Balboa Park in Bloom: August, 2020

If you’re like many people these days, you’re still partly sheltered-in-place, tired of streaming EVERYTHING and looking for something to do besides your essential job. And you’d really like to make up for those travel plans you cancelled. Why not tour the largest urban park in the United States without leaving your living room? Balboa … Continue reading Balboa Park in Bloom: August, 2020 →

Balboa Park in Bloom: July, 2020

Balboa Park in Bloom: June, 2020

Take a break from Netflix and enjoy a look at Balboa Park’s flowering trees. You’ll learn a few fun facts about each and get a couple surprises along the way. The Balboa Park trees in bloom, June 2020 are: Tipuana TipuGold MedallionBeestillMexican Palo VerdeMarkhamiaAustralian WillowCrepe MyrtleCockspur CoralJacarandaMagnoliaSweetshadeAustralian Flame Tree ** Tipuana Tipu https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/tipuana-tipu Location(s) in … Continue reading Balboa Park in Bloom: June, 2020 →

Balboa Park in Bloom: May, 2020

If you’re like many people these days (May, 2020), you’re sheltered-in-place, tired of Netflix and looking for something to do besides your essential job. And you’d really like to make up for those travel plans you cancelled. Why not tour the largest urban park in the United States without leaving your living room? Balboa Park … Continue reading Balboa Park in Bloom: May, 2020 →

Balboa Park in Bloom: Stop and Smell the Roses

Balboa Park is home to an award-winning rose garden, free and open to the public year-round. Except when there is a global pandemic, at which time you can only enjoy the garden’s beauty from the street. The Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden is situated on the eastern edge of Balboa Park’s Central Mesa, along … Continue reading Balboa Park in Bloom: Stop and Smell the Roses →

Happy Mother’s Day, Kate Sessions!

She referred to plants as her children and used to say that a fifty cent tree should be planted in a five-dollar hole. Kate Sessions (1857-1940) is the “Mother of Balboa Park.” She earned the title by decades of labor, care, and support that transformed what was once City Park, a 1,400- acre tract of … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day, Kate Sessions! →

Lemonade out of Lemons

You’ve heard the saying, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” It means you should try to make the best of a bad situation. For example, if you’re sheltered in place during a global pandemic, you can use the opportunity to read easygoing, light-hearted books like Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, or Signs Preceding … Continue reading Lemonade out of Lemons →

Balboa Park in Bloom: April, 2020

Have you ever wanted to know a little more about trees? Not all the fancy technical stuff. Just enough so you can lord over your friends that you're smarter than them... and a better, more flora-conscious person. A simple yet rewarding way to start is to learn species while they're flowering, and then grab a … Continue reading Balboa Park in Bloom: April, 2020 →

Balboa Park in Bloom: March, 2020

Do you ever wish you knew a little more about trees? Not all the fancy technical stuff. Just enough so you can lord over your friends that you're smarter than them... and a better, more nature-conscious, person. The easiest way is to learn to recognize species while they're flowering. And grab a couple fun facts … Continue reading Balboa Park in Bloom: March, 2020 →

Compost Day

Isn't every day compost day? Yes, but today was different. We have a week of heavy rains ahead in San Diego, so today was a good one for our annual tree composting. All that rain will soak the nutrients into the soil and "feed" the trees. ** Compost Bin Before Compost materials are: DirtLots of … Continue reading Compost Day →