College & University
Diana Pink, California College of the Arts Student
Paddle Cactus, acrylic on canvas, 18”x18”
The Garden promotes the use of its collection for UC Berkeley and other college and university classes. If you are an instructor that would like to bring your class without needing a docent-led tour, you can request free class admission based on availability.
To submit a request for a class visit, please fill out the UCBG Educational Use Request Form below.
Please note that we do not schedule groups on Tuesdays or Weekends.
Your visit is not confirmed until you receive an email from gardentours@berkeley.edu.
The UC Botanical Garden has been utilized by the following UC Berkeley classes or departments for teaching purposes:
Anthropology, Archeobotanical Lab
CAL Nerds (CE3) , Cal Nerds Summer Research Group Activity
College of Letters & Sciences, LNS25 Curation & Design
Department of Art Practice, Language of Drawing
Department of Art Practice, Art 21, Introduction to Photography
Department of Art Practice, Art 26: Moving Image Media Production
Department of Art Practice, UCB Art Practice Art 12
Department of Art Practice, UCB Experimental Printmaking
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, EPS 80 Environmental Earth Science
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, ESPM 90
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, ESPM 100ES
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Plant Ecology Lab IB 154L
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, ESPM 117 Urban Garden Ecosystems
History Dept, Museums of Berkeley, freshman seminar
Haas School of Business Management Organization Program
Integrative Biology, IB 102, California Plant Life
Integrative Biology, Biology 1B course
Integrative Biology, IB 117 LF, Medical ethnobotany
Integrative Biology, Plant Ecology Lab IB 154L
Landscape Architecture, Landscape Plants: Identification and Use, LD ARCH 112
Landscape Architecture, LA 110
Landscape Architecture, Introduction to Environmental Design
Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, LA 110- Ecological Analysis
Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering 39A, Berkeley Experience seminar
Mechanical Engineering
Molecular and Cell Biology
Evolution and Ecology of Development (PMB/IB C109)
Plant and Microbial Biology, Comparative Plant Morphology, PMB/FBC107L
Plant and Microbial Biology, Plant Microbial Biology, Integrative Biology
Principles of Plant Morphology, PMB107L
School of Public Health, MPH students
Summer English Language Studies, Language, Culture and Environmental Issues class.
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, ESPM 90
Academic Talent Development Program at the Graduate School of Education, AP Biology SD3679
College Writing Programs, ESL Grammar & Editing, ESL 6E
College Writing Programs, SELI
College Writing Programs, ESL 8 Sec 10
College Writing Programs, Summer Writing SELS 16
DeCal Course, Intro to Organic Gardening and Food Justice, ESPM 98/198
DeCal Course, Strawberry Creek Restoration
Energy and Resources Group, ENERES 101, Ecology & Society, Summer Session C2017
Graduate School of Education, UCB Grad School of Educ., DTE (Developmental Teacher Education) program, Science Methods for Teaching in the Elementary Classroom
Graduate School of Education, Principal Leadership Institute
Graduate School of Education, EDUC 271E, 262H, Issues in Urban Education
Graduate School of Education, Principal Leadership Institute, 262H/271E
Graduate School of Education, Urban School Leadership and Management
Summer Language Institute, Language, Culture and Environmental Issues class
The UC Botanical Garden has been utilized by the following colleges and universities for teaching purposes:
Academy of Pain Research, Chinese Herbal Medicine for Physicians
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, Herbology Course: Oriental Medicine, CP 503
American River College, Department of Natural Resources, California Wildflowers [NATR 332]
Berkeley City College, Science Dept., Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geog B2L Physical Geography Lab Class #24098
Berkeley City College, Art 20/22/24 Drawing, Art 50/52/54 Painting
Berkeley City College, Biology 1B, Botanical Review session
California College of the Arts, Critical Studies, SCIMA-100 Plant Matters
California College of the Arts, Critical Studies Dept, PHCRT 300, Troubling Domestication
California College of the Arts, Life Drawing as Landscape, PNTDR-104-01
California College of the Arts, CCA, Extended Education Dept, Intermediate to Advanced Painting
California College of the Arts, Explorations of Color Through Painting, EXPNT-1510-01
California College of the Arts, Core Dept, Hand Production
California College of the Arts, Intro to Textiles
California School of Herbal, Botany Department, Roots of Herbalism
California State University East Bay, Pre-MBA students
Center for Tibetan Wellness and Healing, Department of Tibetan Medicine, Doctoral of Acupunture & Oriental Medicine Course
City College of San Francisco, Bio 14 – Plant Ecology
College of Alameda, Biology 1B
College of Marin, Environmental Landscaping, ELND 115S
Contra Costa College, Biology Department, Biosc 141
Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department, HORT 110: Introduction to Hort
Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department, Tree ID, Hort – 141L
Diablo Valley College, Math and Science (Bio), BIOSC 131, Principles of Organismal Biology, Evolution and Ecology
Holy Names University, Biology – Plant Diversity & Conservation, BIOL 128L
Jepson Herbarium, Introduction to Plant Morphology for the Botanically-Curious
Laney College, Biology 1B – General Biology II
Las Positas College, Biology 1A General Bio
Las Positas College, Biology, Botany 1
Merced Community College, Diversity of Life: Morphology and Physiology – Bio 4B
Merced Community College, Biology Dept, Diversity of Life: Morphology and Physiology, Biology 04B
Merced Community College, Biology 04B #1111
Merrit College, Merritt College Landscape Hort, LH2 Tree ID
Merritt College, Botanical Drawing Art 166-16
Merritt College, Landscape Hort, Mediterrenean Plants
Merritt College Biology Department, Biology 1B for majors
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, Merritt College Landscape Hort, LH 208 Herbs
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, Fall Native Plant ID – LH5A
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, Merritt College Landscape Hort, LH2 Tree ID
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, Intro to Landscape Horticulture, LH1
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, Mediterranean Plants, LH40
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture 28 – Permaculture and Design
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, LH211 Beneficial Beasts in the Landscape
Merritt College, Landscape Horticulture, Native Plants
Mills College, Plant Ecology, Bio 155
Modesto Junior College, Agriculture and Natural Sciences, EHS 202 – Plant ID and Usage
Modesto Junior College, Biology Dept. Botany 101
Modesto Junior College, Agriculture Department, Environmental Hort Science 202
Modesto Junior College, Agriculture and Natural Sciences, EHS 202 – Plant ID and Usage
Modesto Junior College, Biology Department, Botany 101
Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies, Botany Dept, Herbalism
Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies, Botany Dept, Therapeutics Course
Ohlone Center of Herbal Studies, Botany Dept, Roots of Herbalism
San Francisco State University, Department of Biology, Plant Taxonomy, Bio 514/814
San Francisco State University Biology Department, Plants & Human Affairs – Biology 508
St. Mary’s College, Environmental & Earth Sciences, EES 094-Becoming a Change Agent
UC Berkeley Extension, Landscape Architecture, Art & Design, Spring Plants and Applications, X444
UC Berkeley Extension, Landscape Architecture, Art & Design, Autumn Plants and Applications, x446
UC Berkeley Extension, Integrative Biology, General Biology Lab 2 (XIS.1B), California Ecosystems
UC Berkeley Extension, Integrative Biology, General Biology (X15.1B-027)
UC Davis Arboretum, Gateways Outreach Program
UC Davis Botany Club, UC Davis Botany Club, UC Davis Plant Biology Department
UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, Plant Biology and Plant Sciences, PLB 116
UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants, PLB 116/PLS 116