Strybing Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
The San Francisco Botanical Garden is the new name for the former Strybing Arboretum. It is a 55 acre botanical garden in the heart of San Francisco travel city. It has over 7000 different plant varieties that did not just come from the United States but most of these plants are taken from around the world and are usually not found in the country. It is, if not the most, one of the largest Botanical Garden from the West Coast.
It was named Strybing Arboretum because of the funds provided by Helene Strybing. If not for her, the plan of John McLaren to create a garden of this caliber wouldn't have come true.
It was in the late 19th century that it was originally planned but it was in 1926 that through the funds of Helene Strybing did they start the dreamt garden. The plants were slowly planted, and through the help of the locals who also helped fund the project, it finally opened in May of 1940.
The garden is indeed beautiful. You won't just find an enclosed garden as many botanical gardens are. Here, you would really feel like you are in paradise. It is not enclosed like a cage but it's on open air. You will find several beautiful ponds here such as the McBean Wildfowl and the Primitive Plant Garden. They are beautiful especially when it starts to fog.
The vision of the garden is to really be recognized not just locally but globally for their beautiful plants and their very diverse collection of plants as well as with their conservation programs.
The Strybing Arboretum, or now known as the San Francisco Botanical Garden continually accepts plants from donations. They have specialized collections here and it would be nice to find your donated plant serving its purpose here.
Have fun out there!
