Posts Tagged ‘plants’
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Get on up to the Presidio today at 1:00 PM to see hundreds of goats being delivered to clean up the areas surround our Presidio Golf Course. Deets below.
And then, to make your day completely hurcine, go ahead and nosh on a warm Goat Cheese Naploleon at the popular Presidio Cafe:
GOAT CHEESE NAPOLEON – warm Laura Chenel goat cheese, puff pastry, sweet & spicy pecans, fresh berries & balsamic dressing
It’s the circle of life, or something, nom nom.
Oh, here they are:
Three Boer Goats via Jennifer Schwalm
(When young, these critters kind of look like dogs.)
All the deets:
“NATURE’S LAWNMOWERS” REPORT FOR TOUR OF DUTY AT PRESIDIO GOLF COURSE
Date: Tuesday August 7, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Presidio Golf Course; behind the clubhouse (300 Finley Road, inside the Arguello Gate)
Who: The Presidio Trust and Arnold Palmer Golf welcome a herd of goats to the Presidio Golf Course to tame the overgrown ivy, blackberry and hemlock that have popped up around the links. The goats will arrive at 1:00pm on Tuesday, August 7 and will be corralled at the clubhouse for about an hour when the public can “meet the goats.” After all the goats are unloaded, they will be shepherded by three border collies to a site near the driving range.
What: The 250-300 Boer goats begin their culinary odyssey in an overgrown thicket behind the driving range. The hungry herd’s two-week tour of duty will be spent chomping through weeds and transforming them into natural fertilizer, allowing native grasses to flourish. Once the unwanted vegetation has been eaten back, not only can errant golf balls be retrieved, but serpentine soil will be revealed. The hope is long buried seeds will sprout, enabling native wildflowers and grasses to once again take root and thrive. The goats’ next stop will be a wetland area near the 4TH hole now thick with thistle and hemlock.
The project is part of a broader effort to upgrade the course using sustainable means whenever possible. Improvements are planned for every hole and bunker on the course, including the creation of so-called “fuzzy bunkers” using native plants and grasses. The result will be a course that is both more attractive and more challenging, with a less manicured and wilder look evocative of traditional Scottish links courses.
Originally constructed in 1895, the Presidio Golf Course is the second oldest course west of the Mississippi. Long restricted to members of the military and the exclusive Presidio Golf Club, the course was opened to public play 1995.
The goats are supplied by California Grazing, a holistic land management company that provides brush and weed control through grazing.”
See you there!
Tags: 1895, 300, 300 Finley Road, 4TH hole, arguello, Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer Golf, blackberry, Boer, border collies, bunker, California Grazing, clubhouse, corralled, course, driving range, Finley, fuzzy bunkers, gate, goat, goats, golf, grasses, hemlock, herd, ivy, LAWNMOWERS, meet the goats, military, native, NATURE’S, NATURE’S LAWNMOWERS, plants, presidio, PRESIDIO GOLF COURSE, Presidio Trust, public, road, shepherded, Sustainable, thicket, thistle, trust, vegetation, weeds, wildflowers
Posted in Animals | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Get all the deets right here, and here at the Richmond District Blog, and below.
This show will run through April 15, 2012.
Check it, Playland at the Beach ephemera:
All photos by Nina Sazevich – click to expand
“Take a trip down memory lane as a bygone era of seaside amusement comes to miniature life in this season’s Conservatory of Flowers garden railway exhibition
November 18, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Step right up for a ride back in time as the Conservatory of Flowers presents an all new garden railway display celebrating the legendary Playland at the Beach and a bygone era of seaside amusement that was located on San Francisco’s West End. In a dazzling display landscaped with hundreds of dwarf plants, model trains and trolleys wend their way past the famed Sutro Baths, zip around a replica of the Victorian-era Cliff House and whiz through a fantastic mini version of San Francisco’s beloved Playland at the Beach.
Playland at the Conservatory, the conservatory’s 4th Annual Garden Railway, is an entirely new layout that resurrects the heyday of San Francisco’s west end, an area that flourished as a destination for fun and thrills after a new railroad built in 1884 made travel out to the ocean affordable. A dozen San Francisco landmarks, now mostly lost to time, are recreated in miniature and set in a landscape of hundreds of dwarf plants that bring the rocky cliffs and sandy shores of the area to life. Sutro Baths, the fantastical 7-pool swimming complex built in 1896 by eccentric mayor Adolph Sutro, nestles under Sutro’s other attraction, the Cliff House, which he transformed in that same year into a 7-story Victorian chateau.
