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The park is dedicated to Kate Sessions, a botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect who lived and worked in San Diego from 1884-1940. Sessions started as school teacher and worked in a flower shop before becoming one of San Diego's leading botanists and the "Mother of Balboa Park ". [ 2 ]
[11] [12] Sessions died in San Diego on March 24, 1940, at the age of 82. She is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego. Kate's family followed her from the Bay Area to San Diego. She took on relatives as partners in business. Her father, Josiah, was a helper to her until his death in 1903 after her mother, Harriett, passed away in 1895.
10:16 a.m. July 26, 2024: Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Los Angeles County’s parking permits were for two lots at Dockweiler State Beach, one permit is for a lot in San Pedro.
The Los Angeles Department of Parks was organized in 1889. [3] The Los Angeles Playground Commission was organized by the city council in 1904 as an unpaid five-person commission; the commissioners had authority to hire a superintendent and staff. [4] Arabella Page Rodman served as president from the time of its organization. [5]
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The park is immediately adjacent to the 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) Inglewood Oil Field, which, when combined with the parkland, provides an unusually large habit range for Los Angeles urban wildlife. Kenneth Hahn and adjacent Baldwin Hills parks host four species of snakes: gopher snake , California kingsnake , ring-necked snake and red coachwhip .
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Formerly Marsh Park. Along Los Angeles River Greenway. Los Angeles River Center & Gardens: 570 West Avenue 26 Cypress Park: Along Los Angeles River Greenway. Sepulveda Basin LA River Recreation Zone Encino / Lake Balboa: One of two Los Angeles River Recreation Zones. Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park: 3600 Reseda Boulevard Tarzana: Milton ...