Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Scavenger Hunt

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The award-winning in-person Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase will allow registrants to visit beautiful, water-conserving native plant gardens— 36 Bayside gardens on Saturday, April 30, and 15 Inland gardens on Sunday, May 1—from 10:00-5:00.  All of the homes have native plant gardens; about ten will be sharing their green home features, such as solar panels and batteries, induction ranges, heat pumps, and more. This is a self-guided tour, with talks taking place at some gardens, and volunteers and homeowners at the sites.

Berkeley Public Library is working with the Tour to offer a scavenger hunt for all ages, with a focus on our local gardens in Berkeley, as well as two recommended locations in Oakland, which are only available to visit Saturday, April 30th.

To participate:

  1. Register for the Tour in order to get a map of all locations at bringingbackthenatives.net
  2. Pick up the scavenger hunt sheet at one of the gardens listed below or from the Central Library Children's Desk. You can also print out the sheet at this link: native_garden_tour_scavenger_hunt_final.pdf
  3. *Visit at least one or two gardens - the more you visit the more likely it is to find the plant you're looking for - and follow the instructions on the sheet. You will not have to complete the entire thing, but kudos if you do!
  4. Fill out the sheet and turn it in to the Berkeley Central Library 4th floor desk by May 7th to be entered for either the Youth or Adult prize-drawing!

*If you are unable to visit these particular gardens, but would like to find a way to participate, you can look for local pollinator gardens near you (hint: some of our Berkeley parks have them!)

Recommended gardens from the tour include:

Berkeley

  • Sallie Bryan’s garden
  • Leslie Buck’s garden
  • Ruth Rogow’s garden
  • Phyllis Rothman’s garden
  • Dave Savidge and Jennifer Braun’s garden

Oakland

  • Ashley and Matt Spinelli
  • Victoria Gardens Pollinator Corridor
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