![]() ![]() There are carnivorous plants, occasionally a foul-smelling corpse flower and during the holidays trains often show up. Your child who has lived in one barely fluctuating climate will wonder at the different habitats - from aquatic pools with giant waterlilies and orchids to steamy lush jungles - which each feel like walking into a different part of the world. Once children discover amusement parks and aquariums and “Super Mario Bros.,” a huge greenhouse and botanical garden (even a startlingly beautiful one that opened in 1879) drops in the list of places to have a birthday party.īut children between 2 and 6 are perfect for the Conservatory, which rewards humans built low to the ground, with accessible plant life and pools to peer into. The Conservatory of Flowers has strong appeal to some specific demographics, and for the most part, older kids are not one of them. Peter Hartlaub/The Chronicle Appreciate nature in a historic greenhouse Milo and Theo Hartlaub enjoy the aquatic plants in the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in 2011. ![]() (“For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not …”) In other words: “What to do with your kid while they remain under your roof.” Here’s a list of my best memories as a parent, as a guide for things to do in the Bay Area. It may be over for me, but there’s still time for you. ![]() So, I’m addressing this to parents of young children. (Not sure what Cat Stevens is making on Spotify these days, but those pennies must turn to dollars every August and September.)įurther investigation shows there’s already a wealth of content from the “my kid left for college and I’m wrecked” genre of journalism - apparently other writers also have kids? It feels like there are two things I can do right now: Write about my son leaving as an act of self-therapy, or scroll through childhood photos while listening to “Father and Son” on a loop. ![]()
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