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Francisco Park San Francisco, California
This unique park project is a public-private partnership between the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the Francisco Park Conservancy, a non-profit community organization. In 2014, the Recreation and Park Department acquired the land for use as a park and the Conservancy committed to funding design, construction, and maintenance costs. [from francisco park website]
Community Garden Picnic Area Plants Signs Tea Tree Grove The Park's History The Park The Playground
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Community Garden, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

A community garden is a piece of land gardened or cultivated by a group of people individually or collectively. Normally in community gardens, the land is divided into individual plots. Each individual gardener is responsible for their own plot and the yielding or the production of which belongs to the individual.[from wikipedia]

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The Park's History, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

History is knowledge acquired by investigation and is the study and the documentation of the past.[from wikipedia]

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Picnic Area, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (al fresco) as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer. It is different from other meals because it requires free time to leave home.[from wikipedia]

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Plants, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color.[from wikipedia]

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The Playground, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people with disabilities. A playground might exclude children below (or above) a certain age.[from wikipedia]

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Signs, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

The main purpose of signs is to communicate, to convey information designed to assist the receiver with decision-making based on the information provided. Alternatively, promotional signage may be designed to persuade receivers of the merits of a given product or service.[from wikipedia]

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Tea Tree Grove, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

Leptospermum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae commonly known as tea trees, although this name is sometimes also used for some species of Melaleuca. Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent, but some are native to other parts of the world, including New Zealand and Southeast Asia.[from wikipedia]

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The Park, In Francisco Park, Hyde & Bay Streets, San Francisco, California

Francisco Park is a public park in the Russian Hill neighborhood in San Francisco, California.[1] It opened on April 27, 2022 and was the largest public park established in the city in over 40 years.[from wikipedia]


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