This free, family-friendly event celebrates California’s incredible biodiversity and highlights how we can all make a difference to protect and restore the landscapes around us. Join dozens of regional nonprofits, landscapers, and agencies for info on native plant landscaping, wildlands conservation and restoration, crafts, music, storytime, food, and more!

The festival features:
Free Admission to California Botanic Garden on Saturday, March 28th
($5 suggested donation to support CalBG's education and conservation programs).

Fun and informative exhibitor booths featuring local nonprofits and agencies, including*:
City of Claremont Park Rangers, Friends of the LA River, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District, Santa Ana Regional Water Board, Eaton Canyon Nature Center Associates, Day One / Fire Safe Foothills, TreePeople, Chino Basin Water Conservation District, Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, California Native Horticultural Foundation, Santa Monica Mountains Fund, The Xerces Society, Rivers & Lands Conservancy, LA County Public Works, Altadena Seed Library, Lopez Urban Farm, California Native Plant Society Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter, Sierra Club San Gorgonio Chapter Los Serranos Group, Inland Empire Waterkeeper, Friends of the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, and San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Gabrieleno/Tongva.

Area landscapers specializing in native and drought tolerant design, including:
Cedar and Steel Landscapes, Architerra Design Group, Jonescape.

Mini-workshops on native plant landscaping featuring CalBG experts (schedule coming soon!).
Family-friendly storytime and craft stations.

Talks and tours on native plant ecology, conservation, and restoration (schedule coming soon!).

Live musical performances curated by Living Earth (schedule coming soon!), including:
Paul Livingstone & Alma Cielo, Diego Gaeta & V Ontiveros, Alex Wand & Nelle June Anderson, and Two Point (Sharada Shashidhar & Caleb Buchanan).

Food and drink for sale, including Word of Mouth Vegan Food Truck, Crepes Bonaparte Food Truck, and Marigold Coffee Collective.

A nature-themed artisan market with vendors including*:
Quiet Quail Books, Seniman Calligraphy, Kathie Studio, Wild Vessel, Squirrel Bait Ceramics, Lizzie Sampson, LA is Not a Desert, One With the Sun Projects, Sarah Demonteverde Art, MyArtTable by Esther, Shop Cadenza LA, Material Forms/DUNCO, Sierra Honey, Studio Botan/Superbloom Initiative

Plant themed face painting with Heady Painting and henna designs with Van Gotti.
California native plants available for purchase at the Grow Native Nursery.
Raffle prizes including nursery gift certificates, CalBG merch, and much more!

10:15 AM: Intro to Native Plants Talk
What is a native plant anyway? Get the basics on native plant ecology before you explore the rest of the Festival.

10:30 AM: Production Nursery Tour (available in both Spanish and English!)
Behind the scenes with the team that produces tens of thousands of native plants each year for community gardening and habitat restoration projects across the region.

10:45 AM: Gardening Workshop
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10:30 AM: Herbarium Tour
Behind the scenes in CalBG's library of pressed plants

10:30 AM: Flowers & Trees Story Time
Gather 'round for nature stories.

11:15 AM: Gardening Workshop

11:15 AM: Tongva Ethnobotany: White Sage and more
Join Samantha Morales Johnson Yang, Tribal Ethnobotanist, San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Gabrieleno/Tongva, for a conversation about the importance of traditional ecological knowledge in plant stewardship.
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11:15 AM: Production Nursery Tour (available in both Spanish and English!)
Behind the scenes with the team that produces tens of thousands of native plants each year for community gardening and habitat restoration projects across the region.

11:30 AM: Herbarium Tour
Behind the scenes in CalBG's library of pressed plants

12:00 PM: Gardening Workshop

12:00 PM: Flowers & Trees Story Time
Gather 'round for nature stories.

12:00 PM: Production Nursery Tour (available in both Spanish and English!)
Behind the scenes with the team that produces tens of thousands of native plants each year for community gardening and habitat restoration projects across the region.

12:30 PM: Seedbanking for Native Plant Conservation Talk
Learn more about how seeds power conservation efforts with CalBG's Seed Conservation Program Manager Cheryl Birker.

12:30 PM: Herbarium Tour

12:45 PM: Gardening Workshop

12:45 PM: Production Nursery Tour (available in both Spanish and English!)
Behind the scenes with the team that produces tens of thousands of native plants each year for community gardening and habitat restoration projects across the region.

1:00 PM: Herbarium Tour
Behind the scenes in CalBG's library of pressed plants

1:30PM: Flowers & Trees Story Time
Gather 'round for nature stories.

1:45 PM: Panel Discussion: Plant/People Connections
‍Join panelists Jason Wise (aka @jasonjourneyman), Alyssa Walker (TreePeople), Monica Curiel (Chino Basin Water Conservation District), and Bianca Ustrell-Friend (Lopez Urban Farm) for a conversation with moderator Naomi Fraga (CalBG Director of Conservation Programs) about fostering connections with plants and ecosystems across different urban communities.

2:15 PM: Gardening Workshop