Re: Summer plantings in a balmy Bay Area Garden

I used to live a couple of blocks from Strybing Arboretum and spent so much time there it was as my own backyard. Since I regularly read the LATimes (one child in LA, the other in SF) I expect funds to upkeep the parks have been slashed if not eliminated, and few besides volunteers will be maintaining the Arboretum. While Golden Gate Park has always had a modest homeless population tucked away in the shadows, I'm now trying to visualise it as a weedy jungle - not picturesquely gothic but more overgrown and menacing. Perhaps someone would like to post an update on the situation. 

Maria in Montana
(p.s. Neither child has the slightest interest in things botanical so it's hopeless to ask. They sure didn't inherit my genes!) 

[David Feix]
I thought I might do one of the rambling essays I used to compose about what is going on in the garden(s) I work in, dealing with the joys of summer in such a balmy gardening climate(San Francisco Bay Area), but dealing less with politically correct summer dormant/ drought tolerant plantings and more with the various tender cloudforest subtropicals that also do so well here. So if you'd like a virtual walk through such a setting, greatly influenced by trips to Mexico and long note taking walks through by UC Berkeley and San Francisco Botanical Gardens and their cloud forest sections, read on...
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