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LOS ANGELES PARKS & GARDENS Calendar
Current Parks & Gardens Events in L.A. and surrounding areas
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08/05/2022 to 08/07/2022
INTER-CITY CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SHOW & SALE

301 N Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, 91007 - Adults: $15.00 Students with ID. and Seniors age 62 and older: $11.00 Children Ages 5-12: $5.00 Children 4 and under: free - The largest cactus & succulent event in the United States, and likely the world! Come and see over a thousand rare, unusual, old, and beautiful plants grown by xeric plant enthusiasts across Southern ....

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MOTHER NATURE'S BACKYARD GARDEN

Access through Arthur Johnson Park, 1200 West 170th Street, Gardena, CA 90247 (310) 217-0681 - FREE - Mother Nature's Backyard Garden is a water-wise, life-friendly garden located in the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve in Gardena. It looks like a local backyard. The garden features over 100 differen ....

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BURTON W. CHACE PARK

13650 Mindanao Way, Marina Del Rey CA 310-822-8530 - - Burton W. Chace Park offers multi-purpose rooms, picnic tables, barbecues, pergolas, picnic shelters, outdoor programs, great harbor viewing areas, guest docks, and is host to numerous year-round eve ....

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QUAIL BOTANICAL GARDENS

230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas 92024 about 20 minutes north of San Diego 760.436.3036 - - Located 20 minutes north of San Diego in Encinitas, California, Quail Botanical Gardens features over 35 acres of exhibits, including rare bamboo groves, desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, Califo ....

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CALIFORNIA CITRUS STATE HISTORIC PARK RIVERSIDE

Corner of Van Buren Blvd. and Dufferin Avenue Parking is $4.00 per vehicle. (909) 780-6222 - - Last weekend we did a road trip for the day in Riverside. We started out at the California Citrus State Historic Park. The replica of a big orange fruit stand on the corner of Van Buren and Dufferin ....

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SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

39400 Clinton Keith Road Murrieta CA Clinton Keith Road exit off the 215 in Murrieta 951-677-6951 - - The Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve is open every day from sunrise until sunset and the Visitor Center is open on weekends from 9 to 5, and on Thursday and Friday from 10 to 4. Day use fees are ....

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ANTELOPE VALLEY CALIFORNIA POPPY RESERVE

Antelope Valley CA Poppy Reserve 661-724-1180 - - California poppy season is March through May. Best bloom viewing is generally in mid April. The visitor center opens in March and closes at the end of the poppy season, but the park is open year roun ....

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TREEPEOPLE

12601 Mulholland Drive Beverly Hills, Ca. 90210 parking lot off of Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon between Beverly Hills and Studio City (818) 753-4866 - - "People need trees and trees need people" is the mantra at TreePeople. Trees provide beauty, shade, improve air and water quality, increase property values and decrease crime. Katura Reynolds, the Ou ....

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BRAND PARK

1601 W Mountain St, Glendale, CA 91201 In Brand Park (818) 548-2051 - Glendale's Brand Park has all the typical park features, ball fields, walking and hiking paths, etc. It also is the location of the Doctor's House, a restoration of one of the older homes in Glendale
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PT. FERMIN PARK AND LIGHTHOUSE

807 Paseo Del Mar San Pedro, CA 90731 - - A 37 acre scenic park overlooking the ocean in the Los Angeles San Pedro harbor area. It is also the site of the Point Fermin Lighthouse. Tours are available on Tues - Sunday afternoons 1-4pm. They a ....

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SEPULVEDA BASIN OFF-LEASH DOG PARK

White Oak and Victory blvd. Van Nuys CA - This large Off-leash dog park has a separate area for small and timid dogs. Enter parking on Victory Blvd.
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THE CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE BOTANIC GARDEN

Biology Department 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330-8303 818 677-3496 - A 2 acre facility, open to the public and offering tours to schools.The Cal State University Northridge Botanic Garden is open weekdays 8:00 am - 4:45 pm and closed on weekends and holidays. The publ
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SEPULVEDA WILDLIFE AREA

Woodley Ave. north of Burbank Blvd and west of 405 freeway - - The Sepulveda Wildlife Area, located off of Woodley Ave. and Burbank Blvd. may be the best place in Los Angeles for bird watching especially October - March. ....

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MISSION SAN FERNANDO MEMORY GARDEN

Across the street from Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd. Mission - - Across the street from Mission San Fernando is Brand Park and the Missions Memory Garden. The garden plots along the south wall contain representative plants from each of the California missions. Arb ....

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THE JAPANESE GARDEN

6100 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, California, 91406 818 756 8166 - The Japanese Garden is an oasis in the midst of the busy San Fernando Valley. This authentic 61/2 acre Japanese Garden was conceived and created by D
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARBORETUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN

301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007 across from Santa Anita Race Track (626) 821-3222 - 127 acre botanical gardens and historical site. Open daily 9am - 5pm
Admission $6
Students/Seniors $4
Children 5-12 $1.50
Free parking
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THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND GARDENS

1151 Oxford Road San Marino, CA 91108 (626) 405-2100 - Library, art collection and gardens. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution established in 1919 by Henry E. and Ara
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DESCANSO GARDENS

1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada, CA 91011 - near intersection of 2 and 210 freeways (818) 949-4200 - The Gardens are open every day of the year except Christmas, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (although visitors are encouraged to arrive by 4:30 p.m.) Free Parking. Admission
General $7. Senior/Students $5. Childre
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