California Nursery Historical Park Vision Math Science Nucleus Cal

California Nursery Historical Park Vision Math Science Nucleus/Cal. Nur. Co

Vision for this park • Create a 20 acre park with exhibits that celebrate this history, trails, picnic areas, rental, archival site • Restore buildings to late 1930’s • Bring back some areas and events (i. e. experimental orchard, water tower) as attractions • Informational signs about the history with QR codes with more information, videos, etc (sell ap) • Develop tours that would bring busloads of elementary students (Local History , Plant Genetics, etc) and work double as public tours during weekend

Vallejo Adobe Wheat, cattle, and riches Jose de Jesus Vallejo

Events • School groups • Scout groups (i. e. hoot owl, forestry) • Fund raisers • Displays of vaquero and rancher history (audio and written with pictures)

President’s House

Famous People associated with CNC William J. Landers John Rock George Roeding Sr. Frederick Roeding Jonas Clark Luther Burbank

Famous People associated with CNC Bernard Maybeck Phoebe Hearst Andrew Hill Gabriel Mouldin

Garden Store • One of first designs for retail nursery • Reimer’s landscaping with California Nursery (Adobe look which became trademark for California Nursery)

Events • Create replica of one of the nicer Reimer style Retail stores • Could be used as gift shop, including selling of self guided tours, guided tours

Behind garden retail store, could be a multiuse building and garden area that could be used for rental with kitchen (weddings, small conferences)

California Nursery Office

Events • Archive small material • Small museum (visitor center ) • Outside events area • Staging area

Bulb festival

Packing Shed • The Golden Age of agriculture started in the late 1800’s as transportation allowed large farms to sell their ware; wheat fields (prior to 1840’s) turned into orchards (people like Luther Burbank, John Rock, Fred and George Roeding developed new hybrids, varieties)

Events • Store large artifacts • House tools used by volunteers • Work area • Part of programming

• Area behind packing shed, could be a garden (i. e Garden at Lake Merritt) that could be used for several projects • Master Gardener Program, associated with Alameda County and UC Regents (Roeding was one of first agriculture regents)

Children’s Horticultural Garden How trees are propagating Genetics How fruit trees are cared for Field trip orientated for New Generation of Science Standards (NGSS) (composting, energy transferal

Santa Rosa 2 acres

Conservatory of Flowers Golden Gate Park James Lick, whom John Rock worked for, created the original Conservatory Was found in grates in 1870’s…. Is there a connection (unknown at this time)

Preserve historical documents and artifacts for research, education and tourism