Garden Bookstore, Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA

What's New

Gifts
Posters

Hours

Daily 10:00am – 4:00pm

Members

Get a 10% discount

Contact

Dennis Gutmann
Bookstore Manager
(415) 661-1316, ext 408
Email the Bookstore

Books on

Annuals
Asian Gardens
Biking/Hiking/Walking
Birds / Birding
Bonsai
Botanical Art
Butterflies
Cacti & Succulents
Children's Books
Container Gardening
Edible Plants
Ethnobotany
Feng Shui
Ferns
Garden Design
Garden Writing
Grasses & Bamboos
Ground Covers
Herbs
Local Guides
Local History
Low-Water Gardens
Medicinal Plants
Mushrooms
Native Plants
Organic Gardening
Perennials
Pests & Diseases
Propagation
Pruning
Reference
Rock Gardens
Shade Gardens
Trees & Shrubs
UC Press Natural History Field Guides
Water Gardens

We Also Carry

Bookmarks
Calendars
Greeting cards
Japanese garden bells
SFBG logo aprons
SFBG Logo T-shirts, sweatshirts and canvas tote bag
Magnets
Maps
Nature playing cards
Notebooks
Peruvian carved gourd boxes and birdhouses
SFBG botanical posters
Seeds

Garden Bookstore

"Just inside the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park sits this tiny trove of inspiration for lovers of the natural world. There are references for botanists and gardeners, field guides and children's books tucked in a corner. If you're a lover of books and plants, it's a candy store."
-Via Magazine

What's New

California Native Gardening: A Month-by-Month Guide

This is the first month-by-month guide to gardening with native plants in a state that follows a unique, nontraditional seasonal rhythm. Beginning in October, when much of California leaves the dry season behind and prepares for its own green "spring," Helen Popper provides detailed, calendar-based information for both beginning and experienced native gardeners. Each month's chapter lists gardening tasks, including repeated tasks and those specific to each season. An essential year-round companion.
$29.95 + tax (Members get 10% off)

Celebrating California Native Plants

Enjoy special discounts on California native plant-related items including books, greeting cards and our very own Matilija Poppy poster during the Woods to Wildflowers celebration, April through September.

Members/20% off posters and greeting cards; Non-members/10% off; Members/10% off specially-marked books.

Gifts

Grow Giants Sweatshirt

Looking for the perfect gift for the nature loving baseball fan? GROW GIANTS! Celebrate the Garden's century-old Redwood Grove and the home team with this fun, black and orange full-zip hooded sweatshirt. Made of 50% cotton/50% polyester, these popular hoodies come in S/M/L/XL.
$44.95 + tax (Members get 10% off)

A Treasure from the Garden:

Treasures from San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum: Watercolor Paintings by Mary L. Harden and her Master Artists
This art exhibit that displayed in 2011 in the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture is now commemorated in a handsome catalog. Enjoy these wonderful paintings and accompanying plant descriptions and learn more about our extraordinary Garden.

This cherished Garden keepsake and a veritable treasure map through our prized collection – is available at our Bookstore for $16.95 each (plus tax) with a 10% discount for current members (a 10% discount will also be applied to purchases of 10 or more). This collectible volume is also available by mail for a small shipping and handling fee. Send an email or call the Bookstore at (415) 661-1316 ext 408.