Forever Balboa Park offers thematic park tours that focus on the park’s unique biodiversity and highlight the park’s horticultural wonders on the second Saturday of each month. Led by park volunteer and horticultural enthusiast Bill Edwards, the free tours leave from the Visitors Center at 10 a.m. January 13, 2024, 10 a.m. Balboa Park Tours: Eucalyptus — Origins, Invasion, and Urban Tales Roughly 95% of the 800 eucalyptus species are native to Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Southeast Asian Islands. How and why did they become one of the most common coastal trees in California, and why do they inspire such passionate and contradictory love and hate emotions in their new home? February 10, 2024, 10 a.m. Balboa Park Tours: Flora of the International Cottages Built for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, the now 32 single-story cottages known as the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages occupy an area of less than two acres. The variety of cultures represented is matched by an equally diverse floral landscape from around the world. Most visitors focus on the many charming buildings and what’s inside. This tour will focus on the encompassing varied and typically unappreciated flora. March 9, 2024, 10 a.m. Balboa Park Tours: Gums, Bottlebrushes, Paperbarks—Australian Flora in San Diego Nearly 50% of the over 400 species of trees in Balboa Park come from Australia. A tour of this collection, their unusual properties, and how they survive here will be explored. Stay Updated with Forever Balboa Park! Facebook | Instagram | X
