Public Event

Do you want to experience life on the farm? Then this Agricultural event is just for you! November 14th (Saturday) OR November 15th (Sunday) 9:00 - 11:00 AM  and  Noon - 2:00 PM The San Antonio Rose Palace, 25665 Boerne Stage Rd., San Antonio, TX  78255 Each drive is limited to 30 vehicles so register early! Information, Cost, and Registration ...

In conjunction with the OrigamiintheGarden2 exhibition, the San Antonio Botanical Garden is highlighting the complex and beautiful Japanese art of bonsai.  This exhibition will showcase a variety of species of bonsai on display throughout the Botanical Garden. Bonsai collections from San Antonio Bonsai Society will be featured, and members of the San Antonio Bonsai Society will be onsite to demonstrate ...

Start your own bonsai using a Texas Native Plant!  Guests will learn about the soil, equipment, possible species, and techniques used to nurture bonsais at home.  All materials will be provided for each registered person to pot and take home a Yaupon Holly bonsai. Instructor:  Ryan Odegaard, Bonsai Educator and Tiny Tree Trimmer Fee:  $50 ($45, members), includes materials and ...

Beginning November 16, 2020, GVST will present a series of new Zoom Classes on the third Monday of each month, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM or so. November 16, 2020: 2  Sessions - Total of an hour or more of interaction and tons of learning Session 1 – What’s Growing in “Your” Gardens? Session 2 – Take a look “Behind the ...

Come see what’s in bloom!  Explore the Botanical Garden’s WaterSaver Gardens with a Master Naturalist.  Learn the characteristics of different drought tolerant landscapes, including Cottage, Hill Country, Manicure Xeriscape, and Spanish style. Face coverings are required. Fee: Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Space is limited.  Meet at 9:00 AM behind the Admission kiosk. Registration  WaterSaver Rewards Eligible

Learn about resident and migrant birds in the San Antonio Botanical Garden, their characteristics, and their requirements for food, nesting, and protection. Face coverings are required. Fee: Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Space is limited.  Meet at 9:15 AM behind the Admissions kiosk. Registration  WaterSaver Rewards Eligible

Learn how the Botanical Garden showcases ways to conserve scarce resources.  Its infrastructure, architecture and plants offer important lessons on building sustainable communities.  Join specially trained docents on a walk to examine these diverse features. Face coverings are required. Fee: Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Space is limited. Registration  WaterSaver Rewards Eligible

Come see what’s in bloom!  Explore the Botanical Garden’s WaterSaver Gardens with a Master Naturalist.  Learn the characteristics of different drought tolerant landscapes, including Cottage, Hill Country, Manicure Xeriscape, and Spanish style. Face coverings are required. Fee: Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Space is limited.  Meet at 9:00 AM behind the Admission kiosk. Registration  WaterSaver Rewards Eligible

Get your hands dirty at the Botanical Garden’s harvest night!  Participants will learn about and harvest winter produce in The Zachry Foundation Culinary Garden alongside a gardener.  Then you will watch a cooking demonstration and enjoy delicious, seasonal recipes with the Botanical Garden’s chef.  Learn to make pumpkin cauliflower gnocchi with browned butter and whipped ricotta; pancetta, white bean and ...

Learn how the Botanical Garden showcases ways to conserve scarce resources.  Its infrastructure, architecture and plants offer important lessons on building sustainable communities.  Join specially trained docents on a walk to examine these diverse features. Face coverings are required. Fee: Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Space is limited.  Meet at 10 am behind the Admission kiosk. Registration ...

This workshop will look at the historical landscapes of San Antonio, TX, specifically around the plants and people that have inhabited it and how their impact is reflected in the city and even world today.  The workshop will use the Botanical Garden’s three Native Trails and the Family Adventure Garden to examine people’s relationships with place and plants and consciously ...

Come see what’s in bloom!  Explore the Botanical Garden’s WaterSaver Gardens with a Master Naturalist.  Learn the characteristics of different drought tolerant landscapes, including Cottage, Hill Country, Manicure Xeriscape, and Spanish style. Face coverings are required. Fee: Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Space is limited.  Meet at 10:00 AM behind the Admission kiosk. Registration  WaterSaver Rewards Eligible

Be ready to host birds in your garden this spring!  Winter is the perfect time to plan for spring birds, butterflies, and blooms!  Join us as we discuss how to ready your backyard for spring and create an oasis for birds and pollinators.  We will share ideas for high quality plants to entice birds and insects, as well as how ...

This presentation will address the circumstances of the removal of 3,500 Ariocarpus fissuratus (Living Rock Cactus) from the Big Bend area by poachers and the fate of those plants since their removal and capture in 2015.  The presentation will describe basics about A. fissuratus as well as describe the effort of one rancher to reintroduce these plants back into habitat.  ...

For thousands of years Texas plants have been used for sustenance, medicine, and the establishment of the area as we know it.  As the region and its populations changed, so did the ethnobotany (the relationship between people and plant).  This seasonally changing tour will explore the three Texas Native Trails, exploring the diverse relationships people have had, and still have, ...

Friday, January 29 - Sunday, January 31, 2021 Friday and Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and Sunday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Be dazzled by the bold, vivid, and colorful world of orchids at Orchid Weekend at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.  Hundreds of blossoming orchids will be on display including many unique and rare species.  Guests are invited ...

Sign up now and Join the Bug Club! Watch on Mondays, 4:00 - 5:00 PM: March 1, 15, 22, 29 April 5, 19, 26 May 3, 10 Bug Club is an opportunity for youth interested in entomology and insects to learn more about them through interactive, live, virtual lessons with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Entomologist, Molly Keck.  For those who ...

Learn how the Botanical Garden showcases ways to conserve scarce resources.  Its infrastructure, architecture, and plants offer important lessons on building sustainable communities.  Join a specially trained docent on a walk to examine these diverse features. Space is limited and face coverings are required. Meet at 10:00 AM behind the Admission kiosk. Fee:  $15 ($13.50, Garden members) Registration

Explore our 11 – acre Texas Native Trails with a Master Naturalist.  Learn how native plants conserve water, adapt to their environment, work in landscapes, and what their growing requirements are.  Topics include cultural uses of native plants as well as which are favored by birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.  There are more than 250 plant species in the Botanical ...