Fire on the Mountain: Survival & Community in California’s Fire Country

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 02:30 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden | San Francisco, CA

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Join wildfire survivors and firefighters-turned-writersas they shed light on living amid ecological destruction
About this Event

Co-presented with The Gardens of Golden Gate Park

A part of Litquake Secret Garden series

Musical interludes by Rosie Cima and Jenny Haniver


We’re in this together—the textured history of ecological systems and Indigenous land tending, the modern practices that have led to their imbalance, and the people who fight and survive fire. Join Dani Burlison and Margaret Elysia Garcia, wildfire survivors and editors of Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California's Fire Country, as they shed light on living physically, mentally, and emotionally amid ecological destruction. They’ll be joined by firefighters-turned-memoirists Kelly Ramsey and River Selby for a discussion moderated by Leslie Carol Roberts. Limited seating. BYO chair or blanket, encouraged. FREE with SFBG admission, no RSVP required


Book sales for this event coordinated by Green Apple Books

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San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden, 1199 9th Avenue, San Francisco, United States

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