21st Anniversary Celebration Picnic!
You’re Invited!
We hope you’ll join us for the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour’s 21st Anniversary Celebration Picnic!
Saturday June 28, 2025 11:00-3:00
Mineral Springs Picnic Area, Wildcat Canyon
Location on Wildcat Canyon Road: 37.89901319222369, -122.24875240982712
Directions
From Berkeley/Grizzly Peak Blvd: Turn into Tilden Park on Shasta Road (.5mi), Turn right onto Wildcat Canyon Road (.8mi), turn left into large parking lot.
From Orinda: Take Highway 24 to Fish Ranch Road exit, go north on Fish Ranch Rd (.7mi), turn right on Grizzly Peak Blvd (3mi), turn right on Golf Course Drive (.9mi), turn right onto Shasta Rd (.3mi), turn right on Wildcat Canyon Road (.8mi), turn left into large parking lot.
Go here to see the complete description, details, transportation tips, pictures, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Register
Register here so we can plan accordingly.
Parking
Parking is free. There is space for about 75 cars.
Carpooling is recommended: if you would like to organize a carpool, please reach out to the Native Plant Resource Team Google group via email and coordinate something in your area.
Come join us as we celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour! This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other native plant enthusiasts who are bringing nature home. Above all, it is a chance for us to celebrate everything that the Tour has accomplished over the past 21 years.
The event will feature a pack-your-own picnic lunch to enjoy with other native plant fans, a native plant and seed exchange, native plant and seed sales, and a potluck dessert table to finish it all off! The timeline below can help you plan – come for the whole event or just the parts that interest you. Go here for more details.
California Native Plant Seed and Cutting Exchange
Bring California native plants cuttings, and seeds to share.
Pack Your Own Picnic
We’re each bringing our own picnic lunches; bring something for the potluck dessert table.
Schedule
11:00 Check out the native seed & plant cutting exchange, and the native plant and seeds sales tables
12:00 Enjoy your pack-your-own picnic lunch, meet other native plant fans
12:40 Kathy Kramer gives remarks on the Tour’s 21st anniversary
1:00 Browse the potluck dessert table
2:00 pm Purchase native plants and seeds, continue conversations & explore the park
3:00 pm Event ends
We look forward to celebrating this milestone event with you!
This is a free event, but if you’d like to support our work, now is a great time to make a donation!
You can:
- pay with your credit card here; or
- Venmo @BringingBacktheNatives (the last four digits of the associated phone number are 7048), or
- mail a check to:
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
1718 Hillcrest Road
San Pablo, CA 94806.
Donations of $500 or more are now tax deductible, thanks to a partnership with the Golden Gate Bird Alliance. Please note that donations sent directly to the Alliance by check, or from a donor advised fund, for example, must include a note indicating these funds are to support the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour (so the funds are allocated to the correct account). Please notify the Kathy Kramer of your donation as well. The Alliance’s federal tax ID number is 94-6086896. E-mail Kathy@KathyKramerConsulting.net or call the Tour at (510) 236-9558 for more information.
Thank you! I look forward to seeing you at the picnic!