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Holiday Shopping Guide: Sunset District
Botanical Garden Transforms Into Holiday ‘Lightscape’
Now through Jan. 4, the Garden’s trees, plants and ponds will serve as a backdrop for more than a million lights, creative art installations and musical accompaniment. Visitors will walk a one-mile trail of lights carpeting the meadows and strung from the branches of trees, highlighting the beauty of nature in winter. Hot cocoa and other seasonal fare will be available to set the holiday mood.
Commentary: Harry Pariser
This year, it finally happened. The “at Strybing Arboretum” was removed from all “San Francisco Botanical Garden” signage. With this move, acknowledgement of Helene Strybing’s legacy vanished from public view. The current acreage bears less and less resemblance to what it was during its glory.
Flower Piano Returns to GG Park’s Botanical Garden
Music emanated from among the majestic trees and floated across the lush green lawns, inviting visitors to step into the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park.
Children’s Garden Cultivates Environmental Awareness
Among the leafy greenery of Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden, vibrant sunflowers burst with color year-round. Sprawling with painted petals across a mural, the flowers’ yellow rays attract curious, young eyes.
Proposed Light Show in GG Park Alarms Environmentalists
Local environmentalists are highlighting concerns about a proposal to light up the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park at night during the winter months and the impact this may have on plants and wildlife.
Botanical Garden’s Flower Piano Event Draws 65,000 Music Lovers to GG Park
From Sept. 8 to 12, Flower Piano came back for its eighth annual appearance. Hosted by the Gardens of Golden Gate Park (GGGP) and organized by Sunset Piano, the event celebrated the diversity of music in all its forms.
‘Looking Back’: Japanese Stone
By Kinen Carvala How could the same man be the target of a U.S. declaration of war and be commemorated in Golden Gate Park? Hirohito, born in 1901, married his wife Nagako […]
Letter to the Editor: More to the Story – Botanical Garden’s History
The ambience of the redwood grove will be forever impaired by the new fence. Beloved gardens are gone forever. And taxpayers are on the hock for millions to pay bond interest for for these “improvements” as well as for the new $1.1 million fence, advertising and signage. All without a single meeting of local community members taking place!
State-of-the-Art Greenhouse Opening Soon in GG Park’s Botanical Garden
The new greenhouse under construction in the Botanical Garden will replace the deteriorated facilities that were in use for more than 55 years. Courtesy photo.
Press Release: Flower Piano Returns to the Botanical Garden in September
In the final days of summer and for the seventh time since 2015, Flower Piano will once again transform San Francisco Botanical Garden into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.
Letter to the Editor: ‘Thanks’ for the ‘Free’ Entry into ‘Gardens’
After all, the purpose of government is to subsidize, maintain and enhance the class interests of the wealthy, a mission it does exceedingly well.
GG Park’s Garden Attractions to Merge Operations
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved combining the operation of Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden, Conservatory of Flowers and the Japanese Tea Garden last month, then placing them under management of the Botanical Garden Society.
Press Release: SF Botanical Garden to Reopen June 1
The San Francisco Botanical Garden will re-open to visitors Monday, June 1 with modifications in place to ensure public safety and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Flower Piano Marks Five Years in GGPark’s Botanical Garden
The annual twelve-day-only celebration of pianos in the park marks its fifth year at San Francisco Botanical Garden with a special anniversary edition, featuring more performances, special events and new opportunities for the public to play.
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