Calendar of Events
All events are by appointment except for our Annual Open Gardens Day in June!
Click on a date or scroll below to book an appointment.
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Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Fall Plant Sale
Fall Plant Sale: October 4th, 5th, 11th, & 12th from 9 am - 4 pm
By Appointment Only to help us manage parking (6 people booked per 30 minutes).
Plant List for Fall Sale (alphabetical order)
Nectar/Host Plant Checklist - Plants for sale listed by butterfly preference. Support a diverse landscape with blooms for all seasons, and the food caterpillars like best. (Fall List updated soon)
Take a self-guided tour of the Gardens after your plant sale appointment!
Fall Plant Sale
Fall Plant Sale: October 4th, 5th, 11th, & 12th from 9 am - 4 pm
By Appointment Only to help us manage parking (6 people booked per 30 minutes).
Plant List for Fall Sale (alphabetical order)
Nectar/Host Plant Checklist - Plants for sale listed by butterfly preference. Support a diverse landscape with blooms for all seasons, and the food caterpillars like best. (Fall List updated soon)
Take a self-guided tour of the Gardens after your plant sale appointment!
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Nature Journal
This is not a class but a self-guided event! Guests are invited to draw, paint, or write independently in the Gardens. After signing up for this event, you are welcome to come and go as you please between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm.
Public (street) Parking is required with a 5mn walk into the Gardens (contact if requiring accessible alternative).
Fall Plant Sale
Fall Plant Sale: October 4th, 5th, 11th, & 12th from 9 am - 4 pm
By Appointment Only to help us manage parking (6 people booked per 30 minutes).
Plant List for Fall Sale (alphabetical order)
Nectar/Host Plant Checklist - Plants for sale listed by butterfly preference. Support a diverse landscape with blooms for all seasons, and the food caterpillars like best. (Fall List updated soon)
Take a self-guided tour of the Gardens after your plant sale appointment!
Fall Plant Sale
Fall Plant Sale: October 4th, 5th, 11th, & 12th from 9 am - 4 pm
By Appointment Only to help us manage parking (6 people booked per 30 minutes).
Plant List for Fall Sale (alphabetical order)
Nectar/Host Plant Checklist - Plants for sale listed by butterfly preference. Support a diverse landscape with blooms for all seasons, and the food caterpillars like best. (Fall List updated soon)
Take a self-guided tour of the Gardens after your plant sale appointment!
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Introduction to Insect Identification
Are you an observant gardener, budding naturalist, or a curious nature lover who wants to level up your insect identification skills? This workshop will cover how to recognize the major orders of insects and how to use dichotomous keys. We'll start the day with a classroom-style presentation, work with preserved insect specimens, and then explore the Hallberg Butterfly Gardens to see what live insects we can find. $15 registration. Contact for family discount.
What to Bring:
Layered clothing for cool to warm weather
Comfortable walking shoes for uneven ground
Water bottle (drinking water not provided)
Sunscreen/hat
Optional: notebook, magnifying glass, binoculars.
Accessibility: The garden entrance has level gravel paths, shallow potholes, and bumps (gopher activity). Gravel road transitions to narrow dirt paths, and shallow stairs navigate a moderate hillside.
Meet your instructor: Kandis Gilmore, M.S. is broadly trained in organismal biology and ecology, with an emphasis on Entomology. She has worked as a field researcher in the rocky intertidal, oak woodlands, and vernal pool grassland ecosystems. She has studied pollinators of endangered plants for her master's degree and has taught nature workshops at Laguna Foundation, Pepperwood Preserve, and LandPaths' Bayer Farm.
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Nature Journal
This is not a class but a self-guided event! Guests are invited to draw, paint, or write independently in the Gardens. After signing up for this event, you are welcome to come and go as you please between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm.
Public (street) Parking is required with a 5mn walk into the Gardens (contact if requiring accessible alternative).
Nature Journal
This is not a class but a self-guided event! Guests are invited to draw, paint, or write independently in the Gardens. After signing up for this event, you are welcome to come and go as you please between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm.
Public (street) Parking is required with a 5mn walk into the Gardens (contact if requiring accessible alternative).
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Moth Night - 6th Annual
On the first night of National Moth Week 2023, guests are invited to walk the Gardens’ trails under a waxing gibbous moon.
The event is not a guided tour but will be hosted by our Curator, Meghan Ashley Peterman.
After a Welcome Orientation, guests are free to come and go as they please—with the company of a Moth Night event map. Stroll the garden trails, join scheduled events, or follow Meghan as she explores! Our UV light stations typically see “the peak” of moth activity between 10 pm and 11 pm, but we understand if you leave early for bed!
Visit our Moth Night page for more information.
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Nature Journal
This is not a class but a self-guided event! Guests are invited to draw, paint, or write independently in the Gardens. After signing up for this event, you are welcome to come and go as you please between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm.
Public (street) Parking is required with a 5mn walk into the Gardens (contact if requiring accessible alternative).
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
25th Open Gardens Day
Free & no appointment required!
Join us for our 25th annual celebration and plant sale! We will have mostly native plants for sale, including several host plants (caterpillar food), Dutchman’s pipevine, milkweed, and a broad selection of seasonal nectar plants (butterfly food). We will have an up-to-date map and garden information at our guest table. Walk along our trails for bird, butterfly, and wildflower sightings with knowledgeable docents throughout the Gardens. Book sales, crafts for kids, and a flute quartet will be playing near the Gravenstein apple orchard. At the historic barn, we’ll have an education center with a display of common butterfly host plants, Sonoma State University’s Entomology department’s insect display, the Xerces Society’s interactive learning materials about the conservation of pollinators, and Bird Rescue Center with their Bird Ambassadors. We hope to see you there!
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Garden Workday
Learn about butterflies and their habitat while tending the Gardens!
We welcome all levels of experience—garden tools are provided (you are also welcome to bring your favorites if you have them). Bring your hat, sunscreen, comfortable clothes, and drinking water.
Tasks include Invasive plant removal, pruning, propagation, seed collecting, trail maintenance & more!
For questions or to be added to our “Garden Workdays Email List” reach out to Evan, our Garden Manager. garden.hallberg@gmail.com
Guided Tour
Learn about the butterfly life cycle and the History of the Gardens from an informative guide. Guests will be greeted at our information kiosk by a Hallberg Docent (tour guide). A gate code is required to enter the gardens. The gate code is sent by email after booking an appointment.
April - June
Friday - Saturday
start time 11 am
Duration: 1hr to 1hr 30mns.
For groups of more than 10 people, please contact us to schedule.
Nature Journal
This is not a class but a self-guided event! Guests are invited to draw, paint, or write independently in the Gardens. After signing up for this event, you are welcome to come and go as you please between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm.
Public (street) Parking is required with a 5mn walk into the Gardens (contact if requiring accessible alternative).