Colorful photos of 2016 Garden Party in Balboa Park!

Member of Southern California Plumeria Society hands flower to child during Balboa Park’s 2016 Garden Party event!

Today I enjoyed the Second Annual Garden Party in beautiful Balboa Park! Last year, during the park’s Centennial Celebration, the original Garden Party of the Century was held. It was such a success, a new yearly tradition has been born!

Here are lots of colorful photos! Enjoy!

Sign details happenings during the Garden Party. There was a Floral Wagon Parade, lectures, ranger led tours, folk music, painters, butterfly releases and more!

Beautiful spring flowers near the reflecting pool. Balboa Park’s Botanical Building stands in the background.

The many gardens of Balboa Park certainly merit a party!

People check out dahlias on display at one table along El Prado.

The San Diego County Iris Society and San Diego Epiphyllum Society also had exhibits at the big Garden Party!

Kids check out a bunch of carnivorous plants in Balboa Park!

Posters illustrate and classify California native flowers.

Folks in Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama relax as the Second Annual Garden Party gets underway with some speeches.

Balboa Park’s Ranger Kim greets Garden Party visitors and introduces several notable speakers.

A fun Kids Floral Wagon Parade began the party, heading down El Prado. The beautifully decorated wagons were then parked in Plaza de Panama for all to admire.

A cart full of potted plants and flowers stops near the podium. Ranger Kim is ready for a delivery.

Young ladies near the plaza’s fountain draw flowers.

This guy on a bike riding down El Prado purchased some Plumeria stems.

Another display concerned Coastal Sage gardening.

A stunning orchid display inside Balboa Park’s Botanical Building.

Gorgeous orchid blooms.

Looking across the Balboa Park reflecting pool on a cloudy spring day in San Diego.

Plein air painting by artist Michelle Gonzalez in Spanish Village. She works in Studio 6.

Dancers were performing ballet on El Prado during the wonderful Balboa Park Garden Party.

A large crowd gathered to watch a graceful ballet performance by talented youth.

The Zoro Butterfly Garden was a gathering place for families during the event.

A display in the Zoro Garden shows some Balboa Park botanical history.

Old photo of Kate Sessions, often called the Mother of Balboa Park. She planted many of the park’s original trees that visitors enjoy today.

The Garden Party included lots of art, creativity, plus an inspiring, hourly butterfly release in the Zoro Garden!

Flowers and chalk art drawn by kids. The Zoro Garden has come alive.

A butterfly in Balboa Park’s Zoro Garden. Perhaps this one was released today!

Visitors to beautiful Balboa Park walk through the Alcazar Garden during the 2016 Garden Party event!

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