From Walking in San Francisco for Health and History
THIS WALK USED TO BE A HARD ONE, BUT I TOOK IT AND FOR 3 WALKS IN A ROW I IMPROVED IT BY TURNING IT INTO A WALK OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND LOVELY SIGHTS. OUR LAST VERSION WAS PERFECTED ENOUGH TO GIVE US 2 HOURS TO EXPLORE LAKE MERRITT'S 13 FLOWER GARDENS.
HOWEVER, AT THE 13 GARDENS WE WERE HIT WITH A HEAT WAVE. THEN OUR GROUP WANTED TO LEAVE AFTER ONLY ONE HOUR.
ONE REASON I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN IS BECAUSE THE HOT WEATHER WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR OAKLAND WHICH IS ALMOST ALWAYS MILD. THE CHANCES OF ANOTHER HEAT WAVE IS VERY UNLIKELY.
BELOW IS A LINK ABOUT THE 13 GARDENS;
[https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/](https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/)
TO SHOW HOW GREAT THIS WALK IS NOW HERE ARE LINKS TO THE PHOTOS TAKEN THE LAST 3 TIMES WE DID THIS WALK:
OUR JUNE 20TH WALK HAS 60 PHOTOS:
https://www.meetup.com/walking-in-sf/photos/36041892/534856033/
OUR JULY 11TH WALK HAS 43 PHOTOS:
https://www.meetup.com/walking-in-sf/photos/36073605/535197837/
OUR AUGUST 1ST WALK HAS 25 PHOTOS:
[A Walk Through Oakland's Best Flower Gardens & Great Views Too! (Aug 1, 2026) Photos](https://www.meetup.com/walking-in-sf/photos/36105588/)
FREE WALK. Now open for RSVPs. All of the flower gardens are free too!. We will meet at 10:30 AM in front of a cafe called Tierra Mia Coffee, on the corner of Broadway & 20th Street, so people on BART should go to the 19th Street BART Station and then they should exit at the 20th Street exit and our starting point is right across the street.
One may bring a sack lunch or buy one at Tierra Mia Coffee. We won't have time for the group to buy lunches after we have started walking. It would be good if our attendees buy drinks or something at our starting point (Tierra Mia Coffee) &/or give tips so they will like us. Attendance limit is 70.
Below is a link about Tierra Mia Coffee:
http://www.tierramiacoffee.com/
At 10:40 AM we begin a 20-minute walk to the local Whole Foods Market for a restroom break. We plan to eat lunch about Noon at Oakland's Morcom Rose Garden. I encourage all to take BART or other public transportation to be safer. I expect to come in a bus.
Everyone should bring water, paper towels and a map. I love it when attendees bring cameras and upload their photos of the walk on our webpage. Dogs and other pets are not welcome.
After Whole Foods Market we will walk to the Morcom Rose Garden to eat our sack lunches.
This walk used to be a hard one and now it is easier and full of beautiful flowers in the Morcom Rose Garden and the Lake Merritt Gardens. We expect to end at our starting point, the 19th Street BART Station at 4:00 PM.
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