by Balboa Park Conservancy | Apr 20, 2020 | Sustain, Enhance, Volunteers
Though we miss being in Balboa Park and seeing our volunteers’ daily smiles, there’s still plenty to be grateful for. In fact, we have hundreds of very good reasons to celebrate National Volunteer Week (April 19–25) this year as we now count 566 volunteers among our...
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 | Dec 30, 2019 | Sustain, Enhance, Envision, Volunteers, Community, Studies and Reports
A Message from Tomás Herrera-Mishler, Conservancy President & CEO It’s so rewarding to see how incremental change can have a transformational impact—especially in Balboa Park. And while I’m consistently impressed with the caliber and quantity of work generated by...
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...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Sep 25, 2019 | Sustain, Enhance, Partners
The Balboa Park Conservancy was recently selected as one of only five urban park organizations to participate in the first-ever Central Park Conservancy Institute for Urban Parks’ Partnerships Lab program. The program leverages the resources and expertise of the...
by Balboa Park Conservancy | Sep 20, 2019 | Sustain, Enhance, Botanical Building, Horticulture, Gardens
We are pleased to report that the restoration of the welcome gallery of Balboa Park’s iconic Botanical Building will be funded in part by a $257,668 grant from the federal Save America’s Treasures grant program, which requires a dollar-for-dollar match in private...
