10 places worth visiting

A modernist rooftop that changed American landscape design forever

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

Massive redwoods hiding just over the ridge from downtown

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

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

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

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

Redwoods, swimming, and enough space to actually spread out

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

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