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Sunnyvale's heritage orchard keeps the tech city tied to apricots
Orchard Heritage Park and the Heritage Park Museum help Sunnyvale show its Santa Clara Valley orchard roots beside its newer technology identity.
Sunnyvale is easy to place in today’s Silicon Valley story. Orchard Heritage Park pulls the view backward. The park keeps a 10-acre apricot orchard next to the Heritage Park Museum. That keeps the older Santa Clara Valley fruit story in sight.
That orchard detail matters because the tech city did not appear out of nowhere. Before offices and labs became the first thing people noticed, this valley had farms, orchards, packing, canning, and families tied to the land.
Long-term care for the orchard is still being studied. For a visit, use the museum and park pages for hours, events, and updates. Then take the orchard as a quiet local clue.
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Orchard Heritage Park and Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum.
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Reviewed July 1, 2026
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