The Ruth Bancroft Garden is hosting an exciting series of workshops designed to educate community members about low-water gardening and other garden projects. These workshops are co-sponsored by the Contra Costa Water District. Please RSVP early to ensure that the workshop is not cancelled. Hope to see you there!

Lawn Removal, with Kat Weiss

Saturday, September 18 from 11 am - 1 pm

Ready to ditch your lawn and install a low-water landscape in its place? Learn how to remove and replace your lawn in this informative and hands-on workshop.

Succulent Troubleshooting

Saturday, October 9 from 11 am - 1 pm

From pests to frost to too much water, there are a lot of things that can make a succulent sick. This class will cover how to avoid common problems and fix ones that may have already occurred. Feel free to bring in examples of your sick plants.

Admission Prices:

$15 for RBG members

$15 for Garden Conservancy Members

$20 for the general public

To register, click here for a registration form, or call our office at (925) 944-9352

*Please note: All cancellations, refunds, and other changes must be received at least 7 days prior to the event date*

An all-ages workshop at The Ruth Bancroft Garden

Saturday September 25th, 2010; 1 pm – 3 pm, Taught by Lois Reynolds Mead

Join us for an afternoon of experimenting with mobile phone photography and capturing the incredible specimens found at The Garden. Learn how to WOW with the camera phone you always have in your pocket!

                                     iPhone Photos by Lois Reynolds Mead

This workshop will cover:

• Basic camera phone photography
• A variety of iPhone photography applications
• The way that the iPhone recreates historic cameras, silms, lenses and techniques
• And will provide time to hone your skills through hands-on practice

Please join us for this exciting event. Space is limited.

To register, please call our office at (925) 944-9352, fill out a registration form, or email Sophie.

$15 General Admission

$10 for RBG or Garden Conservancy Members

*Please note: All cancellations, refunds, and other changes must be received at least 7 days prior to the event date.     

One-day horticulture and design seminar. 9 am - 5 pm

Presented by the Garden Conservancy and The Ruth Bancroft Garden.
Cosponsored by Pacific Horticulture magazine. Additional support from Monrovia.

Please check back soon for more information about this exciting fall seminar.

Speakers/Lectures include:

Overview of Gardens that Look Well in the Fall: something for everyone
Debra Prinzing, garden writer, Seattle

Fall Focus: Landscape Plants for California Gardens
Bob Perry, author, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona

Spectacular Plants on the “Hoof and on the Plate”
Nicholas Stadden, Monrovia Growers, Azusa, CA

Short talks:

Fall Glory at RBG
Brian Kemble, Director of Horticulture, The Ruth Bancroft Garden

Color it Green
Katherine Greenberg, Lafayette Native Garden

High Desert Garden, Yakima, Washington
And more! Check back often for updates.

Garden Visit:
Native Plant Garden in Lafayette

Find the most updated information on this event here.

The Garden offers internships to college students in the areas of horticulture, landscape architecture or design, botany, scientific illustration, and related fields. Interns will receive hands-on training and experience in the areas of plant propagation and nursery production, greenhouse management, landscape management, interpretive education, and plant inventory and/or database management. Interns are needed all year!

We will work with your college or university so you can earn credit for your internship.

Download Internship Overview
Download Internship Application

Please send the application to our Education Coordinator Sophie.