Oceanside in San Diego County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Walled Garden

Mission San Luis Rey

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

1. Walled Garden Marker

Inscription.
First panel: Walled Garden The Mission grew a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and grains in a number of vast gardens for the use of their community. This garden, located west of the Mission, was walled with adobe bricks to protect it from grazing cattle, and possibly to provide a warmer microclimate for its crops. Grapes, an especially important fruit crop made into acclaimed sacramental wines and bradies, may have been grown here.

The garden wall extended along what is now the west side of Douglas Drive, down Pala Road, along Peyri Road and back up to Douglas. Originally about seven feet high, the walled garden had an entry gate on what is now Peyri Road. Other gates may have been located around the garden's perimeter, but have not yet been identified.

Second panel: Cistern and Well Water for this garden was provided by buried fired clay pipes which fed into the fired adobe cistern. The pipes, in turn, tied into an intricate aqueduct system to maintain the water supply for irrigation, as well as drinking water for the community. The cistern was created by stacking fired clay tiles into an excavated pit

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with a tile floored bottom. The nearby well also provided water for workers in the garden.

Third panel: Mission San Luis Rey Long before the arrival of the Franciscan padres in 1798, the area was home to Native Americans who settled along the San Luis Rey River. The Mission San Luis Rey was built to convert these people, whom the Church termed "Luiseno," to Catholicism.

The Mission San Luis Rey was one of the most properous of all the missions in Alta California. Over a period of about 37 years, using largely Luiseno labor, the fathers established an impressive religious compound including a chapel, living quarters, work shops, gardens and fields. Those Luiseno not accommodated within the Mission proper lived in a racheria, located 200 yards north of the Mission.

In 1835, the Mexican government took control of the Mission and its lands. By 1850, the area fell under American domination. President Abraham Lincoln later returned ownership of the missions to the Church, but did not convey much of the surrounding lands formerly associated with them.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

2. Walled Garden Marker

• Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1798.

Location. 33° 14.116′ N, 117° 19.288′ W. Marker is in Oceanside, California, in San Diego County. It is on Peyri Road south of Aliento Way, on the right when traveling south. This is located just North of the Mission and right across from Heritage Park Village and Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 220 Peyri Road, Oceanside CA 92054, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Peninsular Ranges.

It is also in the American Borderlands

and on the Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oldest Pepper Tree in California (approx. ¼ mile away); Mission San Luís Rey de Francia

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

3. Walled Garden Marker

(approx. ¼ mile away); Andrew Jackson Myers (approx. half a mile away); El Camino Real Bell (approx. 3.2 miles away); Reckless (approx. 3.9 miles away); Rancho Guajome (approx. 3.9 miles away); Boys of '45 (approx. 4 miles away); Retreat Hell! (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oceanside.

Walled Garden Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

4. Walled Garden Markers

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

5. Walled Garden Markers

Cistern & Well image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

6. Cistern & Well

Walled Garden & Cistern image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, December 21, 2012

7. Walled Garden & Cistern

Mission San Luís Rey image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, October 15, 2010

8. Mission San Luís Rey

Mission San Luís Rey Courtyard Gardens & Ancient Pepper Tree image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, October 15, 2010

9. Mission San Luís Rey Courtyard Gardens & Ancient Pepper Tree

Mission San Luís Rey Lavanderias image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, October 15, 2010

10. Mission San Luís Rey Lavanderias

This is where the Indians washed the clothes and where water would pass thru the gargoyles into tile pools then would route into the orchards and gardens.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, March 11, 2022

11. Walled Garden Marker

Photographed by Adam Margolis, March 11, 2022

12. Walled Garden Marker

Mission San Luís Rey Model circa 1830 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, October 15, 2010

13. Mission San Luís Rey Model circa 1830

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 24, 2013, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 987 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on February 24, 2013, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. 11, 12. submitted on August 19, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 13. submitted on February 24, 2013, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.