southern california nurseries and gardens worth a visit

Name	Address	Phone	website	Features
Anderson’s La Costa Nursery	400 La Costa AveEncinitas CA 92024-1113	(760)753-3153	andersonslacostanursery	Exceptionally nice nursery display
Buena Creek Gardens	418 Buena Creek RdSan Marcos CA 92069-9725	(760)744-2810		Outstanding display gardens and stock
Descanso Gardens	1418 Descanso DriveLa Cañada, CA 91011	(818)949-4200.		Estate garden with emphasis on Camillias
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden	1250 Bellflower Boulevard,Long Beach, CA 90840	(562) 985-8420		1½ acre traditional Japanese garden
Fullerton Arboretum	1900 Associated RoadFullerton Ca.	(714) 278-3579		Desert, woodland, mediteranean sections
Hannah Carter Japanese Garden	Private residence- contact UCLA for tour	(310) 825-4574		2 acre traditional Japanese garden
Hortense Miller Garden	Private residence –contact city of Long Beach for tour	(714) 497-0716		2½ acre naturalistic hillside garden
Huntington Gardens	1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108	(626)405-2100		World class display gardens, esp. cactus
L.A. County Botanical Garden	301 N. Baldwin Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007	(626) 821-3222		historical buildings and gardens
L.A. San.. Dept. Japanese Garden	6100 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, California, 91406	(818)756 8166		Large Japanese garden
Las Pilitas Nursery	8331 Nelson Way, Escondido, 92026	(760)749-5930		Display garden and native plant nursery
Living Desert Museum Nursery	47900 Portola AvenuePalm Desert, CA 92260	(760)346-5694		Outstanding botanical garden with nursery
Lotusland	Private residence, call for tour	(805) 969-9990		Extraordinary estate garden, esp. succulents
Balboa Park	1549 El Prado, SuiteSan Diego CA 92101	(619 )239-0512		Desert, native, rose, Japanese garden, more
Mourning Cloak Botanical Garden	Old Town Rd.Tehachapi, CA	(661) 822-1661		High altitude botanical garden and nursery
Quail Botanical Gardens	230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas CA	(760) 436-3036		Tropical botanical garden, esp. bamboo
Rancho SantaAna Botanic Garden	1500 North College Avenue Claremont, CA 91711-3157	(909) 625-8767		CA natives
Roger’s Gardens	2301 San Joaquin Hills RdCorona del Mar, CA. 92625	(949) 640-5800		If Walt Disney owned a nursery.....
Rose Garden in Exposition Park	3980 S. Menlo Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90037	(213) 763-0114		Large public rose garden
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden	1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105	(805) 682-4726		Display garden of CA natives
South Coast Botanic Garden	26300 Crenshaw Blvd. Palos Verdes Peninsula	(310) 544-6815		Park with many small theme gardens
Theodore Payne Foundation	10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352-2116	(818) 768-1802		Native display garden and nursery
Virginia Robinson Garden	Private residence in Beverly Hills- call for tour	(310) 276-5367		6 acres of tropical hillside garden
World Wide Exotics	Lake View Terrace CA 91342	(818) 890-1915	(same owner of defunct "Desert to Jungle Nursery")	Exceptional unusual nursery stock
Getty Museum Gardens	1200 Getty Center DriveLos Angeles, CA 90049	(310) 440-730		Robert Irwin designed garden
The Flower Fields	5704 Paseo Del Norte, Carlsbad, CA 92008	(760) 431-0352		Floral extravaganza bulb fields
Self-Realization Fellowship	Temples through-out Southern CA			meditation gardens open to public

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