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Today, we went to the San Francisco City Hall Victory Garden. "Victory Gardens" were planted during World Wars I and II to grow food to overcome wartime deficits. Slow Food Nation partnered with Victory Gardens 2008+ to create an organic Victory Garden in front of San Francisco's City Hall. The last Victory Garden in front of City Hall existed over sixty-five years ago in 1943. For more information, click here.
The Victory Garden consists of attractive concentric rings of vegetables, wildflowers and other California native plants against the stunning backdrop of City Hall.
Kale
Sunflowers
The Victory Garden also included demonstration gardens of California Native Plant Pollinator Habitat and California Native Coastal Shrub Habitat. I was fortunate to be able to capture shots of a honeybee and a bee-fly or a wasp on flowers in both of those habitats.
California honeybee on Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa)
Bee-fly or Sand Wasp? on California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Macro shot of flowers of California Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) in California Native Coastal Scrub Habitat
Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) in California Native Plant Pollinator Habitat
Annual California Native Plant Pollinator
Unknown Moth on Leaf
The Victory Garden is wonderful and sets an example of all of the food that could be raised right here in urban backyards of San Francisco.
P.S. Thanks to Eileen for pointing out to me that my photo of what I thought was a honeybee on the buckwheat in fact was either a bee-fly (a fly that mimics a bee to fend off predators) or a sand wasp. Can anyone help in identifying it precisely? Thanks!
P.S. Thanks to Eileen for pointing out to me that my photo of what I thought was a honeybee on the buckwheat in fact was either a bee-fly (a fly that mimics a bee to fend off predators) or a sand wasp. Can anyone help in identifying it precisely? Thanks!
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4 comments:
this was very interesting to see the Victory Garden
Glad you stopped by my blog. I never get out and visit if ya don't prod me. And if ya hadn't done that I would have missed some wonderful photos.
I guess my favorite was the Clown fish. It might not be the 'best' photograph but it had something that connected with me. So from here I'll go dig into the archives and see what else I can find.
Happy GTS
Thanks so much for the pictures! I love the idea of a victory garden and I plan on planting a small vegetable plot next year. Now wouldn't that be awesome to do it in concentric circles? :) Thanks for stopping by my blog. :)
You have wonderful photos! I've always been fascinated with the history of Victory Gardens, and wonder why more people today don't utilize this concept. With Square Foot gardening techiques, it seems doable even in alleyways, and would help with nutrition issues for less fortunate folks.
Aiyana
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