Balboa Park Garden Party
The festivities kick off with a Floral Wagon Parade down the El Prado promenade at 9 a.m. Children, families, and community groups are welcome to decorate a wagon in a floral theme to be pulled from Spanish Village to the Plaza de Panama. After that it’s a day of garden-themed programs and entertainment including a butterfly release in Zoro Gardens, park-ranger tours of noteworthy Balboa Park trees and horticultural points of interest, a tour of the Botanical Building, plein-air painters, a performance by Hulabaloo (kid-friendly folk music), dancing by the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, Garden Talks on the hour, and food trucks.
Hosted by the City of San Diego in partnership with the Balboa Park Conservancy, the Friends of Balboa Park, and the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership.