Balboa Park Gardens
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Balboa Park Gardens are cultivated areas of Balboa Park in San Diego, California.
Gardens
There are multiple individual gardens throughout the park, including Alcazar Gardens, the Botanical Building and Reflecting Pool, the Cactus Garden, the Casa del Rey Moro Garden, the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden, the Japanese Friendship Garden, the Marston House Garden, Palm Canyon, and Zoro Garden. In addition, the San Diego Zoo includes a noteworthy collection of plants.[1]
Plants
Balboa Park contains 350 species of plants on 1,200 acres (490 ha) of rolling hills and canyons, with approximately 1,500 trees. Many of the trees were selected and planted by horticulturalist Kate Sessions, often referred to as "the Mother of Balboa Park".
See also
- Kate Sessions
- List of Parks in San Diego
- Gold Gulch
- List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California
References
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- ^ "San Diego Zoo Botanical Gardens". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
Further reading
- Puplava, Kathy; Sirois, Paul (2001). Trees and Gardens of Balboa Park. City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department. pp. 107–117. ISBN 0-938711-73-3.
External links
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- Official San Diego Parks Department - Balboa Park website
- Balboa Park Foundation garden section
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- Alcazar Garden
- Balboa Park Gardens
- Balboa Stadium
- Ballet Folklorico Aztlan
- Bea Evenson Fountain
- Botanical Building
- California Quadrangle
- Casa de Balboa
- Casa del Prado
- Electriquette
- El Prado Complex
- Ford Building
- George W. Marston House
- House of Charm
- House of Hospitality
- House of Pacific Relations International Cottages
- Japanese Friendship Garden
- Moreton Bay Fig Tree
- Morley Field Sports Complex
- Old Globe Theatre
- Plaza de Panama
- San Diego Velodrome
- San Diego Zoo
- Spanish Village Art Center
- Organ Pavilion
- Starlight Bowl
- Zoro Garden
- Centro Cultural de la Raza
- Mingei International Museum
- Museum of Photographic Arts
- Museum of Us
- San Diego Air & Space Museum
- San Diego Art Institute
- San Diego Automotive Museum
- San Diego Hall of Champions
- San Diego History Center
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum
- San Diego Museum of Art
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
- Timken Museum of Art
- Veterans Museum and Memorial Center
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