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Social: Library Day at San Francisco Botanical Garden

Saturday, 7/27/2024
11:00 - 2:00
San Francisco Botanical Garden

1199 9th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
United States

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Celebrate summer with the Library, at San Francisco Botanical Garden's Great Meadow.

Admission is free for San Francisco residents, those qualifying for the Museums for All program, Gardens members, Veterans and children ages four and under. Find out more information on San Francisco Botanical Gardens admissions, hours and accessibility.

11 a.m.– 1 p.m., Feminist Bird Club, birding session: Walk the gardens with Feminist Bird Club's San Francisco Bay Area Chapter in search of feathered friends. 

11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco: Watch the beautiful cultural heritage of Mexico through folkloric dance.

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., Sendy Santamaria, author-illustrator: Santamaria is the Library's 2024 Summer Stride artist and author of children's book, Yenebi's Drive to School. Listen as she reads aloud her book and pick up a free copy of Yenebi's Drive to School to get signed by the author. Supplies limited. 

1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Sendy Santamaria, mixed media art workshop: Walk the gardens and create art with Santamaria. Art kits available, first-come, first-served. Supplies limited.

Enjoy, throughout the day:

  • Music with DJ chungtech

  • New book giveaway, for all-ages

  • Button-making, for all-ages

  • Activities, for youth

San Francisco Botanical Garden is 55 beautiful acres of landscaped gardens and open spaces that showcase more than 8,000 different kinds of plants from around the world.

Connect:

San Francisco Botanical Garden - Website | San Francisco Botanical Garden - Instagram | San Francisco Botanical Garden - Twitter  | San Francisco Botanical Garden - Facebook  

Environment & Nature

Find out how to adopt a greener lifestyle and discover the outdoors with SFPL and its partners.

Performance

Events featuring theater, music, art and dance.

Summer Stride

Summer Stride is the Library's annual summer learning, reading and exploration program for all ages and abilities. Read and learn with the Library all summer long.

Spotlight

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

For questions about the program or help registering, contact sfplcpp@sfpl.org. All programs are drop-in (no registration necessary) unless otherwise noted. All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL or language interpretation), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.

Notice: This event may be filmed or photographed. By participating in this event, you consent to have your likeness used for the Library’s archival purposes and promotional materials. If you do not want to be photographed, please inform a staff person or the photographer. A sticker will be provided to help identify you so that we can avoid capturing your image.

Public Notice and Disclaimer

This program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave SFPL's website and enter a website not operated by SFPL. This service may collect personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, and password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of SFPL’s Privacy Policy describing Links to Other Sites.

The views and opinions expressed in programs presented by groups unaffiliated with SFPL do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SFPL or the City.