At some point, I may have to accept that there’s just no way that I’ll ever successfully see everything there is to see in massive Golden Gate Park. Friends who have lived here much longer than I have tell me that they’ve still never seen the polo fields, or the bison, or the windmill. I’m sure that some folks have managed to conquer this feat, but I’ve yet to meet them.
Defeatism notwithstanding, a few weeks back we decided to at least try to make a dent in checking out aspects of the park that we had yet to see, and we decided that we’d start with the botanical gardens.
The gardens are arranged into themed, mostly geographic areas…from Australia to South Africa to East Asia - and even a prehistoric garden. Very cool to see, and great if you’re on a budget (’cause it’s like, free, and stuff). We give it 4 1/2 stars (would have been 5 if it was sunny out, but that’s not the park’s fault actually)…pics below:
- The Moon-Viewing Garden was especially beautiful and peaceful
- The squirrels have no fear, and if they think you’re going to give them something to eat (we didn’t), will come right up to you like a pet.
I thought it was very interesting to see that a lot of the plants appeared to have GPS tags on them. Some we could see, others we couldn’t, but there were signs everywhere informing us that they were there. I suppose it makes sense, because some of the plants and trees are probably worth more than my car.
- Yep. In San Francisco, even the plants have GPS installed in them.
