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Animal Day
October 26, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Free with Garden Admission
Join our annual celebration of all things fauna with drop-in experiences, music, educational displays, crafts, community partners, live animals to see and touch, and more!
Say hello to bat and bird ambassadors as you learn about nocturnal animals with Lindsay Wildlife Experience (10am-1pm)
Explore creatures of the Bay, like crabs and other friends, from the Shorebird Nature Center
Get up close to some pet-able slithering snakes with Things That Creep
See amazing insect drawers from the Essig Museum of Entomology
Listen to the wild sound of hissing cockroaches with the Lawrence Hall of Science Animal Discovery Zone!
Interact with multiple Discovery Stations with Garden Docents to learn about newts, butterflies, bees, and beyond!
Enjoy your picnic with live music on the lawn with Son de Fandango, playing traditional music of southern Veracruz, México (1-2pm)
Friendly animal costumes encouraged! Don’t have a costume? Visit our animal mask craft table!
Free with Garden Admission. Questions about accessibility? Contact Mary Mrowka at 510-664-7606, or email gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
Photo Credit: Lindsey Wildlife Experience
Photo Credit: Things That Creep
