Regional Parks Botanic Garden

The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a 10-acre (4 hectare) botanical garden located in Tilden Regional Park in the Berkeley Hills, east of Berkeley, California, in the United States. It showcases California native plants, and is open to the public. The garden was founded on January 1, 1940.

Specimens

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Selected locations in and near Tilden Regional Park

Points of interest
Nearby parks and museums

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Tilden Little Farm

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Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round

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Inspiration Point

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Lake Anza

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Brazilian Room

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Regional Parks Botanic Garden

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Tilden Park Golf Course

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Redwood Valley Railway

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Blake Garden

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Indian Rock Park

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Berkeley Rose Garden

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Lawrence Hall of Science

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San Pablo Reservoir

Notable specimens include nearly all the state's conifers and oaks, a very good collection of wild lilacs (Ceanothus species), perhaps the most complete collection of California manzanitas anywhere, expanding collections of Californian native bunchgrasses and aquatics, and representatives of some 300 rare and endangered vascular taxa of California. The garden is organized into sections, each representing a distinctive natural area in California: