Spend a fun-filled day at one of these parks. The Sunset Travel Awards celebrate the best in travel in the West. These destinations are the 2025 winners of the What…
Annual Impact Report: July, 2023-June, 2024 This annual impact report includes ways in which Forever Balboa Park has championed initiatives, projects, and programs that enriched the park during the 2023-24…
Earlier this year, one of the historic urns in Balboa Park’s beloved Persian Rug Garden, nestled between the House of Hospitality and Casa de Balboa, was vandalized. Instead of waiting…
Forever Balboa Park is excited to welcome three outstanding new members to our Board of Trustees: Michael Glass, Warren Gorowitz, and Matt McCormick. Each brings unique expertise, passion, and commitment…
Celebrating Our Carousel’s Legacy—and Its Future Last week, under the lights of the Dorothea Laub Balboa Park Carousel, friends and champions of one of America’s most beloved treasures came together for…
Celebrating Latina voices and connection in the heart of San Diego’s crown jewel Forever Balboa Park was honored to host our first Women’s History Tour in Spanish, with Magnolias USA,…
The bright colors, rows of lights, and incessantly jaunty organ music make boarding a carousel feel like entering a magical portal. While technology becomes increasingly complex, the relatively simple carousel…
On May 22, 2025, we welcomed over 200 community members, advocates, and partners to the third annual sPARK Awards, held in the newly revitalized Botanical Building and Gardens and the…
When Katy McDonald took the reins as President and CEO of Forever Balboa Park in late 2024, she inherited one of the city’s most visible projects: the long-awaited restoration of the Botanical Building and…
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, a time whenorganizations across the country pause to recognize the people who move missions forward—not for recognition, but because they care. And here in…
Forever Balboa Park is excited to announce the appointment of Brent Woods and Brian Matthews to our Board of Trustees. Their experience and dedication will be invaluable as we continue…
For Mr. Santos, an environmental science teacher, the classroom doesn’t end at four walls—it extends into the heart of San Diego’s most treasured green space, Balboa Park. For the past…