Ken Kramer's About San Diego

Kate Sessions Tree (The Mother of Balboa Park)

Clip: Season 1 | 1m 26s | Video has closed captioning.

Kate Sessions was a horticulturist, landscape architect, educator, and nursery and flower shop owner who oversaw the planting of hundreds of eucalyptus, oak, pepper, and many other varieties of trees in Balboa Park. She is honored elsewhere in San Diego, including at a school in Pacific Beach and a nearby Park there. Internationally recognized, but beloved locally for the roots she planted here.

Aired: 01/01/10

Rating: NR

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Ken Kramer's About San Diego is a local public television program presented by KPBS.