A very special outdoor movie screening with the filmmaker!
Experience the exceptional documentary art film Taming the Garden under towering redwood trees with the filmmaker, Salomé Jashi!
The UC Botanical Garden will be open after-hours (5-7pm) for movie-goers to explore our collections of plants from around the world, picnic dinners welcome. Then head to the Redwood Grove outdoor amphitheater for a brief talk about tree biology, followed by remarks from filmmaker Salomé Jashi in conversation with Shirley Watts of Natural Discourse.
Film projection begins at sundown, approximately 7:30pm. Short Q&A opportunity post-film with Salomé Jashi.
Don't miss this unforgettable experience in the UC Botanical Garden Redwood Grove!
ABOUT THE MOVIE
Taming the Garden
Salomé Jashi | Georgia, Switzerland, Germany, 2021 | 92 minutes
Language: Georgian with English subtitles
“Surreal, serene and maybe just a little bit sacred.” – Jessica Kiang, Variety
“[An] extraordinary, savagely poetic film.” – Wendy Ide, Observer
The opening shot of this striking environmental tale captures a tree as tall as a fifteen-story building floating on a barge across the vast Black Sea. Its destination lies in a garden countless miles away, privately owned by a wealthy and anonymous man whose passion is the removal, and subsequent replanting, of foreign trees into his own man-made Eden. Learn more here.
This in-person screening with the filmmaker is presented in partnership with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), where a near-complete retrospective of Salomé Jashi's films will be shown with the filmmaker in person (September 14-17). For details of the retrospective visit the BAMPFA website here.
SUPPORTER LEVEL TICKET
Your purchase of a $50 supporter level ticket gives you:
- Reserved parking
- Reserved seating
- Support for the Botanical Garden
EVENT ACCESSIBILITY
If you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us at gardenprograms@berkeley.edu or call us at (510) 664-7606 (during open hours) with as much advance notice as possible.
CANCELLATION POLICY
All ticket sales are final and non-refundable. The value is not transferable to another program. In the event you are unable to attend, you are welcome to gift or sell the ticket(s) to someone else in advance of the show. The recipient will have to use the ticket purchaser's name for admittance. Absolutely no ticket selling or transfers allowed at the Botanical Garden, including the parking lot.
PARKING
Parking at the Botanical Garden is NOT guaranteed. The adjacent UC parking lot has only 52 spaces to accommodate our 125 tickets - rideshare and carpooling are highly encouraged.
SHOW AND TICKET INFORMATION
All tickets are by registration "will call list"; no physical tickets available.
Your name and number of tickets will be on the check-in list available at the Kiosk and Grove Gate.
Ticket includes admission to the main Botanical Garden collections before it closes.
Seating is general admission in our historic wooden amphitheater. (Stadium chairs ok; no lawn chairs) Please contact us in advance if you will need a wheelchair accessible spot.
No concessions provided. Bathrooms are located in the main Garden across the street from the amphitheater.
Dress warmly, bring blankets and other items to make yourself comfortable.