@paws.on.the.map: I thought I knew theme parks… then I found this one in California. I’ll be honest—I almost skipped Gilroy Gardens. No towering coasters, no massive thrill rides. I figured it would be too quiet. I was wrong. What makes this place special is the living art. Axel Erlandson started shaping these trees in the 1920s. The Basket Tree—six sycamores grafted into one giant woven basket—is still growing after nearly a century. Michael Bonfante saved the collection in 1985 and turned the land into California’s only horticultural theme park. #GilroyGardens #CircusTrees #CaliforniaGems #FamilyThemePark #LivingArt #NatureEscape #UniqueParks #BayAreaTravel #fyp

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