Transcript California Nursery Historical Park Tour

California Nursery Historical
Park Vision
Math Science Nucleus/CalNurCo
Vision for this park
• Create a 20 acre park with exhibits that celebrate this
history, trails, picnic areas, rental, archival site
• Restore buildings to late 1930’s
• Bring back some areas and events (i.e. experimental
orchard, water tower) as attractions
• Informational signs about the history with QR codes with
more information, videos, etc (sell ap)
• Develop tours that would bring busloads of elementary
students (Local History , Plant Genetics, etc) and work
double as public tours during weekend
Vallejo Adobe
Wheat, cattle, and riches
Jose de Jesus Vallejo
Events
• School groups
• Scout groups (i.e.
hoot owl, forestry)
• Fund raisers
• Displays of vaquero
and rancher history
(audio and written
with pictures)
President’s House
Famous People
associated with CNC
William J. Landers
John Rock
George Roeding Sr.
Frederick Roeding
Jonas Clark
Luther Burbank
Famous People
associated with CNC
Bernard Maybeck
Phoebe Hearst
Andrew Hill
Gabriel Mouldin
Garden Store
• One of first designs for
retail nursery
• Reimer’s landscaping
with California Nursery
(Adobe look which
became trademark for
California Nursery)
Events
• Create replica of one of the nicer
Reimer style Retail stores
• Could be used as gift shop, including
selling of self guided tours, guided
tours
Behind garden retail store, could be a multiuse building
and garden area that could be used for rental with
kitchen (weddings, small conferences)
California Nursery Office
Events
• Archive small
material
• Small museum
(visitor center )
• Outside events area
• Staging area
Bulb festival
Packing Shed
• The Golden Age of agriculture started in the late 1800’s
as transportation allowed large farms to sell their ware;
wheat fields (prior to 1840’s) turned into orchards
(people like Luther Burbank, John Rock, Fred and
George Roeding developed new hybrids, varieties)
Events
• Store large artifacts
• House tools used by
volunteers
• Work area
• Part of
programming
• Area behind
packing shed, could
be a garden (i.e
Garden at Lake
Merritt) that could
be used for several
projects
• Master Gardener
Program, associated
with Alameda
County and UC
Regents (Roeding
was one of first
agriculture regents)
Children’s Horticultural Garden
How trees are propagating
Genetics
How fruit trees are cared for
Field trip orientated for New Generation of
Science Standards (NGSS)
(composting, energy transferal
Santa Rosa
2 acres
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park
James Lick, whom John Rock worked for, created the original Conservatory
Was found in grates in 1870’s…. Is there a connection (unknown at this time)
Preserve historical documents and artifacts for
research, education and tourism