How lovely :) A must visit, part of a very vast park!…read more Gated around the flowers to protect them But plenty of benches and room for you & your family to enjoy Stop by the nearby conservatory of flowers !

Stunning Dahlia garden located in Golden Gate Park, right next to the conservatory. It's open to…read morethe public and free, maintained by volunteers who were very knowledgeable and kind. We went in July 2026 and I don't think it was full bloom yet, but it was gorgeous and worth the visit.

Black Point Historic Gardens is a beautiful hidden gem near Fort Mason and Fisherman's Wharf…read more The garden has peaceful winding paths, colorful flowers, and one of the best surprise views of the Bay, Alcatraz, and the waterfront. It feels much quieter than the busy tourist areas nearby, which makes it a perfect short escape after walking around Pier 39 or Aquatic Park. I loved the mix of history, greenery, and ocean views. The hillside layout gives it a slightly secret-garden feeling, and every turn has a different angle of the water, boats, and skyline. Great spot for a quick walk, photos, a peaceful break, or a scenic detour. Very underrated San Francisco stop.

I've spent a lot of time this way. It was already a cool physical landscape but this remodel has…read moretotally changed the landscape. It is hard to convey how the space has been transformed with the removal of major trees. Earth has been moved. That is some expensive and regulated work. It looks great now. Total transformation. They took out a lot of trees. It's wide open compared to how it used to be. I love this part of town. Great for active people to have the best views possible.

The McCormick Family Community Rose Garden is a nice small rose garden in Emerald Glen Park near…read morethe play area and tennis courts. It looks very well maintained. This park is large with a lot of different amenities. The rose garden is a must if in the park or looking for photos of roses.

City Slicker Farms is doing amazing stuff at its Peralta/Helen location. It's not just a…read morefunctioning urban farm with a farm stand, chicken coop, greenhouse hand garden plots for the neighbors, but it also offers a playground. CSF is truly a community asset!

What an amazing place! If you love/like to garden or not, you will find City Slicker Farms a very…read moreinviting place. Opportunities are endless. I attended a composting class recently that was just filled with very pertinent information. The ability of each of us to help decrease climate change by little things we do in our gardens. They also have volunteer hours if you happen to want to roll up your sleeves and dig in the dirt. Don't miss out on this jewel! Lori and Trevor have a wealth of knowledge to share.

A beautiful inner city garden located in the heart of the tl with a huge red gateway and a small…read morewalkway around the garden. It's a small, refreshing sanctuary for a very urban area of town.

The above reviewer just wrote a review about her fearful feelings walking in the Tenderloin…read more Apparently, she got so carried away in her lurid description that she forgot that she was actually reviewing Cohen Alley... Let's hope she doesn't set out to visit any of the neighborhood's other gems, lest fear cloud her judgement & sully another hard earned reputation. This place is great. It's beautiful, it's interactive, and it provides solace to a community that really needs and appreciates a beautiful and relaxing place to visit. Eat pizza! Hear poetry! Enjoy plants! Get your pants fixed! ...Sure, keep your basic street-smarts walking in the TL, but by all means visit Tenderloin National Park! Perhaps re-directing here will help, too: http://m.yelp.com/biz/tenderloin-national-forest-san-francisco

Just amazing! So, I've been entertaining a few out-of-towners recently and of course, as all…read moreTOURISTS do is they ask someone from SF for recommendations. Well, folks - I like to mix things up a bit and suggest a few off the wall things like say "Well, there's this carnivorous plants exhibit in GGPark" you know like venus fly traps and stuff. he he he. And sure enough an original feeling of "Oh man - A plant show, how lame" turns to "Carnivourous plants" Oh cool. I think there's something in the delivery between carnivourous and plants that gets a few uber dorks all hot and bothered. Two weekends ago, I finally took my own medicine and decided to head down to the park. Oh my! It was super cool. I love how nature evolves and creatively sustains its own life by feeding from other life forms. It's extremely interesting the way some plants lure in smaller life forms like ants from their sugary goodness only to slip them up and have them fall to their demise in their sticky digestivee juices. In one of the pitcher plants there even is a bee. eewwwwww Apparently, if a human stuck his/her finger in one of the plants for 2 days it would just look like a sunburn, or at least that's what the brochure said. It was very neat. The rest of the conservatory takes up 4 rooms and each one has its own distinctive climate. My favorite is the water plants. The show is on until November 4th. Check it out...it's really fun and only like 8 bucks. Here's an interesting story actually - so while I was in line this russain family of 2 cut in front of 4 people to get their tickets. We only had 30 minutes until the museum closed, but still - I mean it's to see plants not Harry Potter - Don't cut in line for a plant show. We heard them speaking russain before they walked in line. In english Arik says, "Hey the lines back there, you can't cut" and they ignore him. Then in russain, he says the same thing. They smile and proceed to purchase their tickets. I can't believe 1) People would cut in line for a plant show and 2) that the people in front of them would be so complacent. Jeez!

