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There are a number of parks and private yards in Northern California that have extensive palm gardens. The Northern California Chapter of the International Palm Society maintains the most extensive Palmetum at Lakeside Park in Oakland, but there are other places to see rare and beautiful palm species.
| | Roeding Park
890 W Belmont Ave
Fresno, CA | Roeding Park is one of three regional city parks in Fresno, California
The 90-acre Roeding Park includes a lake, several ponds, and groves of ash, cedar, pine, and eucalyptus, maple, and redwood trees and of course Palm Trees. The park also contains Chaffee Zoo as well as picnic areas, tennis courts and horseshoe pits. |
| | Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery
Modesto, CA | Each year during the third weekend in March the Northern California Camellia Society holds an annual show at the Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery Administrative Building on Yosemite Avenue in Modesto, Ca. The Administrative Building itself is the atrium home to many old growth palms including 15 foot+ trunked Howea forsteriana, seven to ten foot+ trunked Phoenix roebellini, Livistona chinensis with leaves spanning over four feet in diameter, and mass plantings of Rhaphis humilis, among other palms. It is a nice time to take in a top notch flower show and view some great palms. http://www.ejgtwinvalley.com/
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| | Lakeside Palmetum
666 Bellevue Avenue
Oakland, CA | The Northern California Chapter of the International Palm Society has an extensive planting of rare cold weather palms. FREE GUIDED TOURS every third Saturday of each month at 11:30 AM for individuals or small groups and other days of the week by appointment for groups of 10 or more. Call 510-678-3569 or email PalmSociety@aol.com
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| | William Cann Civic Park
34009 Alvarado-Niles Road
Union City, CA | Nearly 100 palms in the garden and more soon. The palm plantings are new in 2007, but this will be an awesome Palmetum with a wide variety to see for many years to come. |
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