The park was host to over a dozen fabulous gardens,ranging fromcactus to roses, to palm trees, and from Japanese to Spanish.

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has traditionally been a more general one.[from wikipedia]

The formation of ice begins with a layer of above-freezing air above a layer of sub-freezing temperatures closer to the surface. Frozen precipitation melts to rain while falling into the warm air layer, and then begins to refreeze in the cold layer below. [from wikipedia]

The garden-like area that surrounded the petroglyphs.

Raised-bed gardening is a form of gardening in which the soil is enclosed in three-to-four-foot-wide ... containment units ("beds"), which are usually made of wood, rock, or concrete and which can be of any length or shape. The soil is raised above the surrounding soil (approximately six inches to waist-high) and may be enriched with compost.[from wikipedia]

Perched on a scenic bluff above the Pacific Ocean, Shore Acres began as a private estate with luxurious gardens featuring trees, shrubs, and flowering plants brought from around the world aboard the sailing ships of pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson.[from shore acres website]

Public and private home gardens