All the details on our gorgeous custom paint palette.

Look closely–about 1/4 of the way down from the top edge on the left–and see the oldest known image of Conservatory with its original two wings.

What a day, and what a turnout for our grand reopening.

Then Mayor Newsom joined the Friends for our official ribbon cutting. Dec 5, 2009 was declared Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory Day in San Francisco.

We were over the moon when the Friends won one of four coveted San Francisco Beautiful Awards for the Conservatory restoration.

It was a long and rewarding process, capped by a finial.