With 34 acres and more than 12,000 species of plants in the Strawberry Canyon hills, the garden is one of the most varied collections in the USA.
A fire trail is a woodsy walking loop around Strawberry Canyon that has great views of town and the off-limits Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Enter at the trailhead at the parking lot on Centennial Dr just southwest of the Botanical Garden; you’ll emerge near the Lawrence Hall of Science.
The garden can be reached via the Bear Transit shuttle H line.