HRH The Lady of the House requested to see the "man eating plants" at the conservatory today. I…read moreresponded with my inner sixth-grader, and we promptly headed for the white palace. The carnivorous plant exhibit occupied the entire Special Exhibits room, at the end of the west wing. The abundance and variety of carnivorous plants was quite amazing. The interpretive signs also educated me, correcting misconceptions that I had just previously told My Lady with complete confidence that I was right. There was a humbling effect of having the botanists there to correct my stories. Magnifying glasses and real insects added to the excitement. Imagine, we were observing plants in the act of digesting animals! (Vegetarians might wish to ignore this exhibit.) Upon browsing the rest of the Conservatory, we discovered that there are some large and impressive carnivorous plants in the permanent exhibits, as well. This show runs May 4 - November 4, 2007. Open 9-5 Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, complimentary for San Francisco Parks Trust members with tickets. The first Tuesday of each month is free for everyone. One need not be an actual child to enjoy.

The Peralta family were a Spanish land grant family who at one time owned the area from the San…read moreLeandro Creek north, to El Cerrito and from the hills West to the Bay. The Casa Peralta in San Leandro was built in 1901 and has been restored to its appearance from the 1920's. Highlights include the history of Luis Maria Peralta and his sons. Spanish tiles inside the fence related the story of Don Quixote. The Casa Peralta is a Museum that is open on Saturdays and Sundays free of charge.

Today was an absolute shit show at Casa Peralta hosted by the San Leandro Improvement Association…read more(SLIA) and the Community Impact LAB (CIL)! It was horribly, FUCKING HORRIBLY, managed, unorganized and uncontrolled! I do understand that having 5 years Marine Corps service means I have a particular set of standards and ideas of customs and courtesies and organization requirements..... but today was just FUCKING NUTS! First: there very seriously should have been a MAXIMUM CAPACITY limit and it should have been enforced! Instead of there being a good 1000 people squeezed into this tiny ass fucking church! I would have rather been told " I'm sorry we're at capacity" and turned away than to have been flooded with hundreds upon hundreds of people in a tiny ass court yard! Second: there should have been someone there AT THE DAMN GATE to ENFORCE the rule that "3 years and younger" at the first egg hunt! My daughter got kneed in the head and knocked down by a greedy Fucking PARENT who was telling his (very obviously looking) 6+ old son "Run run! Go over there I see more eggs! Hurry before more people come in!" To which I shoved him into a fucking tree! (I hope you read this post and contact me to apologize to my two year old daughter you piece of shit cause you darted off like a bitch!) Then I heard another mother saying "oh sorry sweetheart I thought this was for 3 and up! (When they made it very clear through the sound system and everyone was told to be quiet that we were lining up for 3 and under) and then said "we'll don't put your eggs back we'll just come back in a few minutes for your turn!" I also had a clearly looking 8+ old kid reach his grimy Fucking hands into my child's basket when her head was turned and tried to get her TWO EGGS (which were the only eggs she was able to get) to which he got a fucking palm to the face! I don't know where his fucking irresponsible parents were, but don't worry, I'll discipline your child for you! NO ONE enforced the 8-10 eggs ONLY rule so I saw children (OLDER THAN 3 MOSTLY) with 20 eggs and 10 candies and I saw some with 2 eggs and no candies. It was the fucking hunger games! Thirdly: why the fuck were there no representatives to watch the egg hunts to enforce the "one parent with one kid rule" because I had more problems with asshole adults then I did with little shit head kids! It was heavily over crowded with ADULTS! Seriously what the fuck! Fourth: there was NO set timing on the petting zoo! Some kids had 10 minutes (causing a line reaching towards the entrance gate) some kids got hurried out after only a minute or two. Some kids didn't even get to pet the animals because NO one was parenting their children and the poor lady there was just so overwhelmed with kids jumping in and out and parents letting it happen that anyone with any sense was just leaving. Those poor bunnies were breathing so hard I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't make it through to tomorrow from being over stimulated and overwhelmed. Kids were grabbing and picking up and putting down and pushing on them and just being horribly handled that I'm sure they'll have anxiety issues after today. It was just a gaggle fuck! The face painting? A joke! The ONLY thing this place had going for it, was it was beautiful. Any other day I'm sure I'd love to be here and enjoy it. The ONLY good part about today was my mother and father in law at least made this place bearable by helping me protect my two toddlers! But today?! I will NEVER bring my kids back for any event hosted by these organizations! I understand, it was a free event and I appreciate that. HOWEVER, I would now much rather pay for $10+ per person for an event that will at least be much better controlled and managed and organized, than to show up to a free event and fight to the death just for breathing room. We will be redoing Easter tomorrow in an Apartment complex courtyard just the family just to feel like Easter wasn't a waste today!

Very fun to get to see the inside of a mansion that I've walked past for more than 30 years. We…read morewere triggered to visit by an art exhibit by artist Abstract Oakland, which were bright and fanciful and entertaining and fun. And we bought two pieces for our house! Upstairs we explored rooms preserved from the late 18/early 20th century with furniture from that era-- for five dollars on a beautiful day at Lake Merritt!

Back here after august 2021 ..visited all the tourist spots luckily ..pay for Bart round trip and…read moreit's sunny ..2018 2021 2025 ..nice at lake Merritt sunny ..lake chalet museum and the historic house ..nice