Busch Gardens Amusement Park Remains - Drive By
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World renowned Southern California’s first amusement park “Busch Gardens” was a sprawling 36 acre public garden owned and operated by Adolphus and Lilly Busch of “Anheuser-Busch” from 1906 to 1937 located in an upscale Pasadena neighborhood called "Millionaires' Row." The elaborate gardens welcomed visitors both near and far later inspiring the founding of amusement parks such as DisneyLand in Anaheim, California.
Robert Gordon Fraser designed the lush property and lived at the gardens until it’s closure. Popular at the time, the garden design featured plants from far away and exotic places. It is quite likely the gardens are responsible for some of the non-native cultivated shrubs and trees currently found in the Lower Arroyo. What are your thoughts about how non-native plants and animals wind up in natural settings like the Arroyo Seco? What impact might human introduced flora and fauna have on local wildlife?
While the gardens displayed non-native plants, the rock- lined paths, retaining walls, and the original ticket booth design incorporated local Arroyo rock that were collected and hauled up to the residence by mule. The ticket booth and retaining walls still remain today. A closer look at the ticket booth reveals original historic wire fencing also found throughout a great deal of the Arroyo Seco. The fencing was widely used as a boundary between wild space and residential neighborhoods. As you drive throughout the neighborhood, notice how the local environment is captured within the structures giving this area it’s classic and renowned Pasadena Arroyo Seco style.
This concludes the driving tour of Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco. We hope you enjoyed learning about the wild features of Pasadena during your visit. Thank you for participating!
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World renowned Southern California’s first amusement park “Busch Gardens” was a sprawling 36 acre public garden owned and operated by Adolphus and Lilly Busch of “Anheuser-Busch” from 1906 to 1937 located in an upscale Pasadena neighborhood called "Millionaires' Row." The elaborate gardens welcomed visitors both near and far later inspiring the founding of amusement parks such as DisneyLand in Anaheim, California.
Robert Gordon Fraser designed the lush property and lived at the gardens until it’s closure. Popular at the time, the garden design featured plants from far away and exotic places. It is quite likely the gardens are responsible for some of the non-native cultivated shrubs and trees currently found in the Lower Arroyo. What are your thoughts about how non-native plants and animals wind up in natural settings like the Arroyo Seco? What impact might human introduced flora and fauna have on local wildlife?
While the gardens displayed non-native plants, the rock- lined paths, retaining walls, and the original ticket booth design incorporated local Arroyo rock that were collected and hauled up to the residence by mule. The ticket booth and retaining walls still remain today. A closer look at the ticket booth reveals original historic wire fencing also found throughout a great deal of the Arroyo Seco. The fencing was widely used as a boundary between wild space and residential neighborhoods. As you drive throughout the neighborhood, notice how the local environment is captured within the structures giving this area it’s classic and renowned Pasadena Arroyo Seco style.
This concludes the driving tour of Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco. We hope you enjoyed learning about the wild features of Pasadena during your visit. Thank you for participating!