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Ok, so it’s not really Jurassic Park, just the Tree Fern Garden in Golden Gate Park. But this small corner of San Francisco sure feels prehistoric.

Having grown up with cold northeastern winters, I only saw ferns as houseplants until I moved to California. Seeing a fern the size of a tree still makes me think that I’m in the land of the lost. In the tropics and subtropics, tree ferns are often rainforest companions with orchids, but the closest orchids to these are at the nearby Academy of Sciences and Conservatory of Flowers.

Besides these large and ancient ferns, Golden Gate Park always has plenty of blooms, even during our cool, wet winter. Dave snapped these beautiful floral photos during a recent visit, and also took a shot of these dinosaur descendants enjoying a duckweed covered lake. They all provide a congenial step back to eons past, with no worries of sharp, prehistoric teeth.

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 10:25 pm and is filed under General Gardening, Photos.

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