A wander at Tilden Botanic Garden (photos)

I love a rock garden (Southern California ecoregion) — Giant Chalk Dudleya When I was in the Bay Area last week, my sister suggested we check out Tilden Regional Parks Botanic Garden in the East Bay. It’s all native California plants, organized into ecological regions 😀 It’s a 10-acre botanical garden with many trails, and well-signed. So many kinds of manzanitas!* (And the most darling little heuchera you ever did see 🥰 Sorry no pics) We had a good wander, and didn’t even see it all. We went on a Saturday, and they were having a native plant sale with a wide selection of starts and seeds — my mom scored a cool low-laying ceanothus, a hairy manzanita, and ‘Tracy’s maidenhair fern‘. *(I learned that kinnikinnick, which is also native to Washington, is a manzanita! Also, here’s a fun little SF manzanita story 🥰) manzanita! per their lichen brochure (pdf), crustose lichen? manzanita! walking by the backside of the nursery (plant sale was on the other side) there were four or five of…

Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town