No doubt the recreated Playland at the Beach will be the star of the garden railway. Young and old alike will marvel at the sight of Playland’s most famous attractions in miniature, all in swirling motion and bright with twinkling carnival lights, while the sounds of the arcade and even Laffing Sal’s boisterous voice transport visitors right back to the midway. Wee rollercoaster cars climb the steep tracks of the Big Dipper, Playland’s biggest thrill ride from the 1920s to the 1950s, while a mini Airplane Ride spins and spins in circles. Other attractions include the treacherous Diving Bell, the Fun House and Playland¹s famed food arcade where hungry revelers could grab an enchilada at the Hot House or a sweet at the Candy Factory.
As in past years, these replicas are all creatively crafted in miniature from recycled and repurposed materials. Playland’s historic 1906 carousel was created from a discarded light fixture, a slide carousel and a record player. The individual cages of the Rock-O-Plane are made from old pencil sharpeners.
The exhibit also includes real memorabilia and photographs from Playland and beyond in a fascinating display that tells the story of San Francisco’s lost ocean-front treasures. Original wool bathing suits from Sutro Baths, the toothpick amusement park made by San Quentin inmate Jack Harrington that was displayed in the museum at the Baths, a Dodger bumper car, an original Playland sign and more provide visitors with an engaging way to experience and learn about San Francisco’s past. Period arcade games offer a hands-on history lesson with a chance to get your future from Zoltar, step into a vintage 1960s photo booth or goof around in the fun house mirrors, while a special scavenger hunt spinning wheel is a great, interactive way for young children to explore the exhibit. Portions of the popular documentary “Remembering Playland” will also be showing in the gallery.”
All right, see you there!
Tags: 2011, Annual Garden Railway, bay area, california, cliff house, conservatory of flowers, exhibition, Garden, golden gate park, model, plants, Playland at the Beach, railway, San Francisco, show, Sutro Baths, ticket, trains, West End
Posted in flora | No Comments »
Friday, July 8th, 2011
See?
From what they used to call the Mexican Garden in what they used to call Strybing Arboretum, which, for seven decades and up until just last year, used to have free admission:
Click to expand
Tags: 2011, arboretum, bay area, cacti, cactii, cactus, california, flower, flowering, Mexican Garden, plants, San Francisco, strybing, Strybing Arboretum
Posted in flora | No Comments »
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
But remember, you can visit the showroom on 10th Street only “by appointment only.” No pop-ins allowed. See?
“Plants On Walls Showroom is located at 1190 Bryant Street (at 10th, across from Costco, in SOMA), San Francisco, CA 94110. (415) 658-5498 (by appointment only).”
Plants on Walls Girls on Film Plants on Walls Girls on Film
Click to expand
You see, they have plants, ON WALLS!
Tags: 2010, bay area, california, plants, plants on walls, PlantsOnWalls, San Francisco, showroom, soma, vertical garden panels, walls
Posted in flora | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The people at our Yelp-rated Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) Recycling Center and Native Plant Nursery at 780 Frederick Street betwixt Arguello and Lincoln think that Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to, before he leaves local politics, shut the place down.
Why? Well, they believe that due to all the skivvy from:
“Anonymous sources in the Mayor’s Office, the Department of the Environment, and Recreation and Parks…”
O.K. then.
Via edibleoffice
Anyway, here are the deets:
“San Francisco’s Green Mayor Threatens Local Recycling Center With Eviction? Ten Green Jobs On The Line. 5,000 Native Plants Endangered. Thousands of SF Residents Will Miss City’s #1 Recycling Center
Anonymous sources in the Mayor’s Office, the Department of the Environment, and Recreation and Parks all confirm that the Mayor wants the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) Recycling and Native Plant Nursery out by the end of his term. The Mayor mistakenly believes this draconian act will reduce illegal street activity in the Neighborhood and in Golden Gate Park.
HANC Operations Manager Charlie Lamar disputes the connection. “Fewer than one in five of our customers sleep outside and more than half come in cars” says Lamar who has worked there over twenty years. He added “If you watch the short video petition you’ll see how our customer base is really quite diverse and representative of the City as a whole”.
This misguided decision to evict HANC, which founded the Recycling Center in 1974, will leave the ten San Franciscans who work there without a job. HANC pays a living wage and provides health care. Given the high unemployment rate, many of these workers will be out of a work for a long time and may well end up homeless.
Thousands of San Franciscans who recycle at HANC will be forced to use one of the other rapidly diminishing recycling centers across town. San Francisco is notoriously underserved by recycling centers.
“San Francisco has only one recycling center for every 44,000 residents whereas across the State you’ll find one for every 18,000”, says Ed Dunn,HANC’s Executive Director whose father founded the Recycling Center thirty-six years ago.
