Queen Wilhelmina Garden @ Golden Gate State Park
This is the Queen Wilhelmina Garden @ Golden Gate State Park. This garden also contains a Dutch Wind mill.
Shot using Canon XF100
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San Francisco Golden Gate Park Wedding Video
Filmed on location at the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, the Embassy Suites Burlingame, and the Zen Peninsula Restaurant in Milbrae, CA. Come celebrate with Jeremy & Sao Lai!
Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden
Tulips at Queen Wilhelmina Windmill at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
Blooming tulips at Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden in Golden Gate Park
Music by MusMus, Japan
Dutch Windmill Golden Gate Park San Francisco
strolling around the Golden Gate Park
San Francisco. Golden Gate Park.
In the 1860s, San Franciscans began to feel the need for a spacious public park similar to Central Park that was taking shape in New York. Golden Gate Park was carved out of unpromising sand and shore dunes that were known as the outside lands in an unincorporated area west of then-San Francisco's borders. Although the park was conceived under the guise of recreation, the underlying justification was to attract housing development and provide for the westward expansion of The City. The tireless field engineer William Hammond Hall prepared a survey and topographic map of the park site in 1870 and became commissioner in 1871. He was later named California's first State Engineer and developed an integrated flood control system for the Sacramento Valley when he was not working on Golden Gate Park.
The actual plan and planting were developed by Hall and his assistant, John McLaren, who had apprenticed in Scotland, the homeland of many of the nineteenth century's best professional gardeners. The initial plan called for grade separations of transverse roadways through the park, as Frederick Law Olmsted had provided for Central Park, but budget constraints and the positioning of the Arboretum and the Concourse ended the plan. In 1876, the plan was almost exchanged for a racetrack favored by the Big Four millionaires, Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Charles Crocker. Hall resigned and the remaining park commissioners followed him. The original plan, however, was back on track by 1886, when streetcars delivered over 47,000 people to Golden Gate Park on one weekend afternoon (the city's population at the time was about 250,000). Hall selected McLaren as his successor in 1887.
North Windmill in Golden Gate Park. Built in 1903, it was used to pump water throughout the park. The blades seen here were covered with canvas sails.
The first stage of the park's development centered on planting trees, in order to stabilize the ocean dunes that covered three-quarters of the park's area. By 1875, about 60,000 trees, mostly Blue Gum Eucalyptus, Monterey pine and Monterey cypress, had been planted. By 1879, that figure had more than doubled to 155,000 trees over 1,000 acres (400 ha). Later McLaren scoured the world through his correspondents for trees. When McLaren refused to retire at age 60, as was customary, the San Francisco city government was bombarded with letters: when he reached 70, a charter amendment was passed to exempt him from forced retirement. He lived in McLaren Lodge in Golden Gate Park until he died at age 96, in 1943.
In 1903, a pair of Dutch-style windmills were built at the extreme western end of the park. These pumped water throughout the park. The north windmill has been restored to its original appearance and is adjacent to a flower garden, a gift of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. These are planted with tulip bulbs for winter display and other flowers in appropriate seasons. Murphy's Windmill in the south of the park is currently being restored.
Most of the water used for landscape watering and for various water features is now provided by groundwater from the City's Westside Basin Aquifer. However, the use of highly processed and recycled effluent from the city's sewage treatment plant, located at the beach some miles away to the south near the San Francisco Zoo is planned for the near future. In the 1950s the use of this effluent during cold weather caused some consternation, with the introduction of artificial detergents but before the advent of modern biodegradable products. These hard detergents would cause long-lasting billowing piles of foam to form on the creeks connecting the artificial lakes and could even be blown onto the roads, forming a traffic hazard.
Golden Gate Park is adjacent to Haight-Ashbury, and it was the site of the Human Be-In of 1967, preceding the Summer of Love. The tradition of large, free public gatherings in the park continues to the present, especially at Speedway Meadow. One of the largest events held annually at the park starting in 2001 has been the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (formerly the Strictly Bluegrass Festival), a free festival held in October. Speedway Meadow also plays host to a number of large-scale events such as the 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival held by musician and filmmaker Michael Franti with Guerrilla Management.
Spreckels Lake
My outing to Golden Gate Park.
Tulip Garden in Golden Gate Park
Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden
Japanese Tea Garden,San Francisco movie (HD)
In a city with lots to keep you busy, the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park often falls below the radar....It shouldn't. It's a fantastic place for solo travelers looking to connect with San Francisco's multi-cultural history, for a family looking for fun activities for the kids, and for couple in the mood for a quiet, romantic stroll.
Music: Descanso DE Tela by Projimo Bil
Miss You by Podington Bear
Cherry Trees, Shakespeare Garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on the 1st Day of Spring
Darran Oliver and David Van Virden frolic amongst the gorgeous cherry blossom trees in the Shakespeare Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park!
Waterfall in Golden Gate Park
Waterfall at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park. Rose garden. San Francisco.
8/16/13
Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill - Golden Gate Park
Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill - Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, California
The Windmills Finally Spin Again @ Golden Gate Park, San Francisco!
After being dormant for too many years, the windmills are functioning once again. Today was Dutch Queen's Day in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco and the newly/completely restored Murphy Windmill was turned on for the special occasion.
At Queen Wilhemina Tulip Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Gopher at Stow Lake in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
A Gopher draws a crowd and happily takes the bait, repeatedly, to perform lightning-quick leaf grabs after momentarily showing his fuzzy face.
Aerial View of the Windmills in Golden Gate Park
North Dutch Windmill and Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Gardens
Visiting the North Dutch Windmill and Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Gardens and the area around the North Lake in Chain of Lakes at Golden Gate Park.
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(California Travel Vlog) The Beautiful Filoli Gardens (SF Bay Area Ep. 3)
Where: Woodside, California
Location: Filoli House & Gardens
A California Historic Landmark built in 1917.
Blogpost on the Gardens of Filoli:
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