San Francisco Botanical Garden Day Trip

San Francisco Botanical Gardens is an enjoyable day trip destination located in Golden Gate Park. Admission is affordable and only costs a few dollars. Access is free for members, school groups, veterans, and San Francisco City & County Residents.

This beautiful garden features more than 8,000 varieties of plants from around the world on 55 acres in the heart of Golden Gate Park. Open 365 days a year, this living museum boasts one of the most diverse plant collections in the world.

The Garden’s plant collections are a valuable repository for rare and endangered plant species found only in San Francisco and prized worldwide.

Plants From Around the World

With 26 distinct gardens and collections on our grounds, visitors can explore incredible rarities from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Central, South America, and South Africa, plus our award-winning California Native Plant Garden, complete with a century-old redwood forest.

Things To See

San Francisco Botanical Garden gardens include the Redwood Trail, Succulent Garden, Ancient Plant Garden, Moon-Viewing Garden, Tropical Cloud Forests, Nature Trail, the Children’s Garden, and the geographic gardens of California, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Central, and South America, and South Africa.

School Programs

Over 10,000 school children visit each year to get the opportunity to enjoy this firsthand experience and learn about sustainability, conservation, and ecology on the grounds and in the Library at the Botanical Garden.

The San Francisco Botanical Garden actively participates in the North American Plant Collections Consortium and Botanical Gardens Conservation International, with 700 member gardens in 118 countries.

Getting There

San Francisco Botanical Garden is open Daily: 9 am – 6 pm (April-Oct.) Daily: 10 am – 5 pm (Nov-March). The last visitor was admitted one hour before closing. Address 199 9th Ave, San Francisco, California. Website.

Parking San Francisco Botanical Garden

Parking for cars and bicycles is located in the Music Concourse Garage. Access to Music Concourse Garage parking is from Martin Luther King Blvd. across SFBG or Fulton Street at 10th Avenue. The south pod of the garage is closest to the Botanical Garden.

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