City of Fremont Community Development Department: Landscape Architecture

The Landscape Architecture Section of Fremont?EUR??,,????'???s Community Development Department provides a full range of design and master planning services and is responsible for implementing a five-year $35 million capital program for city parks, medians and plazas. The section also reviews and approves landscape and urban design development applications, and enforces the city tree preservation ordinance. Fremont is the fourth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and has over 1,000 acres of parkland, 50,000 street trees, and 500 miles of landscaped roadway. One of the jewels of the Fremont park system is the 450 acre Central Park built around Lake Elizabeth, located near downtown Fremont, and within walking distance from the Fremont BART station.

W. Burdette Williams Historic Park, downtown Fremont

W. Burdette Williams Historic Park is a one-acre site containing the Chadbourne Carriage House, built in the 1870s by Thomas Jefferson Chadbourne and his wife Nettie. In 2003, the park underwent a substantial face lift, with a paved plaza suitable for gatherings, raised seating area with arbor, decorative light poles, perimeter fencing, rose trellis over a commemorative plaque provided by the Mission Peak Heritage Foundation, tree up-lighting, benches, drinking fountain, Victorian-style landscaping, irrigation, and turf-covered berms. The project preserved a historic gazebo, an existing rose garden, and a number of existing trees. A new California Buckeye tree was planted to replace a previously existing one.

The Band Pavilion, Central Park, Fremont

Central Park is set on 450 acres and includes the 83 acre Lake Elizabeth. The lake was dedicated to Fremont's Sister City, Elizabeth, Australia in 1969. The long awaited new Central Park Performance Pavilion was dedicated on May 12, 2007 and the summer concert series kicked off on June 28. The park has both rentals and launches, 10 soccer fields, 18 tennis courts, a dog park and a skate park. It was named "Best Park" of the Tri-Cities area by the Argus newspaper for 2004.

Warm Springs Community Park, Warm Springs, Fremont

Warm Springs Community Park is a 12-acre park in southern Fremont. Its most notable feature is an attractive outdoor patio of pavers and a sculpture piece. The patio area accommodates 150 people.