2025 Docent Training at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

The Botanic Garden offers a docent training class, which helps participants develop the knowledge and skills to lead tours and greet visitors. The class covers native plant biology, California ecology, Botanic Garden history, horticulture, Native American uses of plants, tour techniques, and more.

To get a sense of the topics covered in the training class, you can look at the 2024 class schedule.The next class begins January 8 and runs to June 25, 2025. Class sessions will be held every Wednesday morning, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.