"The Sunnyside Conservatory is set back from the street a little ways and is surrounded by a lush garden with huge palm trees, ferns and beautiful flowering bushes. It kind of feels like a cloud forest right in the middle of a residential neighborhood."
San Francisco contains two conservatories: the famous Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers and the lesser-known Sunnyside Conservatory near Glen Park. While the Golden Gate Park location is renowned for its Victorian architecture and rare plants like the corpse flower, Sunnyside Conservatory remains largely invisible to residents despite its presence on Monterey Boulevard. The Sunnyside building, one-quarter the size of its famous counterpart, sits back from the street surrounded by lush gardens featuring palm trees, ferns, and flowering bushes. The conservatory creates a cloud forest atmosphere within an otherwise typical residential neighborhood, raising questions about its historical origins and purpose.
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