This afternoon we spent at Golden Gate Park, in the Botanical Gardens (www.sfbotanicalgarden.org). While not as spectacular as the Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (www.travelphotos.in/north_america/victoria_buchart_gardens), the San Francisco Botanical Gardens are still great in their own right, plus it's free! I quite like the various sections they have, broken down by both geography and flower type. For example, they have a South Africa, New Zealand, South America and Southeast Asian Cloud Forest sections, as well as areas for rhododendrons, primitive plants, fragrant plants and succulents. There are a couple ponds, private paths, bridges and a few open areas too.

We took quite a few photos of odd-looking flowers; unfortunately, it wasn't until late in the day that I decided to shoot the descriptive plaques next to the flowers to remember what they are afterwards. Oh well. Here are some of the ones we like.

Veldt Fire

Right towards the end, we saw a couple birds as well:

Blue Bird

Male California Quail

We ended up walking quite a bit, and the sun drifted in and out making it deceptively warm at times. Even so, I didn't take a sip of water - this will become more relevant in my next posting!

04/23/07 by visitEarth
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