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Date
Apr 4, 2026
- Time 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- Location Leonard Courtyard
- art exhibitions
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- free for members
- lectures & talks
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Date
Apr 18, 2026
- Time 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Location Madeline Samples Exhibit Hall
- art exhibitions
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- learn
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Date
May 2, 2026
- Time 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- Location Leonard Courtyard
- art exhibitions
- exhibits
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Exhibit Duration10 AM - 4 PM | Jun 1 - Sep 30, 2026Weekdays Only
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Opening Reception6:30 PM - 8 PM | Jun 4, 2026
- Location Madeline Samples Exhibit Hall
- art exhibitions
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Date
Jun 4, 2026
- Time 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- Location Madeline Samples Exhibit Hall
Art in the Garden Tour: April 4
Our Art in the Garden tour meets in the Leonard Courtyard on Saturday mornings in the Spring and Fall, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. This is a lively, interactive tour with a relaxed pace. Informative docents explain how the art pieces in the garden have been placed to enhance the landscape. Free with FWBG membership...
Members-Only: Carlquist Collection Exploration
This event is exclusively for members with Supporter, Patron, or Affiliate-level memberships. Explore the BRIT Library’s Sherwin Carlquist Collection, which documents the mid-20th-century expeditions of botanist Sherwin Carlquist as he collected plants on islands around the world. Members of the Carlquist project team will share his captivating photographs of flora, fauna, people, and landscapes from...
Art in the Garden Tour: May 2
Our Art in the Garden tour meets in the Leonard Courtyard on Saturday mornings in the Spring and Fall, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. This is a lively, interactive tour with a relaxed pace. Informative docents explain how the art pieces in the garden have been placed to enhance the landscape. Free with FWBG membership...
Exhibition – Expeditions through the Lens: Botanical Photographs of Sherwin Carlquist
About the Exhibition Travel the world looking through the camera of botanist Sherwin Carlquist. Organized by BRIT Library, this exhibition highlights Carlquist’s powerful observation of nature through his vivid field photographs and field notebooks, revealing Carlquist’s curiosity and observations that reshaped our understanding of the natural world. Opening Reception: June 4, 2026 Join the...
Opening Reception – Expeditions through the Lens: Botanical Photographs of Sherwin Carlquist
Opening Reception: June 4, 2026 Join the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded Carlquist team and FWBG leadership for brief remarks about BRIT Library’s Sherwin Carlquist Collection and the Carlquist team’s efforts to connect this prolific American botanist’s field work archives to his herbarium specimens at California Botanic Garden. Light refreshments will be provided. About the Exhibition...
