Posts Tagged ‘Golden Gate Park’
A Flower for the Fog: San Francisco’s Love Story with Dahlias
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 4, 1926 On this day, dear readers, San Francisco embraced a most enchanting bloom as its official flower. The Dahlia, with its myriad forms and kaleidoscopic hues, was bestowed the honor of…
Read MoreRemembering Scottish Gardener John McLaren who tended San Francisco’s Eden: Golden Gate Park
“For over thirty years, he had served as the park superintendent. John and wife lived in a little lodge nestled in the park.” June 26, 1922 On this day, The Nevada State Journal published an article from San Francisco. The headline was: “Laws are changed to help gardener…” The gardener in question was the…
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