Botanical Gardens

• San Francisco Botanical Garden
  Ten minutes or a life-time... The San Francisco Botanical Garden is the place for you. The Garden is open daily, 365 days a year. Weekdays, 8 am to 4:30 pm. Weekends & holidays, 10 am to 5 pm.
  Our library is open daily 10am to 4pm but closed on major holidays. Our bookstore is open daily from 10 am to 4 pm.
  Free guided walks are given daily at 1:30 pm. Daily Docent-Led Tours.
  San Francisco Botanical Garden,9th Avenue at Lincoln Way,San Francisco, CA 94122
  www.sfbotanicalgarden.org
  University of California Botanical Gardens (510) 643-2755 200 Centennial Dr Berkeley, CA 94720
• University of California Botanical Gardens
  Ten minutes or a life-time... The San Francisco Botanical Garden is the place for you. The Garden is open daily, 365 days a year. Weekdays, 8 am to 4:30 pm. Weekends & holidays, 10 am to 5 pm.
  Our library is open daily 10am to 4pm but closed on major holidays. Our bookstore is open daily from 10 am to 4 pm.
  University of California Botanical Gardens (510) 643-2755, 200 Centennial Dr, Berkeley,CA 94720
  http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/
  

  Filoli to Botanical Gardens
  

  Located thirty miles south of San Francisco on the eastern slope of the Coast Range, the 654-acre Filoli estate contains as its central portion a historic house and sixteen acres of formal garden. The house was occupied from 1917 to 1936 as a private residence for its original owners, William Bowers Bourn II and his wife, Agnes Moody Bourn. In 1937 the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William P. Roth, who continued to maintain and enrich the estate. Mrs. Roth donated Filoli to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975. Filoli was built for Mr. and Mrs. Bourn, prominent San Franciscans whose chief source of wealth was the Empire Mine, a hard-rock gold mine in Grass Valley, California. Mr. Bourn was also owner and president of the Spring Valley Water Company comprising Crystal Springs Lake and surrounding lands, which are now part of the San Francisco Water Department. Mr. Bourn selected the southern end of Crystal Springs Lake as the site for his estate. He arrived at the unusual name Filoli by combining the first two letters from the key words of his credo: “Fight for a just cause; Love your fellow man; Live a good life.” Mr. Bourn chose his longtime friend, the prominent San Francisco architect Willis Polk, as the principal designer for the house. Polk had previously designed the Bourns’ cottage in Grass Valley, as well as their home on Webster Street in San Francisco. An inventive architect, Polk frequently combined several styles in the design of a single building, an eclecticism clearly evident in Filoli’s design.

  Botanical Parks - Wildflowers, California Poppies
  

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  Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Reserve
  Wildflowers This 1,745 acre State Reserve, nestled in the Antelope Buttes 15 miles west of Lancaster, California, is located on California's most consistent poppy-bearing land. Other wildflowers: owl's clover, lupine, goldfield, cream cups, and coreopsis, to name a few, share the desert grassland to produce a mosaic of color and fragrance each spring. As unpredictable as nature - the intensity and duration of the wildflower bloom varies yearly.
  
  Location - Directions The Reserve is located 15 miles west of Lancaster on Avenue I. Take the Avenue I off ramp from the 14 Freeway, head west 15 miles to the Poppy Reserve. Latitude/Longitude: 34.7502 / -118.3816
  For the latest information and to talk to a person call 661-942-0662 Mondays through Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
  Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Reserve Website
  
  For More Bay Area Nature:
  • SF Botanical Gardens
  • Muir Woods Redwood Forests
  • Exploring Point Reyes
  • San Francisco Area Aquariums Videos
  • Lions Mane Jellyfish Video
  • White Shark Exhibit
  • White Shark Video
  • Gulf of the Farallones
  • The Farallon Isands
  • Cage Diving Farallons
    Great White Sharks
  • Whale Videos
  • Killer Whales off SF
  • SF Bay Area Whale Watching
  • Breaching Whales Video
  • Marine Mammal Center
  • Northern California Dolphins
  • Coastal Commission
  • Farallones Marine Sanctuary Assoc.
  • Seal Sea Lions
  • Research + Environmental Links
  • Save the Bay
  • SF Bay Area Birdwatching
  • California Mustard Wildflowers
  • California Poppy Wildflowers
  
  Visit The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito
  Whale Tail License Plates
  
  Put a whale tail on your car or truck and support the preservation of California resources -