However, the cooler temperatures this time of year are quite nice as well. Peak fall color in this area is likely in the next 7-10 days. I love the transition to fall colors like those seen in the bloody cranesbill geranium ( Geranium sanguineum) above. My favorite time of year is early May with my second favorite time being mid October (right now!). Korean feather reed grass ( Calamagrostis brachytricha) – perennial Gredler mowing in the rose circle)įall color on a heavily “sculpted” and pruned Amur maple ( Acer ginnala) – woody tree I was on the roof of the visitor’s center today running cords and had a nice view of the formal gardens (note Dr. Kathy, Brian, Bob K., Marilyn and Alan (left to right) with Liz off camera right They have the greenhouse space to save some of these shared tropicals. We had a great group!ĭave, Vern and Jim (left to right) assembling a custom made benchīen from Boerner Botanical Gardens (Hales Corners, WI) came today to take some treasures home to use in their garden next year. Activities included carpentry projects (see below), organizing, raking, sweeping, mowing, removing annuals and general tidying. Gredler, Rollie, Nancy N., Becky, Steve J., Gary, Benjamin and many others. Volunteers today included Kathy, Eva, Brian, Bob K., Liz (new volunteer from Ireland), Marilyn, Dick H., Ron P., Dave, Jim, Vern, Alan, Dave E., Ron R., Gene, Maury, Dr. (above), for example, emptied, cleaned and organized our tool shed. Our volunteers worked on myriad projects today. The redbud ( Cercis canadensis) in the left-center has some great fall color – woody treeįall color beginning on ‘Autumn Moon’ fullmoon maple ( Acer shirasawanum) – woody tree ‘Fenway Gold’ Boston ivy ( Parthenocissus tricuspidata) at 30′ above ground level – woody vine ‘Royal Flush’ monkshood ( Aconitum carmichaelii) just starting to bloom! – perennial Rich Autumn colors abound throughout the gardens (Magda’s area above…) Our flamingos came back after clearing our pink-themed wall – a group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance” by the way… Our education volunteers also do an exceptional job! It was a super day and so nice to see our children’s education program in full swing with lots of young visitors out in the gardens today. I was able to run cords for a couple of hours but had other tasks to attend to as well. also push mowed then put up a whole lot of lights in many locations. Big John also push mowed, dug up some woody weeds and had made a lot of progress with HLS preparations and set-up with Bobby K. push mowed, tidied and had many other odds and ends. Note how bulky and colorful our compost pile has become as seen above! It’s always a juggling act out there but we’re pretty good at it and volunteers continue to be heavily involved with all of our activities.Ĭindy worked on tidying efforts in multiple locations while Larry O. We’ve removed about 40% of our annuals in advance of the frost and will continue with removals and more fall clean-up in earnest in the coming weeks to make way for our fast-paced Holiday Light Show (HLS) set-up. We had a VERY productive day and as is typical with most Thursdays, we had a strong volunteer turnout. Perhaps we’ll get a nip of frost tonight but if not, next week might do it despite some warmer days. Some folks that came in today mentioned some light frost in the grass or on their vehicles this morning. Tickets are now on sale at /lightscape/.While the morning was quite chilly, we think we missed having a frost by just a couple degrees F. The garden will also sell a $60 flex ticket that allow visitors to enter at any time during the 5 to 8:30 p.m. San Diego Botanic Garden members get a discount. Children ages 3 to 12 are $18, or $15 for military dependents ages 3 to 12. General admission tickets for adults are $29, or $26 for military. Only 150 tickets will be sold during each 15-minute period to control crowds. Tickets can be purchased for entry times every 15 minutes from 5 p.m. Lightscape was developed in 2013 by Creative Culture, a production company in northeast England, which has worked with Sony Music over the past nine years to create more than 30 illuminated trails around the world at locations that have included the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Chicago Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Australia.
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