As I noted in my triplog, I was here in 2018 but we did not tour the courtyard garden. It has an interesting history with some of the original plantings still there. The Courtyard was renovated by the CCC in the 30s. I cover a lot of this in my video, and once again taking advantage of the audio clips from the NPS site.

These gardens featured mostly plants imported from Europe and brought to the New World by the padres. They were each valuable in their own way—for cultural, religious, or symbolic importance, medicinal or food value, shade, or aesthetics.