Kate (Katherine) Olivia Sessions (November 8, 1857–March 24, 1940) was an American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect closely associated with the city of San Diego, California and known as the "Mother of Balboa Park". November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... A landscape architect is primarily a designer of spaces, mostly landscapes, and sometimes gardens, in the field of landscape architecture. ... Nickname: Americas Finest City Official website: http://www. ... Desert garden Museum Botanic building Balboa Park is a 1,200 acres (4. ...

Sessions was born in San Francisco, California. Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ...

Sessions graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1881. In 1885 she started a commercial nursery on Coronado, and in 1892 she struck a deal with the city of San Diego, California to plant 100 trees a year in Balboa Park, in exchange for 30 acres to use as a nursery. This arrangement left the park with an array of cypress, pine, oaks, pepper trees and eucalyptus planted from seeds imported from around the world; Sessions is credited with importing and popularizing the jacaranda, now very familiar in the city. It has been suggested that UC Mens Chorale be merged into this article or section. ... Coronado may refer to the following: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the Spanish conquistador The city of Coronado, California The Fender Coronado, an electric guitar The 2003 movie, Coronado The Coronado volcano in Mexico The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado airplane US Naval vessel USS Coronado This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Nickname: Americas Finest City Official website: http://www. ... Species about 50, including: Jacaranda acutifolia Jacaranda arborea Jacaranda caerulea Jacaranda caroba Jacaranda caucana Jacaranda copaia Jacaranda glabra Jacaranda mimosifolia Jacaranda obtusifolia Jacaranda praetermissa Jacaranda sparrei Jacaranda is a neotropical genus in the family Bignoniaceae. ...

Honors

In the San Diego area, the Kate Sessions Elementary school bears her name as does Kate O. Sessions Memorial Park on Mount Soledad.

External links

• Sessions biography (San Diego Historical Society)