The fate of the Native Plant Nursery and its 5,000 plants remains unclear. Whether or not it would be incorporated into a new proposed “Garden Resource Center” at the HANC site is an open question. The need for such a new project located so close to the existing Garden for the Environment (HANC is their fiscal agent) which has similar programs does not seem to be great.
HANC already plans to offer free soil to community gardeners in the near future. And its Native Plant Nursery and Garden has been a destination for those interested in habitat restoration and gardening with native plants for years.“
Tags: 2010, ashbury, bay area, california, center, Department of the Environment, Gavin, golden gate park, governore, haight, haight ashbury neighborhood council, hanc, inner, kezar, Mayor, newsom lt, nursery, plants, recreation and parks, recycle, recycling, San Francisco, shut down, stadium, sunset
Posted in environment, politics | 3 Comments »
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
This is what it looks like.
Here’s the mise-en-scene,near Fulton at Park Presidio:
Click to expand
And here are the three beds that got hacked beyond recognition:
These are some pretty hefty branches – too big for hand shears? I don’t know. I imagine a hard-to-conceal lopper might have been used. The left thumb from my man hands is beneath the cut area:
Who knows what might have been the trigger (White Delight?) that set off The Lopper?
(Also noteworthy down at Our Rose Garden is this Notice of Pesticide Application. Uh, I’d like a Big Mac, no, make that a fish filet, and a side of fries, no make that a baked potato, and a Dr. Pepper, no make that a choco shake. Got that?)
Anywaym keep it up and you’ll get caught, Lopper.
Tags: 2010, 32, arborcide, august, bay area, bushes, california, crossover, cut, district, drive, fulton, golden gate park, park presidio, plants, richmond, rose, San Francisco, street
Posted in crime, flora | No Comments »
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Presidio Trust Executive Director Craig Middleton today announced a new partnership that will guarantee a long-term stewardship of the Yelp-rated Presidio Pet Cemetery.
All the deets, below
R.I.P. Tiger and Buddy Bird:
via prawnpie
SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETS TO HELP CARE FOR PET CEMETERY. VOLUNTEERS WILL TEND GRAVES OF BELOVED MILITARY PETS
Presidio of San Francisco (March 18, 2010) — The Presidio Trust and the Swords to Plowshares Veterans Academy, located on the Presidio, are kicking off a new partnership that will ensure long-term stewardship of the Presidio Pet Cemetery. The agreement provides for Trust staff to work with residents at Swords to Plowshares’ permanent supportive housing facility, the Veterans Academy, to maintain and improve the cemetery. Activities will include pulling weeds, removing invasive plants, picking up trash, trimming shrubs, and eventually restoring individual grave markers.
Located at the foot of McDowell Avenue, beneath Doyle Drive, and bounded by a white fence, the 450-square foot cemetery is the final resting place for hundreds of loyal animals owned by families stationed at the Presidio. The cemetery’s official record is spotty but, by most accounts, it dates to the 1950s when upwards of 2,000 military families lived on the base. There are numerous legends surrounding the cemetery, which some believe was originally a burial ground for nineteenth-century cavalry horses or World War II guard dogs.
“The pet cemetery gives us insight into family life at the Presidio. It is part of the fabric of the park and former military base,” says Craig Middleton, the Trust’s Executive Director. “We are grateful that the veterans of Swords to Plowshares have offered to care for this important part of the Presidio’s legacy.”
All the deets, after the jump.
(more…)
Tags: 18, 2010, animal, avenue, birds, Buddy Bird, cemetery, Craig Middleton, dogs, doyle drive, Executive Director, goldfish, graves, hamsters, headstones, horses, invasive, lizards, march, markers, McDowell, Michael Blecker, military, national park, partnership, pet, Pet Cemetery, plants, presidio, Presidio Trust, stewardship, supportive housing facility, SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES, tiger, trash, trust, Veterans Academy, VETS, volunteers, weeds
Posted in Animals, parks | 3 Comments »
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Part of the problem of having wide, wide sidewalks in San Francisco is when people go and try to fill up the wasted space.
As here, in front of the Hotel Whitcomb on inbound Market near 8th Street. See? Terry Frye’s recent photos seem to show quite a lot of stuff on the red brick. Is Market now a Livable Street or something? Are potted plants required for every public-private partnership to come down the pike?
If this trend keeps up, then San Francisco Honda will run out of room to hawk its wares. I mean, there are only so many red bricks for businesses to put their stuff on out there, right?
Tags: "street furniture, 8th, chairs, dining, dinner, eights, Honda, hotel, hotel whitcomb, intersection, lunch, market, outdoor, parking, permit, plants, potted, san francisoc, sidewalks, street, tables, umbrellas, whitcomb
Posted in streets | 2 Comments »
