of Fragrance Join us on the Garden's Garden of Fragrance for a 60 minute class lead by Nicolette Telech. Nicolette has been instructing vinyasa style yoga classes since 2015. During this weekly offering, students can expect a unique and accessible yoga sequence, linking […]

$15

Sketching with Sami

SF Botanical Garden

If you're a beginner who wants to learn about field sketching or an advanced illustrator who wants a reason to explore the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, join science illustrator Sami Chang as she explores the San Francisco Botanical Garden. In this workshop, you will learn some tips and tricks on how to get accurate sketches and try your hand at different methods of field sketching.

$25 – $50

Japanese Tea Garden Embroidered Postcards Workshop with Robert Mahar

SF Botanical Garden

Join artist Robert Mahar in learning how to stitch classic Japanese embroidery motifs into a set of vintage reproduction paper postcards featuring the iconic Japanese Tea Garden, creating custom souvenirs to display or send to loved ones as deliverable mail art.

$95