save uc agriculture/ horticulture research center (barec)
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Save UC Agriculture/ Horticulture Research
Center (BAREC)
http://www.savebarec.org
What Is BAREC and Why Should It Be Preserved?
Bay Area Research and Extension Center
This 17 acre tract of land has belonged to The State of California since the 1960’s and was used for both
Horticultural and Agricultural research. It is one of the last remaining such properties in a place once known as
“The Valley of Heart’s Delight”
90 N. Winchester Blvd.Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara County
City Map
BAREC sitelocation
Street Map
BAREC sitelocation Santana
Row
Interstate 280Interstate 280
ValleyFair
Where is BAREC?
BAREC
VALLEY FAIRCity of Santa Clara
City of San Jose
City of San Jose SANTANA ROW
BAREC ~ 2002
Open Space In a Concrete Jungle
BAREC from Valley Fair
BAREC from Valley Fair
One of the original Santa Clara buildings used to house Civil War Widows and their daughters from 1921 until the facility was closed in 1962 and the last Civil War orphan, Eva Simpkins, was moved to another home. Miss Simpkins died in 1966, having lived her entire life institutionalized. This building was part of the original facility known as “Osborne Hall” and later known as Holdermans.
Holderman Sanitarium
Patients from the Evergreen WRC home were moved to the site in Santa Clara which became known as Holderman’s Sanitarium.
In 1947, with patient numbers dwindling, the State was forced to make annual budget decisions that would control the destiny of the facility, it’s staff and future.
University of California
Turf (1997)
CIMIS Weather Station in turf grass plots ~ 1997
Oaks
Root growth based on use of tree chambers(greenhouses in
background) 1997
Garlic research
The importance of strawberry research done by the University of California in Santa Clara, especially after the war, cannot be over stated.
Reaching our children with innovative
educational programs
Chili pepper & garlic research
Greenhouse research
CIMIS Weather Station
BAREC
Master Gardener TrialsMaster Gardener Trials
►Cut Flowers►Melon Varieties►Tomatoes ►Chili peppers►Garlic►Blueberry Varieties►Drought tolerant plants►Lettuce
We will conserve only what we love.We will love only what we understandWe will understand only what we are taught. Baba Dioum, African Environmentalist
World War I Postcard:World War I Postcard:Have We Changed This Much?Have We Changed This Much?
2003
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