Posts Tagged ‘Balboa Park’
Alfred Robinson’s Lath-House Design for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park
“Where was I? I had entered the Garden of Eden. Palms, ferns, flowering plants, and vines on all sides…” In researching Alfred Robinson, I ran across an article by Richard Amero and published by the San Diego History Center. The article shared Alfred’s grand dream for a large lath house for the Panama-California Exposition. San…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2021 How to use More Foliage in the Garden, Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, Alfred D. Robinson, The Tussie-Mussie, Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets, and a Botanical Dream for Balboa Park
Foliage Plants: How To Use Green Foliage Plants In Your Garden | Gardens Illustrated | Alasdair Cameron Botanical History On This Day 1834 Birthday of Anna Eliza Reed Woodcock, who championed the Apple Blossom as Michigan’s State Flower by personally delivering blooming branches to the Statehouse. Her silk apple blossom creations and charitable spirit earned…
Read MoreKate Sessions: The Mother of Balboa Park and San Diego’s Jacaranda Legacy
A Teacher of Horticulture and Botany Today is the birthday of American botanist, horticulturist, and landscape architect Kate Sessions, who was born on this day in 1857. As a young woman, Kate had traveled to San Diego to teach, but she ended up following her passion and bought a local nursery in 1885. Before long,…
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