San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum | |
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Strybing Arboretum | |
Type | Botanical garden |
Location | Golden Gate Park[1] |
Area | 55 acres (22 ha)[1] |
Opened | 1940[1] |
Operated by | San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department |
Visitors | Over 450,000 Annual Visits |
Status | Open year round |
Public transit access | |
Website | website |
The San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum (formerly Strybing Arboretum) is located in
San Francisco's County Fair Building is located near the main entrance to the Garden.
The San Francisco Botanical Garden is now one of the three locations of the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, along with the Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers.[4]
History
Plans for the garden were originally laid out in the 1880s by park supervisor
In 2004, Strybing Arboretum changed its name to San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, and the Arboretum Society followed suit, becoming San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum.
Plant collections
The gardens are organized into several specialized collections:
- Mediterranean
- California Native
- John Muir Nature Trail
- Redwood Grove
- Chile
- South Africa
- Australia
- Mediterranean Basin Region
- Mild-temperate climate
- New Zealand
- Moon-viewing Garden – a Japanese design
- Temperate Asia Garden
- Montane tropic
- Cloud Forest
- Southeast AsianCloud Forest (in development)
- AndeanCloud Forest (in development)
- Specialty collections
- Ancient Plant Garden
- Succulentgarden
- Dwarf Conifer garden
- Exhibition Garden
- Garden of Fragrance
- Zellerbach Garden of Perennials
- Dry Mexico
- Rhododendron Garden
- Magnolias & Camellias (found in many collections)
The mild Mediterranean climate is ideal for plants from surprisingly many parts of the world; the arboretum does not include greenhouses for species requiring other climate types.
Gallery
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McBean Wildfowl Pond and Primitive Plant Garden at SF Botanical Garden
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Pond at Dwarf Conifer collection of SF Botanical Garden
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Redwood trail
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Nodding Pincushion Protea Flower Bud
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Stones from the Spanish monasterySanta Maria de Ovilacan be found in the library reading patio, the Rhododendron pavilion, and the Garden of Fragrance.
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Verbascum at San Francisco Botanical Garden
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Meadow at San Francisco Botanical Garden
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Cassia in San Francisco Botanical Garden
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Aloe at San Francisco Botanical Garden
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Pagoda at San Francisco Botanical Garden
See also
- California native plants
- List of botanical gardens in the United States
- North American Plant Collections Consortium
- 49-Mile Scenic Drive
References
- ^ a b c "San Francisco Botanical Garden". San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "Strybing Arboretum". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ "About San Francisco Botanical Garden". San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum. San Francisco Botanical Garden. June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Gardens of Golden Gate Park: Official". GGGP. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Sullivan, Michael J. (2004). The Trees of San Francisco, p. 56. Pomegranate Communications, Inc.
- ^ "Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park". Golden Gate Park. Golden Gate Park.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
External links
- San Francisco Botanical Garden homepage
- "Pianos take over SF botanical gardens for 'Flower Piano' event" KTVU, July 2018
- "SF Botanical Garden digs its volunteers who get hands dirty" SF Gate, June 2018
- "The Bay Area’s Largest Plant Sale Returns to Golden Gate Park" SF Station, April 2018
- "How the Wealthy Stole 55 Acres of Golden Gate Park" Medium, July 19, 2013