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10 places worth visiting

Category: Nature
Kaiser Center Roof Garden
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NatureFREE

Kaiser Center Roof Garden

A modernist rooftop that changed American landscape design forever

Lake Merritt, Oakland
RomanticHidden Gem
Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt
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NatureFREE

Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt

180 miniature trees that'll make you rethink what a garden can be

Lake Merritt, Oakland
CinematicPeacefulQuiet
Redwood Regional Park
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NatureFREE

Redwood Regional Park

Massive redwoods hiding just over the ridge from downtown

Redwood Heights, Oakland
Scenic
Tilden Little Farm
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NatureFREE

Tilden Little Farm

Touch goats and sheep at Berkeley's working farm nestled in 740 acres of oak woodland

Tilden Park, Berkeley
ScenicInteractive
Brothers & Sisters Flower Shop
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Nature$$

Brothers & Sisters Flower Shop

Freya Prowe's flower shop where every arrangement tells a story

Grand Lake, Oakland
ArtsyHidden GemImmersive
Morcom Rose Garden
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NatureFREE

Morcom Rose Garden

Oakland's rose garden where you can actually breathe for a minute

Grand Lake, Oakland
RomanticScenicPeaceful
Joaquin Miller Park
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NatureFREE

Joaquin Miller Park

Oakland's oak-covered escape with serious hiking and actual views

Montclair, Oakland
HistoricScenicRomantic
Robert's Regional Park
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NatureFREE

Robert's Regional Park

Redwoods, swimming, and enough space to actually spread out

Oakland Hills, Oakland
Scenic
Lake Merritt
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NatureFREE

Lake Merritt

Oakland's 3-mile waterfront loop where herons outnumber humans and 150 years of urban ecology actually worked

Lake Merritt, Oakland
Solo-FriendlyDate NightPeaceful
Cleveland Cascade
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NatureFREE

Cleveland Cascade

Lake Merritt's restored fountains, tended by volunteers and thriving on rainwater

Grand Lake, Oakland
HistoricScenicPeaceful
🪦 The Graveyard

Cool spots that have closed or moved on