2/04/2007

Secret gardens.

My friend Neil lives downtown in the theater district, between old-fashioned Nob Hill and the seedy Tenderloin.

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Dirty streets and high rises are the rule here. So secret gardens must be the exception.

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We went to visit the Botanical Garden. We were too busy talking to take very many pictures. Here are a few.

Garrya elliptica (Garryaceae)

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Phylica pubescens (Rhamnaceae)

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Dombeya sp. (Sterculiaceae)

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A longer visit to the Botanical Garden last December here.

3 comments:

anile said...

Botanical garden in the T-loin? I lived a block from le Colonial (formerly Trader Vic's) for 6 years, and I have no idea that there's a secret garden near there... I guess that's why they call it secret right? LOL
Amazing little find... how sweet!

chuck b. said...

No, no, no--the "secret garden" is just a little patch of green tucked between highrise buildings. The Botanical Garden is in GG Park.

anile said...

LOL!!!
Wouldn't it be lverly if it were true?