Quail Botanical Gardens

THE first trip I took for my own field trip, I decided to go to Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas. On my way there, I wasn't quite sure if that was the place that I had previously been to with a friend. I remember my past experience there was not the most pleasant as I had no idea what I was expecting. My friend who loves his plants needed someone to go with to look at various plants that were hybrids and palms and so forth. The garden is known to have an assortment of plants from across the globe, so all in all, it made a impact on me and plants.
This time, my trip was the complete opposite. I was only there for native plants to California.

There were various plants, as I first walked in, to be greeted by a very large Torrey Pine. As I was walking around, memories from the last time I had been there crossed my mind as I was searching for the native plants. I asked a lady at a kiosk if there were natives, she said yes, but did not specifically tell me where they were located. So I journeyed around the garden coming across various plants and flowers from across the world.
I remember just walking through South America, then Asia, Africa, and so on. After about 45 minutes of walking around I found a map. Unfortunately the handouts they give you at the beginning do not have maps. I was a bit frustrated, but at the same time finally relieved to find the map so I can do what I came for, the native plants. Finally walking up the hill on this chilly morning, I walked in towards the natives. There were various plants, ferns, and so on. The various plants I saw were very different in comparison to the others that I had seen earlier in the day. I noticed that our natives looked a little boring and dry. Not to say that I don't like them, but they just were not as appealing, to be quite frank if I had seen something rare, I would not have noticed because all of our native plants look all too similar to me. The plants were fun to look at, it was different as there was no guide telling me what I was looking at, but a different experience does not necessarily mean a bad one.