A Walk Through Oakland's Best Flower Gardens & Great Views Too!

THIS WALK USED TO BE A HARD ONE, BUT ON JUNE 20th I LED AN EASIER VERSION AND WAS SURPRISED WE HAD TIME NEAR THE WALK'S END AT LAKE MERRIT PARK WHICH COULD GIVE US TIME TO ENJOY THE 13 FREE FLOWER GARDENS THERE!

IN THIS LATEST VERSION I CHANGED THE STARTING TIME SO WE CAN ENJOY THE 13 GARDENS FOR OVER AN HOUR.

BELOW IS A LINK ABOUT THE 13 GARDENS;
https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/

TO SHOW HOW GREAT THIS WALK IS NOW HERE ARE LINKS TO THE PHOTOS TAKEN THE LAST 2 TIMES WE DID THIS WALK:

OUR JUNE 20TH WALK HAS 60 PHOTOS:
https://www.meetup.com/walking-in-sf/photos/36041892/534856033/

OUR JULY 11TH WALK HAS 43 PHOTOS:
https://www.meetup.com/walking-in-sf/photos/36073605/535197837/

FREE WALK. Now open for RSVPs. All of the flower gardens are free too!. We will meet at 10:30 AM in front of a cafe called Tierra Mia Coffee, on the corner of Broadway & 20th Street, so people on BART should go to the 19th Street BART Station and then they should exit at the 20th Street exit and our starting point is right across the street.

One may bring a sack lunch or buy one at Tierra Mia Coffee. We won't have time for the group to buy lunches after we have started walking. It would be good if our attendees buy drinks or something at our starting point (Tierra Mia Coffee) &/or give tips so they will like us. Attendance limit is 70.

Below is a link about Tierra Mia Coffee:
http://www.tierramiacoffee.com/

At 10:40 AM we begin a 20-minute walk to the local Whole Foods Market for a restroom break. We plan to eat lunch about Noon at Oakland's Morcom Rose Garden. I encourage all to take BART or other public transportation to be safer. I expect to come in a bus.

Everyone should bring water, paper towels and a map. I love it when attendees bring cameras and upload their photos of the walk on our webpage. Dogs and other pets are not welcome.

After Whole Foods Market we will walk to the Morcom Rose Garden to eat our sack lunches.

This walk used to be a