Saturday evening walk through Niguel Botanical Preserve + Nice Burger Dinner!

Hello friends!

Enjoy a lovely short Saturday evening walk when it's cooler during these summer days and dinner at Nice Burger in Mission Viejo with flexible options on Saturday, July 12, from 5pm-7:30pm:

Option 1: A short but beautiful Niguel Botanical Preserve trail walk from 5pm-6pm and meet in front of the outdoor Crown Valley Amphitheater.

The Niguel Botanical Preserve is an 18 acre public garden that displays plants from the Mediterranean climate regions of the world. These regions include California and Northwestern Baja California, Central Chile, Southern and Southwestern Australia, the West Cape of South Africa and countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Plants that grow in these other areas of the world with similar climates are suitable for residential and commercial landscapes in coastal Southern California. They offer beauty and variety, as well as low water needs. The garden demonstrates the horticultural use of these Mediterranean plants to create beautiful, sustainable environments that provide habitat for various species of birds and important pollinators, such as butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.

All fitness levels and ages accommodated with the group walk/hike with dogs permitted, but the initial walk is up a small but fairly steep hill, so if you like to use hiking poles, it may be a good idea to bring them. This path takes less than hour, depending on the size and walking pace of the group members. If you would like to take breaks, there are benches amongst the beautiful vegetation or dip out early, we are quite flexible!

LOCATION with Google Maps link:
29751 Crown Valley Pkwy, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
The parking lot is free in front of the Crown Valley Amphitheater, across from the community center, which we will meet. Bathrooms are located inside the botanical garden by the playground as the community center is closed on weekends.

Niguel Botanical Preserve - Garden Map

TIME: We'll meet at 5pm in front of the small Crown Valley outdoor amphitheater, next to the parking lot by the large sloping lawn. We will wait until 5:15pm and do introductions as a friendly group!

It's a hilly trail with some shade, so it's handy to come ready with:
1. Water 💦
2. Layers of clothing and sturdy, closed-toed shoes/hiking boots
3. A sun hat 👒
**An approximate trail map of where we will go, though we may diverge slightly depending on group needs: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/niguel-botanical-preserve-trails

Option 2: Dinner at Nice Burger in Mission Viejo from approximately 6pm-ish (with transition from the botanical garden) to 7:30pm when the restaurant closes.

• Nice Burger 100% Vegan, formerly Nice Guys 100% Vegan, is proud to be the home of Orange County's First 100% Vegan Charbroiled Burgers. We strive to provide deliciously satisfying and wholesomely familiar plant-based meals in a friendly fast-casual environment.*
  Dinner address with Google Maps link:
  25098 Marguerite Pkwy Suite C, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
  Phone: (949) 317-3206
  Menu

Happy trails and look forward to seeing you there!

-Jade, host

DISCLAIMER: Group organizers and assistant organizers assume no liability; come at your own risk. By being a member of this group you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold any of the group's leaders, officers, or representatives liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property, arising directly or as a consequence from a group activity. You also agree that your membership of this group is based on an "at will" basis.