San Francisco East Bay, CA Open Day

San Francisco East Bay, CA Open Day

Sun, Jun 12, 2022

Please observe these new procedures and help us ensure a safe, contactless, and seamless garden experience for all visitors as well as our generous garden hosts:

  • Pre-registration is REQUIRED for each garden. Pre-register for each on this website, except where specifically indicated otherwise. Children under 12 are free and do not need to be pre-registered if accompanied by pre-registered adult.
  • Capacity is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins allowed; no paper tickets or cash payments will be accepted on-site.
  • Masks are required, at the discretion of the garden owners, and social distancing is encouraged at all in-person events.

For more details about these changes for this season, see the Open Days Q&A.


To register, please click on the garden name or photo below.

  • Simpson Garden
    Simpson Garden

    The owners built the house and laid out the lower and upper gardens on the one-acre site in 1979 and over time have created a sculpture wonderland with their collection from around the world…

  • Camp Shasta
    Camp Shasta

    We call it "Camp Shasta" because we feel like we are at summer camp living here, in a park-like setting dominated by a house that looks like the National Park Service built it.

  • The Shartsis Gardens
    The Shartsis Gardens

    The Shartsis Gardens surround the historic Sutro Mansion, built around 1910 on a five acre parcel that had been the site of writer Jack London's home…

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