Re: san francisco & monterey
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: san francisco & monterey
- From: B* S*
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:02:25 -0700
There's also a fine garden at UC Santa Cruz.
Barbara
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:43:46 -0700
Elizabeth Waterman <lizwaterman@california.net> wrote:
> To Veronica Mary Borrett et al,
>
> In San Francisco, in Golden Gate Park, is Strybing
> Arboretum, a wonderful garden which has only a small
> California section but is well worth a visit for the rest
> of the garden. Across the bay is the Botanical garden at
> University of California at
> Berkeley which has an excellent native California garden
> and 30+ acres of plants from all over the world.
> Nearby in Tilden park there is another fine native
> California garden.
> Perhaps someone else can give ideas for the Monterey
> area.
>
> Jacarandas Grow well here in Oakland,CA where our summers
> are mostly in the
> 70's F or low 20's C. We generally have only a little
> frost in the winter but do have occasional freezes which
> don't do serious damage as long as the trees are a few
> years old. Don't know if that helps.
> Liz W
>
>
>
> > Veronica Mary Borrett wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> > A favour please - a good friend of mine will be
> visiting San Francisco & Monterey for 3 weeks from the
> 19th July. Can you suggest some gardens to visit - she is
> particularly interested in Californian natives. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > An old one this - Jacaranda - what's the chance of it
> flowering in the UK ? - Dave ?
> >
> > Veronica
> > London - overcast but at least it's not raining today
> >
>
