Social: Library Day at Conservatory of Flowers

A partnership with Gardens of Golden Gate Park
Saturday, 7/26/2025
11:00 - 1:00
Conservatory of Flowers

100 John F. Kennedy Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

Celebrate summer with the Library, at this free and intergenerational event on Terrace Lawn, in front of Conservatory of Flowers.

Map of Conservancy of Flowers

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Drumming performance and workshop with Duniya Drum and Dance Company. 

12:00 p.m. – 1 p.m., Story and Art Hour with Kenard Pak, author-illustrator, & Monica Wesolowska, author:

  • Pak is the Library's 2025 Summer Stride artist and illustrator of children's book, On a Summer Night. Listen as Pak reads aloud his book and pick-up a free copy of On a Summer Night, to get signed by the illustrator. Space limited.
  • Wesolowska is the author of children's book, Leo + Lea, with Pak as the illustrator of the book. Listen as Wesolowska reads aloud her book and pick-up a free copy of Leo + Lea, to get signed by the author and illustrator. Space limited.
  • Get inspired with Ken and participate in a mixed media art session: Art kits are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Space limited.

Enjoy, throughout the day:

  • Nature play activities with SF Botanical Garden's Bean Sprouts program, offering free events for children of all ages.
  • Visit an Animal Ambassador and participate in a birding activity with Randall Museum, a museum of science, nature and the arts as well as a San Francisco Recreation and Park Department community learning center.
  • Screen-printing with Haight Street Art Center. See screen-printing in action and pull a print yourself to take home. Haight Street Art Center serves San Francisco’s thriving poster art and artist communities with education and cultural development programs and exhibitions.
  • Art activity with a Teaching Fellow from Root Division, a visual arts non-profit, connects creativity and community through a dynamic ecosystem of arts education, exhibitions, and studios. 
  • New book giveaway, for all-ages.
  • Button-making, for all-ages.
  • STEM activities, for youth.

Connect: Gardens of Golden Gate Park, Conservatory of Flowers – Website I Gardens of Golden Gate Park – Facebook I Gardens of Golden Gate Park – Instagram I Gardens of Golden Gate Park – X

Connect: Duniya Drum and Dance Company – Website I Duniya Drum and Dance Company – Facebook I  Duniya Drum and Dance Company – Instagram I  Duniya Drum and Dance Company – X I  Duniya Drum and Dance Company – YouTube

Connect: Kenard Pak – Website I Kenard Pak – Instagram

Connect: Monica Wesolowska – Website I Monica Wesolowska – Facebook

 

* Heavy rain cancels.

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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

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This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

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