San Mateo Arboretum
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The San Mateo Arboretum is an arboretum
in San Mateo, California
containing old stands of pine
, oak
, cedar
, and redwood planted over 100 years ago on the William Kohl property. The Arboretum is located in San Mateo's Central Park, which also has a Japanese garden
designed by Nagao Sakurai
that was dedicated in 1966.
The garden marks the sister-city relationship between San Mateo and Toyonaka, Japan.
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
in San Mateo, California
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
containing old stands of pine
Pine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
, oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, cedar
Cedar wood
Cedar wood comes from several different trees that grow in different parts of the world, and may have different uses.* California incense-cedar, from Calocedrus decurrens, is the primary type of wood used for making pencils...
, and redwood planted over 100 years ago on the William Kohl property. The Arboretum is located in San Mateo's Central Park, which also has a Japanese garden
Japanese garden
, that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles....
designed by Nagao Sakurai
Nagao Sakurai
- Notable designs :*Tea Garden, City of San Mateo.*Nishinomiya Japanese Garden, in the Manito Park and Botanical Gardens, Spokane, Washington, 1967*Zen Garden and area in front of Tea House, both within the Japanese Tea Garden of Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco...
that was dedicated in 1966.
The garden marks the sister-city relationship between San Mateo and Toyonaka, Japan.
External links
- San Mateo Arboretum website