Gardens
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- Blake Garden
- Estate garden at the official residence of the President of the University of California, located in Kensington. Visitor information, map, and history.
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- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden
- Garden in Thousand Oaks featuring collections of native plants, oak trees, water-conserving plants, and an abundant population of indigenous wildlife. Descriptions and information about events.
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- Conservatory of Flowers
- The oldest existing public conservatory in the western hemisphere, located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Information on tours, plants, and using the facility for events.
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- Descanso Gardens
- A 160-acre public garden in La Cañada near Los Angeles. Schedule of events, information on visiting, membership and volunteering.
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- Elizabeth Gamble Garden
- Palo Alto community horticultural organization tends a property with a historic home, and formal and demonstration gardens. Virtual tour, featured plants, and information about events, education, and children's programs.
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- Forestiere Underground Gardens
- Description of the underground home and gardens built from 1906 to 1946 in Fresno by Baldasare Forestier, with information about tours.
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- Fullerton Arboretum
- Non-profit arboretum and botanical garden at California State University, Fullerton. Community resource for ecological, horticultural, and historical education. Visitor information, maps, plant database.
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- Guadalupe River Park & Gardens
- Three-mile ribbon of park land along the banks of the Guadalupe River in downtown San Jose, featuring rose and rock gardens, sister city tributes, and a historic orchard.
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- Lotusland
- Large estate and botanic garden created by Madame Ganna Walska near Santa Barbara, composed of smaller themed gardens (Japanese, Australian; succulents, cycads, bromeliads, cacti). Education programs, events, visitor information.
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- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
- This garden fronting directly on the Pacific coast includes woodland, perennial, rhododendron, dahlia, and camellia gardens, a fern canyon, and a pacifica iris collection. Photos, visitor information, and event calendar.
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- Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden
- Located on the UCLA campus, this garden maintains a large botanical collection,with plant specimens from all over the world, including tropical and subtropical plants.
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- Ojai's Cluff Vista Park
- Background, layout, and photos of a small park featuring plants native to the Ojai Valley and surrounding mountains.
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- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
- Located in Claremont, California, the Garden is home to 70,000 native Californian plants, representing 2,000 native species, hybrids and cultivars.
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- San Diego Botanic Garden
- Garden in Encinitas features rare bamboo groves, desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, California native plants, Mediterranean climate landscapes, and a subtropical fruit garden. Information about visiting, volunteering, children's and adult events and classes.
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- San Francisco Botanical Garden
- Mediterranean gardens at Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park presents mission and visitor information, detailed map, course catalog, and plant sale schedule.
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- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
- Located on 65 acres in historic Mission Canyon, it features over 1,000 species of rare and indigenous plants.
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- Sherman Gardens and Library
- Horticultural retreat in Corona del Mar, featuring a cactus and succulent garden, a tropical conservatory, rose, herb, and Japanese gardens. The library focuses on the history of the Pacific Southwest.
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- South Coast Botanic Garden
- Located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula near Los Angeles, among this garden's distinct areas are a rose garden, a garden for the senses, a Japanese garden, and a cactus garden.