Tickets
🎫 Ruth Bancroft Garden General Admission Ticket - Adult (13-64)
🎫 Ruth Bancroft Garden General Admission Ticket - Senior (65-100)
Tickets include an English language tour book
Highlights
🌵 Self Guided Tour Book included for those with green thumbs
👉 Chance to browse and shop in the retail plant nursery
🐶 Bring your dog (on a leash)
🥪 Picnics welcome
General Info
📅 Date: Open Tuesday - Sunday
🕒 Time: 10am - 4pm (just turn up on the day your ticket is valid for)
📍 Location: The Ruth Bancroft Garden, 1552 Bancroft Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-2361
⏳ Duration: 1 to 2 hours Approx.
🍽️ Food options: No food on site but bringing your own picnic very welcome
♿ Accessibility: The Garden is handicapped accessible, but the pathways are gravel not paved
❓ For this event, all sales are final and tickets can’t be refunded, changed or modified. For more information, please refer to our T&Cs
Description
Called "A Gem of the East Bay," and voted "Best Botanical Garden" by Sunset Magazine (2019), a visit to the Ruth Bancroft Garden offers visitors an opportunity to see cacti, succulents, California natives and other rare and unusual drought-tolerant plant species from around the world. The Garden features many large, mature plant specimens, originally planted by founder, Ruth Bancroft, that are not often seen in other dry gardens, making for a unique visitor experience all seasons of the year. The Garden’s founder, Ruth Bancroft, lived to be 109 and was a pioneer in drought-tolerant gardening. Looking for a fun and relaxing outing with family and friends, garden inspiration, or a great place to picnic, take photos, paint or bring the dog, the Garden is the perfect choice. Bring your lunch along and make it a picnic!
🎫 Ruth Bancroft Garden General Admission Ticket - Adult (13-64)
🎫 Ruth Bancroft Garden General Admission Ticket - Senior (65-100)
Tickets include an English language tour book
Highlights
🌵 Self Guided Tour Book included for those with green thumbs
👉 Chance to browse and shop in the retail plant nursery
🐶 Bring your dog (on a leash)
🥪 Picnics welcome
General Info
📅 Date: Open Tuesday - Sunday
🕒 Time: 10am - 4pm (just turn up on the day your ticket is valid for)
📍 Location: The Ruth Bancroft Garden, 1552 Bancroft Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-2361
⏳ Duration: 1 to 2 hours Approx.
🍽️ Food options: No food on site but bringing your own picnic very welcome
♿ Accessibility: The Garden is handicapped accessible, but the pathways are gravel not paved
❓ For this event, all sales are final and tickets can’t be refunded, changed or modified. For more information, please refer to our T&Cs
Description
Called "A Gem of the East Bay," and voted "Best Botanical Garden" by Sunset Magazine (2019), a visit to the Ruth Bancroft Garden offers visitors an opportunity to see cacti, succulents, California natives and other rare and unusual drought-tolerant plant species from around the world. The Garden features many large, mature plant specimens, originally planted by founder, Ruth Bancroft, that are not often seen in other dry gardens, making for a unique visitor experience all seasons of the year. The Garden’s founder, Ruth Bancroft, lived to be 109 and was a pioneer in drought-tolerant gardening. Looking for a fun and relaxing outing with family and friends, garden inspiration, or a great place to picnic, take photos, paint or bring the dog, the Garden is the perfect choice. Bring your lunch along and make it a picnic!
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