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Gardens

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Gardens at Lake Merritt are open M-F  7:30 - 3:00
Saturday and Sunday 8 - 4. 

 Lake Merritt shoreline and Lakeside Park have many plants and trees of interest, but the highlight of plant life at the lake is in the gardens, which includes a superb Bonsai Garden, Community/Edible Garden, Japanese Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Lakeside Palmetum, Rhododendron Garden, Sensory Garden, Succulent Garden, Vireya Display Garden, Pollinator Garden, and Bay Friendly Demonstration Garden.  

Volunteer Gardening
For info contact volunteer coordinator MARY at this email address: volunteerfglm@gmail.com
Visit gardensatlakemerritt (new improved website)
​Detailed map of gardens  
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​Autumn Lights Festival Photos
ASK A MASTER GARDENER (Canceled due to Covid Restrictions)  Wednesdays in the Community/Trials Garden at Lakeside Park. The certified Master Gardener volunteers will be on-site to answer your gardening questions. For more Master Gardener and gardening information, visit this link --- Alameda County Master Gardeners. Info brochures available during Lakeside Park Garden hours. Fliers are in 'Help Yourself!' container. Self Guided Tour maps of the Trials Gardens are available on-site.
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Documentary Gardens & Guardians at GLM below
 Gardens & Guardians at Lake Merritt, Part One
 Intro to Gardens, the GLM Gate Project, Bonsai Garden Intro,  Re-potting Demo, Suiseki Exhibit, Bonsai Collection Tour.  
 Gardens & Guardians at Lake Merritt, Part Two
Oakland East Bay Garden Center Inc, Friends of Gardens at Lake Merritt, Sensory Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Autumn Lights Festival, Pollinator Posse, Butterflies 
Gardens & Guardians at Lake Merritt, Part Three
The Garden Classroom: Insects, Japanese Garden, Aesthetic Pruning & Rock Display, Master Gardener, Urban Edible Garden, Photo Field trips.  
 Gardens & Guardians at Lake Merritt, Part Four
How to Volunteer, Dahlia & Palmetum volunteers,   GLM Birds,  Tora Rocha Stories: Succulent Surprise, Pokémon Go GLM.  Gardens at Lake Merritt History
New Alpine Rock Garden in Gardens  at Lake Merritt. February 2021

The Gardens at Lake Merritt
​are tended by

Aesthetic Pruners Association
American Rhododendron Society
Bay Area Bonsai Associates
Bay Area Carnivourous Plant Society
Bay Area Satsuki Aikikai
Berkeley Garden Club
Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt
California Horticulture Society

California Native Plant Society
California Suiseki Society
Contra Costa Hills Club
East Bay Bonsai Society
East Bay Rose Society
Dahlia Society of San Leandro

Friends of Japanese Gardens
Golden Gate Cymbidium Society
Golden Gate Lily Society
Hillside Gardeners of Montclair
Lake Merritt Breakfast Club
Master Gardeners of Alameda County
Mediterranean Garden Society
Merritt College Landscape Horticulture
Montclair Women's Club
Oakland-Fukuoka Sister City Assn.
Orchid Society of California
Palm Society of Northern California
San Francisco Suiseki Kai
Sydney B. Mitchel Iris Society

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Lakeside Park Garden Center
 built in 1959,  has been a hot-house for the germination and cultivation of horticultural beauty in the Bay Area... 
 The Garden Center hosts garden shows, public and private events. Garden Center is available for rental, contact (510) 238-2218.   Closed to public during COVID
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Bonsai Garden, inside Gardens at Lake Merritt, home to some of the finest Bonsai on the West Coast.  Built, staffed and maintained by volunteers. Open Tuesday - Friday 11 - 3; Saturday 10 - 3:30; Sunday Noon to 3:30. Call (510)763-8409 to arrange special group tours. 

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The Gardens at Lake Merritt Gates
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Urban Edible Garden
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Bonsai Graden

Gardens at Lake Merritt articles:

https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/the-gardens-at-lake-merritt/

https://splashpad.org/2017/11/the-gardens-at-lake-merritt-entry-gets-a-facelift/

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