Editing Hayward, California (section)

==Parks and protected areas==
Hayward has four parks administered by the [[East Bay Regional Park District]]: the [[Don Castro Regional Recreation Area]], [[Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park]], the [[Hayward Regional Shoreline]], and [[Garin Regional Park]]. The [[Eden Landing Ecological Reserve]] is located at the Hayward shoreline, and includes {{convert|600|acres}} of [[San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds|salt ponds]] set to be converted to [[Mudflat|tidal wetland]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.savesfbay.org/eden-landing |title=Eden Landing Salt Pond Restoration Project, at the Save The Bay website |website=Savesfbay.org |date=April 21, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> Hayward is also home to the oldest [[Japanese garden]] in California designed along traditional lines. The {{convert|3.5|acre|adj=on}} [[Japanese Gardens (Hayward, California)|Japanese Gardens]] was dedicated in 1980.<ref>[http://www.dmtonline.org/Japanese%20Gardens.htm The Japanese Gardens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825051939/http://www.dmtonline.org/Japanese%20Gardens.htm |date=August 25, 2010 }}. Dmtonline.org. Retrieved on December 25, 2010.</ref> The garden is administered by the [[Hayward Area Recreation and Park District]] (HARD), which operates a number of parks and facilities, primarily in Hayward, including [[Kennedy Park (Hayward, California)|Kennedy Park]], the [[Sulphur Creek Nature Center]], the [[Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center]], and [[Memorial Park (Hayward, California)|Memorial Park]] with the Hayward Plunge swim center.<ref>[http://www.haywardrec.org/more_info.html Hayward Area Recreation and Park District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719020704/http://www.haywardrec.org/more_info.html |date=July 19, 2011 }}. Haywardrec.org. Retrieved on December 25, 2010.</ref> HARD is the largest [[Special-purpose district|recreation district]] in California.<ref>[http://www.haywardrec.org/ Hayward Area Recreation and Park District]. Haywardrec.org. Retrieved on December 25, 2010.</ref>