When I visited Blackberry Farm recently, I didn’t realize the community garden was actually part of Santa Clara County Master Gardner’s Program.

Pretty purple tip Dahlia.

It just happen to be located near the Blackberry Farm. And the berry farm isn’t really a farm, just like Knott’s Berry Farm isn’t a real farm either. It’s more of a summertime recreational center with a swimming pool. No wonder it’s been close for the season and there weren’t much people around. But most of all I wanted to share more photos from McClellan Ranch Community Garden and creek in Cupertino, California.

Lonely lopsided Halloween pumpkin.

These look tasty, but they were very tart!

Lovely bee with it’s face in a Thai basil blossom.

Pretty Dahlias.

Convincing owl to scare away the birds and bats.

Fragrant rosemary and Chrysanthemums.

Little creek, very relaxing to watch and listen. I thought was part of the berry farm was actually part of McClellan Ranch Park.  It’s a great idea to have a nature setting located in the middle of suburbia.  I can imagine how popular the creek will be in the summer time.

A bit more info: “A 23.5 acre park is owned and maintained as a nature preserve by the City of Cupertino. Stevens Creek flows through the park, shaded by western sycamores, black cottonwoods, willows and other riparian trees. Steelhead, roach, stickleback and crayfish are at home in these waters, and numerous species of birds can be seen or heard from the nature trail that parallels the creek’s path as it curves around the old pasture.  The Santa Clara Audubon Society offices are housed in the original farmhouse and Cupertino Community gardens occupy two acres of the park.”