McLaren, John
From Santa Cruz County history wiki
John McLaren was a nationally-known horticulturalist and landscape designer who created Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. In 1907 McLaren was hired by William Dingee to lay out gardens for his newly acquired property on "the Cliff Drive".
- John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter One, item (4), page 4.