Beauty fills and surrounds the Botanical Building in Balboa Park. As do words that honor those who’ve made our world more beautiful.
Seeds that were planted many years ago live on and on.
Last weekend I saw and read a few plaques.
Alfred D. Robinson, Founding President of the San Diego Floral Association in 1907, originated the use of a “lath house” for displaying plants at the 1915 Panama-California Exposition.
Ruth C. Smith, founder of the City Beautiful of San Diego, who worked to plant 10,000 trees in San Diego parks, has left a legacy of beauty for all San Diegans to enjoy for years to come.
In Memory of Miss Daisy O. Tompkins, Teacher. This world is a better place because of her.
Barbara Hart McLean. Artist, Scientist, Mother, Friend. She loved life in all of its diversity and color.
Honoring a man whose vision of a “Palace of Lath” became reality, adding beauty to the lives of millions of Balboa Park visitors for over a century.
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Perhaps she has been already honored enough, but it seems to me that if exceptional wonders of horticultural art decide whom we would honor in this issue of CSDS, the massive accomplishments of Kate Sessions belong in here, somewhere.
I’ve written about Kate Sessions many times through the years. I just happened to walk through the Botanical Building this Sunday, and I photographed several plaques. Upon viewing my photos when I got home, the theme of this simple blog post occurred to me. There are many, many others who could be mentioned, too!
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Perhaps she has been already honored enough, but it seems to me that if exceptional wonders of horticultural art decide whom we would honor in this issue of CSDS, the massive accomplishments of Kate Sessions belong in here, somewhere.
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I’ve written about Kate Sessions many times through the years. I just happened to walk through the Botanical Building this Sunday, and I photographed several plaques. Upon viewing my photos when I got home, the theme of this simple blog post occurred to me. There are many, many others who could be mentioned, too!
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