Now it’s time to head out from the music concourse to a place that’s even more timeless. We climb up stairs as we head south, around the California Academy of Sciences, into a wooded area. Back in the trees, you’ll find flowers from the writings of William Shakespeare. It’s a place dedicated to English Literature’s crown prince. Walk through the entrance gate and down a worn brick path to be transported into an English garden filled with manicured flowerbeds, trimmed lawns, and people escaping the noise of the city. Reporter Jeremy Dalmas shows us around.
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The story most recently aired in the August 2, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents and it originally aired as "An Afternoon With The Bard In Golden Gate Park" in February of 2014.