Mugwort, sub shrubs, coast morning glory (Ipomoea cairica), tomato plant, coyote gourd (Cucurbita palmata), golden currant (Ribes aureum), gooseberries, California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), Cleveland sage (Salvia clevelandii), black elderberry (Sambucus cerulea), torrey pine, chaparral sage (Salvia clevelandii), california bristle bush (Encelia californica), coastal golden bush (Isocoma menziesii), islands mallow (Malva assurgentiflora), cheese weed (Malva parviflora), pomegranate tree (Punica protopunica), and native cover crop. Public activities The Botanic Garden is open to the public Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. It is closed on weekends and university holidays, and occasionally during extreme weather. The entrance is reached via parking structures off Nordhoff or Zelzah (depending on campus construction). The CSUN Botanic Garden has short courses on a wide variety of garden topics by horticultural experts for the public. It also sponsors 'CSUN-al Gardening', a series of four free gardening-themed classes a year. The gardens also gives K-12 school tours. Some fun public activities include the CSUN-al Gardening. A free gardening class that is offered four times a year: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Each class is themed for that season, an example is in Summer 2019 with a class called Orchid Mania. Arthur Pinkers taught the class various ways of how different orchid species could be taken care of and raised. To join the class early registration is required and must be emailed to the Botanic Garden. As of right now, there are no classes available to register for in the upcoming year 2022. Another activity available at the Botanic Gardens is tours that are offered to local schools from Kindergarten to College level at no charge. The tours can vary between 20 and 40 minutes and can be increased to be more in-depth. Group sizes are best limited to 20 or fewer attendees per tour guide. To be able to schedule a tour for the garden, you can reach a host by calling (818) 677-3496. The tour needs to be planned far in advance because a minimum of 4 weeks is needed for the best tour date. Directions and parking can be found on the csun.edu website. Special arrangements will need to be made for buses. Groups arriving by car are encouraged to carpool as space is limited in campus parking lots. Parking fees are $6 (up to 4 hours) or $8 (over 4 hours) per car. As of right now in 2022 the garden is off-limits to