Gardens
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- Blue Spring Heritage Center
- Historic bluff shelter on the National Register of Historic Places includes gardens that demonstrate crops, plants, flowers, and healing herbs of the Ozarks. Photos, descriptions, and plants by month of bloom.
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- Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
- Features a large meadow, lakeside hiking trail, and tree identification tour. Photos, calendar of events, volunteer opportunities, and membership information.
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- Alta Vista Botanical Gardens
- Features rare and unusual plants from around the world in themed environments. Photo galleries, information about garden art and children's garden, and an event calendar. Near San Diego.
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- Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Features plants grouped by geographic origin: Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and California, including a large collection of genus Erica. Visitor information, plant photo gallery, and event calendar.
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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.