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support the Garden’s botanical collections, outreach activities and educational programs. The Garden grows with every gift. Visit SFBotanicalGarden.org/membership or call 415.661.1316 ext 302.

• Volunteer. Guide visitors and school children, staff special events, help our gardeners keep the Garden looking beautiful, or assist in the Bookstore, Plant Arbor, Library and offices.

• Explore Further. Participate in classes, work-shops, events and walks designed for exploring the world of plants.

• Take the Garden Home. Shop today at the Garden Bookstore and Plant Arbor or at monthly plant sales for an outstanding selection of Bay Area-friendly plants and seasonal specialties seldom found in commercial nurseries.

• Dig Deeper. Peruse Northern California’s most comprehensive horticultural library with over 28,000 volumes, 360 periodicals, an extensive children’s collection and seasonal, botanical-inspired art exhibits.

• Keep in Touch. Sign up online for the monthly e-newsletter and follow us on social media: on Instagram (@sfbotanicalgarden), Twitter (@SFBGS) and Facebook. Get the latest on classes, events, plant sales, art shows and what’s in bloom to help plan your next visit.

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For more info, visit SFBotanicalGarden.org

This project is proudly supported in part by an award from the Black Rock Arts Foundation.

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Twelve Days, Twelve Pianos, One Garden & You!

Performance Schedule See Map Inside for Locations

Saturdays Throughout the GardenGreat Meadow (Location 1)Mauro ffortissimo: Bach, Beethoven & BrahmsSaturday, July 11 & 18, 12–2pm

Exhibition Garden, Thomas Church Pavilion (Location 2)Martha Cooper: Bach, Bartok, Vocal Surprises & moreSaturday, July 11 & 18, 12–2pm

Garden of Fragrance (Location 3)Heather Yager: Ragtime, Schumann, Debussy, Liszt & RavelSaturday, July 11, 1–2pm as part of Garden Member Event, Saturday, July 18, 12–2pm

Rhododendron Pavilion (Location 4)Freddi Price: Nilsson, Newman, Russell, Carmichael & moreSaturday, July 11, 12–2pm

Colleen Torianne: Contemporary Edwardian InterpretationsSaturday, July 18, 12–2pm

Mediterranean Garden at Heidelberg Hill (Location 5)Joshua Raoul Brody: Beatles, tango, standards & “other”Saturday, July 11 & 18, 12–2pm

Waterfowl Pond (Location 6)Esther Aeschbach: Debussy, Schubert, Bach & moreSaturday, July 11, 12–2pm

Rupa: Original CompositionsSaturday, July 18, 12–2pm

Zellerbach Garden (Location 7)Allison Lovejoy: Ravel, Chopin, Rachmaninov & New Nocturnes Saturday, July 11, 12–2pm

Steinway Recording Artist Lara DownesSaturday, July 18, 11am

Benjamin Gribble: Satie, Milhaud, Beethoven & prepared pianoSaturday, July 18, 12–2pm

Moon Viewing Garden (Location 8)Serene: Ravel, Gershwin, Chopin & LisztSaturday, July 11, 12–2pm

Sarah Cahill: Redwood Shrine by Pauline Oliveros & Garden Music by Danny ClaySaturday, July 18, 12–2pm

Redwood Grove (Location 9)Eric Chase: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert & moreSaturday, July 11, 12–2pm

Tom Jonesing (Dean Mermell & Steffanos X): Rock InterpretationsSaturday, July 18, 12–2pm

California Native Garden Stone Circle (Location 10)Kitten on the Keys: Flapper, Cabaret, Standards & Punk RockSaturday, July 11 & 18, 12–2pm

Mesoamerican Cloud Forest (Location 11)Ander Meyer: Cocktail ClassicsSaturday, July 11 & 18, 12–2pm

South Africa Garden (Location 12)Joe Magdalena: Standards/Pop, Sinatra & Happy StuffSaturday, July 11, 12–2pm

Gerry Basserman: Joni M, Mozart, Mingus & MonkSaturday, July 18, 12–2pm

Sundays in the Redwood Grove

Sunday, July 12

10am–12pm - Eric Chase: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert & Classical Improvisation

10am–12pm - Serene: Ravel, Gershwin, Chopin & Liszt

2–4pm - Esther Aeschbach and Benjamin Gribble: Duets of Debussy, Stravinski, Ravel & Originals

4–6pm - Allison Lovejoy: Ravel, Rachmaninov, Chopin & New Nocturnes for Piano

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Sunday, July 19

10am–12pm - Eric Chase and Ashley Roof, soprano: Schubert, Mozart, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff & Debussy

12–2pm - Alex Conde: Piano Flamenco & Thelonious Monk

2–4pm - Benjamin Gribble: Original Compositions, Jazz Standards, Shostakovich, Clementi, Chilly Gonzales & variations on Chopin Preludes

4–6pm - Ander Meyer & his Orchestra: Piano Lounge

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SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN BECOMES THE CITY’S OWN OUTDOOR CONCERT HALL AND EVERYONE IS INVITED!

For twelve days this summer, enjoy the powerful relationship of music and nature and celebrate the Garden’s 75th Anniversary as a special place of beauty, conservation and inspiration.

Tickle the Ivories: Sit down and play at one of twelve pianos tucked among flower-filled gardens from 9am – 6pm daily when there is no scheduled performance.

First come, first served.

Please be courteous – if people are waiting, limit your playing time to 15 minutes.

Or, Enjoy Scheduled Performances: See detailed schedule on reverse panels.

All events are FREE with regular admission (free for Members and San Francisco residents).

About San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco Botanical Garden offers 55 acres of beautiful gardens displaying over 8,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, some no longer found in their native habitats. With San Francisco’s famous fog and mild, mediterranean climate, the Garden enjoys a range of climatic conditions that exists in few other botanical

About Sunset Piano

Created and produced by Mauro ffortissimo and Dean Mermell, Sunset Piano is dedicated to bringing piano culture and music to a world that needs good things. Sunset Piano would like to thank Sunset Piano Musicians, Sunset Piano Supporters (www.facebook.com/groups/sunsetpiano) and Accurate Piano Movers. Info about Sunset Piano can be found at www.sunsetpiano.com.

gardens in the world, allowing it to grow and conserve a highly diverse and critically important botanical collection.

The Garden serves as an outdoor classroom, connecting people to plants in the heart of the city. Its thriving youth education program serves more than 12,000 children annually, reaching almost every public elementary and K-8 school in San Francisco. Free, daily docent-led tours are available year round. The Garden also houses the

Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, the most comprehensive horticultural library in northern California.

The Garden is thrilled to celebrate this landmark anniversary with our community. We hope you will return to the Garden again and again to experience one of the country’s most significant botanical collections right here in Golden Gate Park.

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entered to win a 75th Anniversary Gift Package, including an annual membership and

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