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Tree Portraits, Golden Gate Park
Please stop by the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture at the San Francisco Botanical Garden to see the current exhibit of pastel portraits that I have painted over the past few years of various trees throughout Golden Gate Park. … Continue reading
Corpse Flower Blooms Again in the Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers
Common Name: Corpse Flower, Titan Arum Family Name: Araceae Native to: Sumatra, Indonesia WHAT TO KNOW Corpse Flower omits a “foul odor of rotting animal flesh” and only blooms for a few days every 7-10 years, according to the Conservatory. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatory of Flowers, corpse flower, golden gate park, Titan Arum
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Golden Gate Park fly-fishing club celebrates 85th anniversary
‘Back in the 1960s, when Armando Bernasconi first walked past the three sparkling blue pools tucked away in Golden Gate Park, he thought he had found a swimming spot that just never had any swimmers. But Bernasconi soon discovered that … Continue reading
Central Park Goes Car-Free Forever on June 27
If New York can do it, surely we can too!! ‘The campaign for a car-free park has lasted more than half century and involved thousands of people. Today’s historic announcement by Mayor de Blasio belongs to all of them. Central … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, central park, golden gate park, safety, urban parks
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Revealed: Golden Gate Park is the Most Valuable Green Space in the World
A recent study, published in the London Evening Standard last week, compared 12 iconic urban parks in the world in terms of the value of the real estate they occupy. The results: Golden Gate Park in San … Continue reading
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Tagged golden gate park, urban parks, Value of Golden Gate Park
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Coyotes: Beyond the Howl, An Educational Exhibit by Janet Kessler | Coyote Yipps
In the past I’ve written on this blog about coyotes in Golden Gate Park, and Janet Kessler’s wonderful photographs of urban coyotes. Now I’d like to give a shout-out to an exhibit of her photographs opening this Sunday at … Continue reading
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S.F. breaking ground on wastewater recycling plant
The sprawling lawns of Golden Gate Park and two major San Francisco golf courses are very thirsty places, and in the coming years, recycled wastewater will satisfy that thirst, thanks to a new treatment plant being built by the city’s … Continue reading
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Tagged drought, golden gate park, irrigation, urban ecology, urban parks, waste water reuse
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Loving Golden Gate Park – San Francisco Women Artists
IN THE GALLERY: “Loving Golden Gate Park” An exhibit of art about Golden Gate Park, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, 647 Irving St. @ 8th Ave., Oct. 3 – … Continue reading
Solar Eclipse 2017: Life Responds | California Academy of Sciences
In case the clouds part and you want to experience the eclipse in Golden Gate Park, here’s a citizen science project that you can participate in, thanks to the California Academy of Science: “The next solar eclipse is crossing the … Continue reading
Metson Lake
Metson Lake, south-east of the Polo Field, is an out-of-the-way gem in Golden Gate Park. Built in 1908 and intended as a reservoir to hold irrigation water for the park, it opened in conjunction with the Murphy Windmill, a … Continue reading
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