San Francisco Botanical Garden

The San Francisco Botanical Garden (formerly Strybing Arboretum) is a large botanical garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Its 55 acres (22.3 ha) include over 7,500 varieties of plants from around the world, making it one of the largest on the West Coast of the United States. Originally laid out in the 1890s by park supervisor John McLaren, funding was insufficient to begin construction until Helene Strybing willed funds in 1926. Planting ... more
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Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park consisting of 1,017 acres (4.12 km; 1.589 sq mi) of public grounds. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 20% larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared. With 13 million visitors...
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