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Cultivate: Migration
August 22, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Included with admission or membership
Don’t miss the last Cultivate of the season! August’s theme focuses on migration.
Cultivate features tours and workshops, live demonstrations, and music throughout the gardens. Come learn about the animals – and plants – moving through the area this time of year.
This program is generously funded, in part, by Perenchio Foundation.
Free with admission, no event registration required.
Schedule:
Fungal Migrations with Aaron Tupac
- Learn about fungi that can migrate across continents with mycologist Aaron Tupac.
- 4:30–7pm
Friends of the Los Angeles River
- Learn about migratory birds with Friends of the Los Angeles River.
- 4:30–7pm
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy
- Learn about Sky Corridors with Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy and receive a free narrowleaf milkweed (while supplies last).
- 4:30–7pm
San Dimas Canyon Nature Center
- Meet representatives from the San Dimas Canyon Nature Center to learn about migratory birds and meet some animal ambassadors.
- 4:30–7pm
Bird Walk with Omar Alui
- Find migratory birds in the gardens with naturalist and birder Omar Alui.
- Walk 1: 4:30–5:15pm
- Walk 2: 5:30–6:30pm
Hands-on Craft
- Get crafty with us at Cultivate!
- 4:30–7pm
- Enjoy a mix of classic hits and contemporary songs by our popular guest DJs.
- 4:30–7pm
