Saturday, September 19, 2015

The Gardens of Alcatraz are positioned on the Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, 1.five miles from San Francisco, California. Extended before these gardens have been set up, the Alcatraz remained an isolated island. It was owned by Julian Workman who was acquired it from Mexican governor Pio Pico in 1846 to develop a lighthouse on the island. Following that, the island of Alcatraz served as military base and then as prison till 1972 when it was declared as national recreation area.

Gardens of Alcatraz Island at San Francisco Bay
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In 2003, the Garden Conservancy and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy formed a partnership with the National Park Service to restore and keep essential gardens on Alcatraz. Gardens have been constructed and restored to establish it as center of horticultural and cultural significance.

These days, the Gardens of Alcatraz are home to various succulent plants, geraniums, heirloom varieties of rose and numerous uncommon plants acquired from about the globe. All the gardens have been created, cleaned, restored and populated by apple and fig trees, banks of sweet peas, manicured gardens of cutting flowers, and wildly overgrown sections of native grasses with blackberry and honeysuckle.

The island is also recognized for its well-known Agave Path – a trail named for dense population of Agave plants. Nowadays, the Garden Conservancy’s employees operates with volunteer gardeners to preserve the historic gardens at Alcatraz.

Alcatraz is also recognized as ‘The Rock’.

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