The North American Rock Garden Society, Western Chapter is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Oakland, California. Our group has been newly reconstituted with volunteers and has the primary responsibility of maintaining the rock garden in the Gardens at Lake Merritt, a seven-acre collection of themed gardens in Lakeside Park.

The Rock Garden was established approximately three years ago from donations from the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Volunteers maintain it and propagate plants both for it and to donate to other rock gardens in the area, including the Tilden Botanical Garden.

Learn more about the Western Chapter here.