Huckleberry Botanical Park
Please join us in a self-guided tour of Huckleberry Botanical Preserve.
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve is an ecological jewel. The native plant community here is found nowhere else in the East Bay. It represents a relic plant association found only in certain areas along California's coast where ideal soil and climatic conditions exist.
The vegetation association of Huckleberry Preserve finds its roots in past climates and geologic history. The plants originated in the distant past along the southern coast of California when the climate was moister and tempered by the cool coastal fog. Today, similar vegetation is found on the islands off the Santa Barbara coast and in isolated pockets on the mainland coast from Point Conception to Montara Mountain, south of San Francisco.
Huckleberry self-guided nature path, a 1.7-mile loop, traverses a wide variety of terrain and is maintained to minimum standards. The path descends into a mature bay forest, follows the contour for about half a mile, and then ascends to the botanically rich upper trail.
For more information, check out:
https://www.ebparks.org/parks/huckleberry/default.htm
If you would like to carpool, please add yourself as a driver or passenger on this link:
https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/dcxteb
Saturday, August 31, 2019
10 am - 12 pm
MEETING & ENDING POINT: Huckleberry Preserve parking lot, 7087 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611 Please try to carpool (see link above). The parking lot is very small and the park is popular on weekends.
What to wear: We highly recommend you wear long pants and long sleeves, as there is poison oak in this park, and the trail is very narrow in places.
Click here to register
Outdoor events can be quite popular, and we frequently end up with people on the waitlist. To allow as many people to attend as possible, please RSVP only if you definitely plan on attending. If unforeseen circumstances make you unable to attend, please let the event organizer know, so we can give your spot to someone on the waitlist.
Liability Disclaimer: Outdoor events such as hikes, walks, and bike rides are activities that involve the risk of property loss and personal injury, including but not limited to permanent disability and death. By registering or participating in this event ("Activity"), you and your estate agree to waive any and all claims of liability against the Harvard Club of San Francisco, the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley, and other co-hosting clubs, if any (the "Clubs"), the Clubs' officers, event organizers, volunteers, agents, and affiliates for any and all injury or damages that you may experience. You and your estate further agree to indemnify the Clubs, the Clubs' officers, event organizers, volunteers, agents, and affiliates against any and all claims brought by third parties who allege that you are legally responsible for property loss and/or personal injury during an Activity. You agree to assume all risk of personal injury, death, or property loss that might result from participation in the Activity.
Event Organizer
Kasia Ekstrand
kasiaekstrand@gmail.com