Monday, March 26, 2018

California Nursery Historical Park


I went by the California Nursery Historical Park in Fremont. The Nursery was founded in 1884 by John Rock and became one of the largest on the West Coast and was important for introducing new hybrids of plants and varieties of plants. The family now operates the nursery as a mail-order business and it became a park in 1972:












These next two are interesting. The first one is a picture of the grounds in 1887 and you can see the little palm trees on the side. The second one is the remaining palm tree from one of them in the picture in 2018:






The California Nursery Historical Park is a great way to spend an early morning or any time of day.


34 comments:

  1. A nursery historic park? That is a first for me, but then again, I've only visited California once (the San Diego area). I love palm trees, because to me they scream "vacation".

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  2. What a beautiful and fascinating place...I would never have thought of the idea of a historic nursery park. I love that one of the ancient palm trees still survives...hooray to Mother Nature in preserving it for posterity!
    Kay
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  3. Looks like a nice place I like the photos :-)

    Have a parktastic week :-)

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  4. Very nice!
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-peek-inside-biltmore-estate.html

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  5. This would be fun to check out. Thanks for the tip.

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  6. I could spend hours here Patrick and that daffodil at the end made my day. It is one of my favourite flowers and always makes me feel happy when I see them. Thanks for sharing with us at #MLSTL and have a great week!

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  7. So pretty with all the flowers.

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  8. Interesting post and beautiful photos.

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  9. Wow, what a neat place to go if you're feeling "COME ON SPRING"! Everyone is doing nature this Wednesday & it's really saying "COME ON SPRING" for me!!! It's still very cold here and we had some rain yesterday that turned into ice for a while, but later in the afternoon it melted, but got cold again :(

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  10. Ooops almost for HAPPY EASTER my friend! hugs

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  11. I like the old school windmill the most. What a cool place!

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  12. Those flowers were beautiful and I can't believe that nursery has been around for 140 years - amazing!
    Thanks for linking up with us at #MLSTL and I've shared this on my SM

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  13. Wow on the tall cactus...would love to see their blooms. Thanks for letting me peek through your camera to all the beautiful flowers.

    Peabea from Peabea Scribbles

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  14. Spread seeds of happiness --- i like that very much.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  15. That is so interesting! I love it! Oh, and that original palm tree photo is hilarious. It just kept growing! Thanks for linking on Amanda's Books and More.

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  16. A nice park! Thanks for sharing your photos.

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  17. What a great place and how big is that one remaining palm tree?? Enjoyed my visit via #mlstl

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  18. That looks brilliant. I'd love to visit but I can't see me getting to California any time soon and if I did is have to catch up with family first. #bloggerclubuk

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  19. Beautiful photos. I love taking photos of flowers, they are so bright and cheerful :) Thanks for sharing at The Wednesday Blog Hop.

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  20. I bet you have seen so many varieties of flowers and plants

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  21. This is the type of place where Hubby would find a seat and just let me take photos! Gorgeous images.

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  22. Your photos are beautiful and that giant palm looks so impressive. Thanks for linking up with us for #DreamTeam x

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  23. What a gorgeous nursery! Thank you so very much for linking to the Spring and Easter Joys party. Have a very Happy Easter!

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  24. I never knew of this place. It looks like a great place to explore.

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  25. So many great photos but I just love seeing the before and after of the palm tree; that is amazing! Pinned.

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  26. What a wonderful place! I am so in love with trees. Can you just imagine the stories that one tree could tell? The thought of a nursery that has been there for so long is interesting to me. It would be fun to visit.

    Thank you so much for sharing this at the garden party. Be sure to mark your calendar to link up again on May 25th. ;)

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  27. What a beautiful place! I love visiting nurseries like this. We found a really fun one while vacationing in Texas last March. Thanks for sharing with the Garden Party.
    Jann

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