Tilden Park Botanical Gardens

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The other day Friedhelm and I went to Berkeley Ca. to visit a couple of botanical gardens.

The first was located in Tilden Park. 
The park's focus is on California based plants, many of them rare, 
and located in a very small range. 

 I shot all of these with my wonderful Tokina  100mm macro.


There were a lot of different types of Manzanita. Unfortunately I didn't 
get the name of this variety. I grew up in a lumber community and
manzanita was considered a scourge.




You know I like photos of  the sun shining through the leaves of a tree.
In this case a rare Santa Cruz Ironwood. I was attracted to the shape of the leaves.
Not your normal oak or birch.




This is a Channel Island Tree Poppy, mostly seen on San Clemente, Santa Catalina, 
Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Isles.



And last but not least if a Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat.


Go, See, Enjoy and Photograph

Dave

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