Mathias Botanical Garden
Upcoming Events
Botany Brown Bag with Dr. Pam Soltis
Thu 10/30 • 12PM - 1PM PDT
La Kretz Garden Pavilion
Looking for a way to spend your lunch? Join the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden for a new installment of our Botany Brown Bag Public Lecture Series! On Thursday, October 30 at 12 pm, Dr. Pam Soltis will give a talk titled "Using Natural History Collections to Address 21st Century Societal Problems" at La Kretz Garden Pavilion. This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required! Make sure to bring your lunch!
November Guided Garden Tour
Sat 11/1 • 10AM - 11AM PDT
UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on November 1, 2025 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.
Dia de los Muertos: Mourning and Remembering through Ecological Change
Sat 11/1 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
Día de los Muertos: Mourning and Remembering through Ecological Change will explore cross-cultural grief in the context of environmental and species loss. Join us on November 1 from 11am-1pm at the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden for ofrendas, art, and talks on topics such as deforestation, extinction, and environmental colonialism and imperialism. We’ll have snacks and drinks including champurrado and a variety of pan dulces. Come early for a Guided Garden tour at 10 am. This event is free and open to the public; it is hosted by the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS), Environmental Humanities Reading Group (EHRG), and Radical Imagination Coalition (RIC), and is co-sponsored by the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden and Center for Developing Leadership in Science (CDLS). If you are interested in contributing an ofrenda, art, or your time to this event, please email Elijah Catalan (elijahcatalan@g.ucla.edu) and Olivia Simon (oliviameyers@g.ucla.edu) with a short description of how you would like to be involved and “Día de los Muertos: Request to Participate” in the subject line.
December Guided Garden Tour
Sat 12/6 • 10AM - 11AM PST
UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on December 6, 2025 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.