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UC Botanical Garden Animal Day

  • UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA, 94705 United States (map)

Join us at this celebration of animals at the UC Botanical with drop-in experiences including interactive booths and displays, crafts, tours, live animals to see and touch, and more! Non-scary costumes are welcome!

Special activities:

Happening all day:

  • Learn all about busy bees and watch them work in a demo hive

  • Check out some fascinating flyers and crawlers with the Essig Museum of Entomology

  • Explore the fascinating world of pollination with Garden docents

  • Get to know the coastal birds of the Bay with educators from the Shorebird Park Nature Center

  • Visit the Japanese Pool to learn about newts!

  • Get crafty at our kids craft station and make an animal mask 

Butterfly Walk Sign Ups:

Take a little stroll with volunteer Sal Levinson to explore butterflies and host plants in the Garden! Space is limited. Reserve your spot that day at the Garden Kiosk. 

  • Caterpillar Host Plant Stroll 1pm - 1:30pm

  • Butterfly Stroll 2pm - 2:30pm 

Earlier Event: October 29
Fall Colors & Vintage Car Show
Later Event: October 29
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget