{"id":8535,"date":"2014-07-12T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2014-07-12T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T14:49:00","slug":"luther-burbanks-experimental-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8535","title":{"rendered":"LUTHER BURBANK&#8217;S EXPERIMENTAL FARM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday started with a guided visit at Luther Burbank&#8217;s Experimental Farm in Sebastopol. Originally 16 acres where he bred many of the varieties of plants for which is famous. There are still perhaps 6 varieties of roses he created.<\/p>\n<p>From there we went to Point Reyes, a national park, a peninsula with a lighthouse at the point.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8542\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8542\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19035-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"COAST\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19035-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19035-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COAST<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8541\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8541\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19043-996x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WIND BLOWN\" width=\"558\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19043-996x1024.jpg 996w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19043-291x300.jpg 291w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19043.jpg 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WIND BLOWN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8540\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8540\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19019-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ROAD\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19019-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19019-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-7-11-14-19019.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ROAD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8539\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-lighthouse-7-11-14-19069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8539\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-lighthouse-7-11-14-19069-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"POINT REYES LIGHTHOUSE\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-lighthouse-7-11-14-19069-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/point-reyes-lighthouse-7-11-14-19069-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">POINT REYES LIGHTHOUSE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8538\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18922.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8538\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18922.jpg\" alt=\"HUMMINGBIRD AT WORK\" width=\"547\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18922.jpg 547w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18922-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HUMMINGBIRD AT WORK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8537\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18879.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8537\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18879-1024x438.jpg\" alt=\"THE BARN\" width=\"558\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18879-1024x438.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18879-300x128.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18879.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE BARN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8536\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18884.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8536\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18884-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"COTTAGE AT THE FARM\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18884-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/luther-burbank-farm-7-11-14-18884-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COTTAGE AT THE FARM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday started with a guided visit at Luther Burbank&#8217;s Experimental Farm in Sebastopol. Originally 16 acres where he bred many of the varieties of plants for which is famous. There are still perhaps 6 varieties of roses he created. From there we went to Point Reyes, a national park, a peninsula with a lighthouse at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=8535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LUTHER BURBANK&#8217;S EXPERIMENTAL FARM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453,263,2054],"tags":[2055,2670],"class_list":["post-8535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-luther-burbank","category-point-reyes","tag-luther-burbank-experimental-farm","tag-point-reyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8543,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535\/revisions\/8543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}