As an example of the scope of Balboa Park, there are about 20 named gardens including a Rose Garden, a two acre Palm Canyon, and visible from this shot, one of Cynthia’s, is Zoro Garden.
From the Balboa Park website: “Zoro Garden–a sunken stone grotto garden that was designed as a nudist colony during the 1935 California-Pacific Exposition–is now a butterfly garden containing both the larvae and nectar plants needed for the complete life cycle of butterflies. Miniature indentations built into rocks collect small pools of water for the monarch, sulfur, and swallowtail butterflies that can be seen among the colorful perennials and majestic ficus trees that surround the garden.”
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