[San Francisco, CA] Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden (Located in Golden Gate Park)

At the west-north end of Golden Gate Park, you will find a cute little garden with a gigantic Dutch Windmill. This garden is named "Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden". Come during the early months of the year to see the spectacular scene of hundreds of tulips in bloom. If you come during off season, you may miss the beautiful tulips but the staff of Golden Gate Park made sure there are seasonal flowers and other plants to enjoy. So do not to worry, the garden is colorful year round. However, the garden is the most beautiful with the tulips, of course.

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So who is Queen Wilhelmina? She is the former Queen of the Netherlands, and she is the reason why Golden Gate Park has the Dutch Windmill. You can't miss it in this small but sweet garden. She donated the structure to the City in 1902. The Dutch Windmill used to be a huge part of the park's irrigation system, where it pumped water to plants that reached as far as strawberry hill. Today it is a great piece of history of the Golden Gate Park.

Happy Wandering, Alice.