Brugmansia |
One of the only outdoor botanical gardens in the world where the tropical cloud forest bloom can be seen Foggy San Francisco may not seem like the tropics to most, but for hundreds of rare and endangered plants native to the world’s misty cloud forests, it feels like home. San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) is one of the only outdoor botanical gardens in the world where the alluring beauties of these high elevation forests thrive, and fall is the best time to see the Garden’s enchanting cloud forest bloom.
San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) is one of the only outdoor botanical gardens in the world where the alluring beauties of these high elevation forests thrive, and fall is the best time to see the Garden’s enchanting cloud forest bloom.”
Deppea splendens |
In the Mesoamerican Cloud Forest Garden, visitors can see a whole variety of delicate and unusual fuchsias dangling gracefully overhead, towering tree daisies, vibrant salvias and much more. This colorful jungle of flowering plants is representative of typical cloud forest plant communities in southern Mexico and throughout Central America.
October 1 – December 31, 2013; open every day 9 am to 5 pm (October through early November); 9 am to 4 pm (1st Sunday in November through December)
Bomerea petraea |
At San Francisco Botanical Garden, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco Residents: FREE with proof of residency
Non-residents: $7 general, $5 youth 12-17, seniors and students with ID; $2 children 5-11; FREE for children 4 and under; families of 2 adults and one or more child $15
INFORMATION: www.SFBotanicalGarden.org, (415) 661-1316September 2013