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  2. Ruth Bancroft - Wikipedia

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    Philip Bancroft, Jr. (1939 until his death in 1983) Ruth Bancroft ( née Petersson; September 2, 1908 – November 26, 2017) was the creator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California . A native of the Bay Area, Bancroft began the xeric garden in the 1950s on land originally purchased by Hubert Howe Bancroft, the grandfather of ...

  3. Ruth Bancroft Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) public dry garden established by Ruth Bancroft. It contains more than 2,000 cactus, succulents, trees, and shrubs native to California, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, and Australia. It is located at 1552 Bancroft Road in Walnut Creek, California, USA.

  4. Walnut Creek, California - Wikipedia

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    Walnut Creek is located at 37°54′23″N 122°03′54″W. [12] Portions lie in both the San Ramon Valley and the Ygnacio Valley below the western slopes of Mount Diablo. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.8 sq mi (51.2 km 2 ), 0.06 percent of which is water.

  5. Hubert Howe Bancroft - Wikipedia

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    Hubert Howe Bancroft was born on May 5, 1832, in Granville, Ohio, to Azariah Ashley Bancroft and Lucy Howe Bancroft. The Howe and Bancroft families originally hailed from the New England states of Vermont and Massachusetts, respectively. [1] Bancroft's parents were staunch abolitionists and the family home was a station on the Underground Railroad.

  6. Rossmoor, Walnut Creek, California - Wikipedia

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    Rossmoor Walnut Creek is a senior adult community located in the 1,800-acre (7.3 km 2) Tice Valley area of Walnut Creek, California. The community is two miles (3 km) from downtown Walnut Creek, and 25 miles (40 km) from downtown San Francisco. Development of the community began in 1963 and, today, there are approximately 6,700 residential ...

  7. Walnut Creek (Contra Costa County) - Wikipedia

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    The Walnut Creek mainstem is a 12.3-mile-long (19.8-kilometer) [3] northward-flowing stream in northern California. The Walnut Creek watershed lies in central Contra Costa County, California and drains the west side of Mount Diablo and the east side of the East Bay Hills. [4] The Walnut Creek mainstem is now mostly a concrete or earthen flood ...

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