The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek
Our only visit to the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek
was recently during their Fall Festival. While I enjoyed wandering around the
beautiful garden, and the kids had a great time with all the activities and crafts
that were set up for the festival, it was hard for me to envision what a visit
might be like on a regular, non-festival day.
A few of the plants we saw sparked the kid's interest –
especially the large variety (and large in size!) cactus we looked at. Otherwise, I'm not sure how much interest
they would have had in our visit without the festival going on.
However, the Ruth Bancroft Garden website has a calendar of
events that includes some events, like an upcoming fruit tasting, that kids
might also enjoy. The garden also offers tours, and special children's tours
that could well make things much more interesting for kids to visit. We have
had friends attend these children's tours, and they reported that everyone had
an enjoyable and educational time.
I did not see any labeling plaques on any of the plants, so
a tour could be really helpful to get a full appreciation of what you are
seeing. There were several handouts that we didn't take that may have also
provided more information about the plants.
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