https:\/\/www.ardenwoodevents.com\/mothers-day<\/a>. Or purchase food from the farm caf\u00e9.<\/p>\nArdenwood is at 34600 Ardenwood Boulevard, just off Highway 84. Call 510-544-2797.<\/p>\n
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch will offer Mother\u2019s Day one-hour mine tours on Sunday, May 12.<\/p>\n
Tours will start hourly, 11 a.m. through 3 p.m. Tickets will be available on a first come, first served basis at the Greathouse Visitor Center. The fee is $5 per person, parent participation is required, and children must be age seven or older for safety reasons.<\/p>\n
The tour takes you about a quarter-mile underground through a former silica sand mine, with stops along the way to view artifacts from the mining days and evidence of ancient geology.<\/p>\n
Aboveground, the wildflower displays are beautiful at Black Diamond Mines and there are miles of trails to explore.<\/p>\n
The park is located at the end of Somersville Road, 3\u00bd miles south of Highway 4. Call 888-327-2757, ext. 2750.<\/p>\n
At Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, there\u2019s a Mother\u2019s Day film fest on Sunday, May 12.<\/p>\n
Drop in any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to see wildlife footage taken by the park\u2019s trail cameras, revealing hidden lives of some rarely seen animals.<\/p>\n
Big Break is at 69 Big Break Road off Oakley\u2019s Main Street (Highway 4). For information, call 888 327-2757, ext. 3050.<\/p>\n
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Naturalist Kevin Dixon continues his series of walks in search of butterflies in their summer habitat, with a program from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11 at Diablo Foothills Regional Park in Walnut Creek.<\/p>\n
The hike will cover a moderate distance, with some steeper terrain. Bring binoculars if you have them.<\/p>\n
Meet Kevin at the park\u2019s Orchard Staging Area. It\u2019s on Castle Rock Road about a mile past Northgate High School. For information call 510-544-2750.<\/p>\n
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At Tilden Nature Area near Berkeley, naturalist \u201cTrail Gail\u201d Broesder plans a series of easy exploratory hikes to enjoy the beauty of the natural world.<\/p>\n
The hikes are all from 10 to 11 a.m. on Sundays, May 12, 19 and 26. Wear clothes you don\u2019t mind getting dirty. Meet Gail at the Environmental Education Center, which is at the north end of Tilden\u2019s Central Park Drive, next to the Little Farm. Call 510-544-2233.<\/p>\n
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There are lots of other fun activities scheduled in the regional parks for Mother\u2019s Day and beyond. For full information, check out the website, www.ebparks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By NED MACKAY East Bay Regional Parks District Mother\u2019s Day is on Sunday, May 12, and several East Bay Regional Parks will observe it with … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2],"tags":[62,5,955,376,61,60],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/crab-cove-caligula1995-flikr-sized.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Ntvs-2b3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8375,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373\/revisions\/8375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinezgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}