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When the Garden Bloggers came to town, they visited a trove of the Bay Area’s great gardens, all lined up in a stellar itinerary that included Filoli to the iconic landscape of the Ruth Bancroft Garden and The Wave Garden, Wave Garden Vista View © Alice Joyce A few more special settings have been highlighted here on Alice’s Garden Travel Buzz. You Continue reading San Francisco Gardens 
Displaying an originality that outshines traditional garden settings, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, located in Walnut Creek, California, reveals an eccentric cast of characters, along with an enthusiasm for succulent plants that traces back to the 1950s, when Mrs. Bancroft began collecting potted specimens. Ruth Bancroft’s design artistry and gardening prowess as creator of an iconic landscape inspired the founding of The Garden Conservancy in 1989. Having set its sights on preserving our country’s horticultural legacy, the Conservancy championed the 3-acre Ruth Bancroft Garden, selecting it as the first to be listed on the organization’s register. Continue reading Iconic American Landscape: Ruth Bancroft Garden  3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Botanical Gardens, Garden Travel, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture  Botanical Gardens, Garden travel, Horticulture, San Francisco, San Francisco Area 
A detailed restoration true to the roots of its historic architecture sets apart the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, a glorious structure standing as the country’s oldest public glass and wood greenhouse. You’ll doubtless find it easy to spend hours roaming through the Lowland Tropics and Highland Tropics rooms teeming with rarities both towering and tiny. Tropical specimens in the moist environs of the lowland gallery include a 100 year-old philodendron and ‘economic’ plants Continue reading San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers: Glorious, Historic Greenhouse 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Botanical Gardens, San Francisco Botanical Gardens, San Francisco |
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