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San Diego Botanic Garden

Name: San Diego Botanic Garden
Address: 300 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, CA, 92024, US
Telephone: (760) 436-3036
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.8

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San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG) is a 37-acre urban oasis located in the city of Encinitas, California
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We garden to create, share and apply plant wisdom in our world. The Garden’s four miles of trails display more than 5,000 plant species and varieties, including 300 plants for which SDBG is the only garden maintaining a population. SDBG has 15 gardens that represent different regions of the world, 12 demonstration gardens, and the largest public bamboo collection in North America. SDBG has three c

hildren’s gardens, including its flagship, one-acre Hamilton Children’s Garden, the largest kids’ garden on the west coast. The Garden works in botany, conservation horticulture, and applied plant sciences to address our biggest local and global issues—from food security and climate change to land management and home gardening. SDBG collaborates with local academics, companies and organizations to create innovative, impactful programs and initiatives; to conserve plants and habitats for the future; and to create and share new knowledge. By expanding its scientific and conservation role to address our most pressing issues and human-plant relationships, SDBG is quickly becoming a model 21st century public plant science institution.

09/01/2026

San Diego Botanic Garden is proud to participate in the Discover & Go program with libraries across San Diego County and the Serra Cooperative Library System, including

Starting today, use your library card credentials to redeem a Discover & Go pass for one free child admission to the Garden with the purchase of a full-price adult ticket. From discovering the plants and animals in your favorite children’s book to exploring the natural world together, there’s plenty to spark a child’s curiosity at the Garden. 🌿📚

Learn more and get your pass: https://oceanside.discoverandgo.net/

08/31/2026

🌓 Find your balance this Autumn Equinox. As day and night reach perfect balance, slow down and transition into the season with an immersive evening of crystal singing bowls, gongs, and deep relaxation in the heart of the Garden.

Guided by master sound healer Jazmine Amelia ⟡ Sound & Ceremony alongside practitioners from My Sound Bath Collective, this one-hour experience is a chance to release stress, restore your inner harmony, and reconnect with yourself.

🔑 Saturday, September 19 | 6 or 7:30 p.m.
🎟️ Selling fast! Get tickets now: https://tickets.sdbg.org/fy27-sound-healings/autumn-equinox

08/27/2026

just announced their 2027 official color of the year... 'Grounded', a mossy brown, olive green that brings the feeling of nature indoors. Reminds us of something familiar...

Drop your favorite shade of green in the comments below! 🍀 🪲 🌱

08/26/2026

What if a tree could become another tree?🌳Back in 2017, this 100+ year-old eucalyptus was transformed into a unique baobab sculpture, giving one of the Garden’s oldest trees a whole new life. Watch to discover the story behind this piece of living history.

𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 (2018) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘰 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘦 (2025).

08/25/2026

Soak up the sun and stretch among the blooms ☀️🌸🧘

Join us for Open-Air Yoga every Saturday at San Diego Botanic Garden and reconnect with nature one breath at a time.

9-10AM | Class fee includes daytime Garden admission!

08/24/2026

There’s still time to save! 🌿 Get $3 off admission after 3:00 p.m. on weekends through August 31. Your late-summer Garden stroll awaits!

⏰ Last entry is at 4:00 p.m. and the Garden closes at 5:00 p.m.

08/23/2026

Next month, join SDBG Habitat Restoration Program Manager Joe DeWolf at Sips & Science to discover the story behind Ocean Knoll Canyon - a hidden 10-acre sanctuary where Cottonwood Creek flows and bobcats and coyotes roam. You'll get an inside look at how our team and local partners are restoring this special place with native riparian, coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitat.

🌱 Bringing the Wild Back: The Ocean Knoll Canyon Restoration Story
📅 Thursday, September 17 | 6:30–7:30 p.m.
📍 Dickinson Family Education Conservatory

Secure your spot: https://sdbg.org/sips-and-science/

08/21/2026

Aristolochia gigantea | Dutchman's Pipe

With burgundy velvet blooms netted in white veins and a bright yellow throat, this vigorous evergreen vine looks almost too strange to be real. Its enormous, pouch-like flowers can stretch up to 2 feet long and 1 foot across. The inflated ball-shaped part on the back of the flower houses and temporarily traps pollinating insects.

Also known as the giant pelican flower, this species is native to forested areas in Costa Rica, Panama, and Brazil. The genus name comes from the Greek words 'aristos' meaning best, and 'locheia' meaning childbirth - in reference to the flower structure which resembles a human fetus in the womb.

📍Located on the wooden arbor in the Herb Garden, near The Big Fig

08/20/2026

For years, we’ve entered the Waterlily Weigh-Off knowing full well that our waterlilies are… not exactly heavyweight-sized. Joe took matters into his own hands and spent an entire year demanding fair-lily weight classes. And it worked. Denver Botanic Gardens finally gave us a lightweight category!

We had a chance. We had a plan. We had a lily.

What we didn’t have? Watch to find out…

Vote for your favorite Waterlily Weigh-Off entry!

08/18/2026

Look closely... there’s a whole world of wings in the Garden! 🦋

Join us next Monday (8/24) at 10AM for a butterfly walk and discover the fascinating connection between these beautiful insects and the plants they depend on. The walk is included with general Admission and no registration is required, just show up and get ready to explore.

https://sdbg.org/programs/butterfly-walk/

Address

300 Quail Gardens Drive
Encinitas, CA
92024

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

(760) 436-3036

Website

http://www.sdbg.org/

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