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🌿 Beside it is the striking pink-edged leaf of Amorphophallus atrovirdis, native to Thailand. Plan your visit soon and look for other Amorphophallus plants in the Potted Plants gallery!

It’s Amorphophallus season at the Conservatory! Leaves and blooms from these corpse flower relatives are growing throughout the galleries. ❤️ The Amorphophallus konjac has a deep red-brown bloom, cultivated in Asia for thousands of years for its edible, starchy corms

We are so grateful to our generous sponsors, Gala committee, board, and staff who helped make this happen. 🌸

Huge thanks to our honorees Ruth and Ken Wilcox for their inspiring remarks and to our special guest speaker author Margaret Renkl who reminded us that planting a garden, no matter how small, provides joy and resilience in uncertain times.

Last weekend's Gala for the Gardens was our most impactful yet! Together we raised more than $675,000 to support our Gardens, educations programs, and conservation efforts.

💐🔍The blooms begin as vibrant pink dewdrop-shaped pendants. The pink bracts begin to curl upwards as the plant grows, revealing dozens of tiny pink and purple flowers within! Can you spot them? Plan your visit soon at gggp.org, there's so much in bloom!

There's a showstopping pink bloom happening now! See the magnificent "pink lantern" or Medinilla magnifica 🌸✨

Related to the Corpse Flower, meet Amorphophallus muelleri 🌱Native to Thailand, this unique plant features a polka-dotted purple spathe and a pointed white spadix. Its inflorescence appears only once every 2–5 years with a very mild smell. Check it out at the Conservatory!

We hope you'll join us on May 9 for a day of beauty, camaraderie, and a celebration in support of San Francisco's iconic public gardens. 🌺⛩️🌳 Reserve your tickets today at gggp.org/gala

Her debut children's book, "The Weedy Garden", will be featured this May-October in the Storybook Stroll at the Children's Garden. Her reflections are sure to inspire and deepen our connection to the natural world we're gathering to support. ✨🌍

Gala for the Gardens is right around the corner!🌸We're especially excited for you to meet our featured speaker, Margaret Renkl, award-winning author and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times...

We welcome you to don your garden finery, toast with a floral cocktail, and peruse rare and unique plants during the silent auction, enjoy an alfresco lunch, live auction, and words from our guest speaker, Margaret Renkl. Learn more at gggp.org/gala

Join us for the Garden party of the year on Saturday, May 9! Tickets are now on sale for Gala for the Gardens 🌸

Thanks to ArbNet, Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US, @mortonarboretum.bsky.social, NatureServe and U.S. Botanic Garden for supporting its conservation. Please note: Tree photo is a Monterey cypress. We hope to share images of a Mendocino cypress grown here soon!

As one of 10 recipients of the Priority U.S. Trees Conservation Awards, Gardens of Golden Gate Park is bolstering efforts to protect the Mendocino Cypress (Hesperocyparis pygmaea). #treeconservation

💧Typically, the Jade Vine can be found growing in the tropical rainforests of the Philippines 🥚 An egg magnolia (Magnolia liliifera) is a rare, fragrant tropical tree known for its creamy white or yellow, egg-shaped, aromatic blossoms. Get tickets at gggp.org

Jade vine and egg magnolia this week (photos 1-3) 🩵➡️ swipe to see the jade vine the week prior (photos 4-5) 🌿 The jade vine's glowing flowers make a perfect perch for bats. When bats reach for a sweet nectar treat, the flower will dust their heads with pollen.

Garden camp is designed to connect children to plants through a combination of structured, themed activities and open-ended time to develop curiosity, initiative, imagination, and creativity. 🌱🎨🌼 Learn more at gggp.org

It's time to register your student for Garden Camp! 🌿 Registration is now open and spots are filling up fast! Our popular Garden Camp program is an all-outdoors summer camp for children ages 5 through 14 (rising K through 8th grade)

@wildgina Central to her work has been advocating for the inclusion of Black narratives across outdoor spaces. 🌿Thank you Gina for your meaningful work in the community and online! Explore her artwork and support a Black woman botanical photographer! 🌸 instagram.com/wildgina

We’re honored to highlight @wildgina. Gina is a Black woman nature photographer who captures the intimacy of plants and botanical subjects with incredible perspective. We’re so lucky she’s a frequent visitor to the Gardens, allowing us to experience nature through her lens.

Wishing a warm celebratory close to Black History Month! At the Gardens of Golden Gate Park we are committed to taking meaningful action that advances justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion — not just this month, but all year long. 🤍