Alta Vista Botanical Gardens is a

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...

Vista, California Vista (; Spanish language, Spanish for "view") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. It is a medium-sized city within the San Diego-Carlsbad metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, V ...

, United States, established in 1999.

History

Alta Vista Botanical Gardens were established in 1999 by the Botanical Garden Foundation, a

nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

to construct gardens on city-owned land in Vista. In November 2005, the gardens' board of directors adopted a new plan created by Todd Cure', Bryan Morse, and Ron Holloway, for a collection of garden spaces and gathering spots and the Vista City Council unanimously approved the plan. Various people contributed to the design and growth of the gardens. Alta Vista Botanical Gardens Master Plan 12

Alta Vista Botanical Gardens Master Plan 12

Wildlife

The North American Butterfly Association deemed the gardens a butterfly habitat and the

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designated them a certified wildlife habitat. As part of this certification, the operators have pledged to keep them chemical pesticide-free. Over the years the gardeners have planted thousands of milkweed plants, the host plant for the

monarch butterfly The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (''Danaus plexippus'') is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. I ...

. A large part of the Jungle Garden is dedicated to a subtropical food forest for butterflies and birds.

Zones

The gardens have 17 different zones. *

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Garden * California Natives Garden * Ceremonial Garden * Children's Garden and Discovery Trail * Culinary

Herb Herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances. Culinary use typically distingu ...

s Garden * Garden

Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth () is an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the h ...

Jungle jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past century. Etymology The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅgala'' ...

Shade Garden * Lower Jungle Garden *

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

Garden * Medicinal Herb Garden * Pan-

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

n Garden * Prehistoric

Cycad Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk (botany), trunk with a crown (botany), crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants o ...

Garden * Rare

Fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...

Garden * Reception Garden *

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

n Garden * Upper and Lower Ponds and Gardens * Welcome Garden

Art

Below is a list of artists whose art features in the gardens. * Melissa Ralston: ''Tail Spin'' (2009), ''Blessing Tree'' (2010) * Charles Bronson: ''Sea Breeze'' (2009), ''Born to Run'' (2010) * Steve Bundy: ''Calla Lily'' (2009) * Anthony Amato: ''Broken Link'' (2009) * Lia Strell: ''A Creative Bloom'' (2009), ''Golden Torsion'' (2011), ''Sacred Ginko'' (2015) * Buddy Smith: mosaic table top (2009) * Mindy Rodman and Paul White: ''Miro Kite'' (2010) * Benjamin Lavender: ''Kite of Paradise'' (2010) * Fritzie Urquhart: ''The Constellation Tree'' (2010) * Bryan Morse: ''Chanson Joyeuse'' patio (Joyous Song) (2010), ''I Raggi Crescenti di Amore'' patio (Expanding Rays of Love) (2010), ''Three Easter Island Statues'' (2012), "Mushrooms" (2012), "Tree of Life Bench" (2014) '' The Mouth of Truth'' (2015) * Robert Rochin: ''Piano Pebble Chime'' (2010), ''Baobab Tree'' (2014) * John Dole: ''Arborescence'' (2011) * Morris Squire: ''Lamed'' (2011) * Phillip Galshoff: Five whimsical sculptures grace the Sharon Kern Culinary Herb Garden ''Chef "D"'', ''Shari Chef'', ''Penelope Hoop'', ''Silly Boy Trey,'' and ''Flying Chef'' (2012) * Dan Peragine: ''Transpersonal'' (2013), located just below the Cycad Garden * Anne Little: ''Human Sundial'' (2014) and over forty mosaic signs created with a grant from the Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation * ''Quilted Glories of the Garden'' - Linda Bannan: "Horse Sculpture", Melanie Chang: "Banana Leaves", Carol Clarke: "Water Lily", Lendia Kinnaman: "Dragon Fly", Carole Lee: "Kite Tail Sculpture", Cheri McClow: "Front of the Garden House", Sue Ramos: "Succulent" (2015) * Ricardo Breceda: ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Scorpion'', ''Two Giraffes'', ''Agave'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Serpent'' (2015)

Gallery

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References

External links

*{{Official website, http://altavistabotanicalgardens.org/
Map for Garden
Botanical gardens in California Parks in San Diego County, California Vista, California