Green Roof

09/25/08 • 5 min

An Unnatural History of Golden Gate Park

As you stand in front of the De Young Museum you can see the Academy of Sciences currently under construction. This installment explores the history of the Academy as a natural history museum and the green roof of its new building.

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Botanical Gardens/The Dawn Redwood

The San Francisco Botanical Garden is an outdoor museum and a repository for the conservation of plants from around the world. This chapter involves a hunt to find a botanical treasure, the Dawn Redwood.

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Carpet Beds Break the Illusion

What were the design criteria that the park designers used to create the pastoral look of Golden Gate Park? This chapter takes you on a walk between the carpet beds at the foot of the Conservatory of Flowers to Rhododendron Dell.