by Balboa Park Conservancy | Apr 16, 2020 | Park History, Horticulture, Gardens, Visitor Experience
What’s your rank? Summer Intern or Park Ranger? Think you know Balboa Park? Test your park knowledge with our insider- approved Stuck-At-Home, Whaddya-Know-About-Balboa Park Quarantine Quiz. Score yourself with the answer key below. City Park, which later was...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Mar 27, 2020 | Horticulture, Visitor Experience
We know how hard it is to be away from your favorite forest grove or garden right now. But this time is a great reminder for just how important our public parks, trails, and beaches are to us — every day. While our lungs long for open spaces, we can expand our minds...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Mar 19, 2020 | Horticulture, Gardens, Visitor Experience
[Please save this itinerary until Balboa Park reopens.] If you think social distancing means not going out and visiting public places, think again. Balboa Park offers 1,200 acres worth of open space, plenty of room to spare to keep a safe distance from others. We can...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Mar 3, 2020 | Park Forest, Horticulture, Visitor Experience
Consider for just one moment what your life would be like without trees. Can you even imagine this? During California Arbor Week, Californians are educated on the value trees provide and the important role they play in building healthy, vibrant communities. One week...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Feb 3, 2020 | Sustain, Enhance, Horticulture
Together the Balboa Park Conservancy’s team of leaders, staff, trustees, and volunteers bring a tremendous amount of expertise and passion to their work for the benefit of the park and its stakeholders. Their combined skills, experience, knowledge, and leadership...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Nov 26, 2019 | Sustain, Enhance, Balboa Park Events, Partners, Volunteers, Community, Park Forest, Horticulture
On the morning of November 9, community members gathered at Morley Field near Jacaranda Place to honor the life and legacy of the “Mother of Balboa Park,” Kate Sessions, and plant 27 new trees. Honored as one of the park’s founders, Sessions (born Nov. 8, 1857) is the...
