Vanilla leaf and redwood sorrel knit together and thrive in the shade beneath the giant redwoods. Photo: Saxon Holt/PhotoBotanic
East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden
South Park Drive and Wildcat Canyon Road in the Berkeley Hills
The garden is open every day of the year except major holidays
admission is free.
East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden, known affectionately as the Tilden Park Native Plant Garden, in Berkeley, California, has never failed to inspire me. I am almost afraid to return lest it finally be less than superb.
A trail through the redwood section of Regional Parks Botanic Garden. Photo: Saxon Holt/PhotoBotanic
The redwood grove is always cool and quiet. While not quite the overwhelming awesomeness one gets from the tree cathedral in Muir Woods, the grove is a wonderful reminder of the power of these magnificent giants. NOTE: as a further reminder, these enormous trees are inappropriate in the confine of most gardens.
During a spring visit I discovered the remarkable foliage of a plant ...
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