List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California

This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in California is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of California.[1][2][3]

Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates
Alta Vista Botanical Gardens Vista 33°12′36.63″N 117°13′9.82″W / 33.2101750°N 117.2193944°W / 33.2101750; -117.2193944
Arlington Garden Pasadena 34°07′43″N 118°09′21″W / 34.12861°N 118.15583°W / 34.12861; -118.15583
Balboa Park Gardens San Diego 32°43′53″N 117°08′42″W / 32.73139°N 117.14500°W / 32.73139; -117.14500
Ruth Bancroft Garden Walnut Creek 37°55′25.61″N 122°2′14.16″W / 37.9237806°N 122.0372667°W / 37.9237806; -122.0372667
Blake Garden University of California, Berkeley Kensington 37°54′48″N 122°17′07″W / 37.91333°N 122.28528°W / 37.91333; -122.28528
Luther Burbank Home and Gardens Santa Rosa 38°26′10″N 122°42′42″W / 38.43611°N 122.71167°W / 38.43611; -122.71167
California State University Northridge Botanic Garden California State University Northridge 34°14′20.04″N 118°31′36.48″W / 34.2389000°N 118.5268000°W / 34.2389000; -118.5268000
Clovis Botanical Garden Clovis Botanical Garden [4] Clovis 36°50′53.6″N 119°42′05.5″W / 36.848222°N 119.701528°W / 36.848222; -119.701528
Chavez Ravine Arboretum Los Angeles 34°4′58.8″N 118°14′16.8″W / 34.083000°N 118.238000°W / 34.083000; -118.238000
Chico University Arboretum California State University Chico 39°43′54″N 121°50′58″W / 39.73167°N 121.84944°W / 39.73167; -121.84944
Conejo Valley Botanic Garden Thousand Oaks 34°11′31″N 118°53′09″W / 34.19194°N 118.88583°W / 34.19194; -118.88583
Conservatory of Flowers San Francisco 37°46′19.2″N 122°27′36″W / 37.772000°N 122.46000°W / 37.772000; -122.46000
Descanso Gardens La Cañada Flintridge 34°12′05″N 118°12′35″W / 34.20139°N 118.20972°W / 34.20139; -118.20972
Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens Dunsmuir 41°8′24″N 122°9′36″W / 41.14000°N 122.16000°W / 41.14000; -122.16000
Eddy Arboretum United States Forest Service Placerville 38°43′47″N 120°47′56″W / 38.72972°N 120.79889°W / 38.72972; -120.79889
Edgewood Botanic Garden Mill Valley 37°54′10.08″N 122°33′35.57″W / 37.9028000°N 122.5598806°W / 37.9028000; -122.5598806
Filoli National Trust for Historic Preservation Woodside 37°28′13.44″N 122°18′38.53″W / 37.4704000°N 122.3107028°W / 37.4704000; -122.3107028
The Arboretum at Fresno State California State University Fresno 36°48′45.9″N 119°44′42.9″W / 36.812750°N 119.745250°W / 36.812750; -119.745250
Fullerton Arboretum California State University Fullerton 33°53′14″N 117°52′59″W / 33.88722°N 117.88306°W / 33.88722; -117.88306
Gardens at Heather Farm Walnut Creek 37°55′08″N 122°02′34″W / 37.91889°N 122.04278°W / 37.91889; -122.04278
Hakone Gardens Saratoga 37°15′8.58″N 122°2′27.42″W / 37.2523833°N 122.0409500°W / 37.2523833; -122.0409500
Harland Hand Memorial Garden [5] El Cerrito 37°54′57″N 122°18′42″W / 37.91583°N 122.31167°W / 37.91583; -122.31167
Humboldt Botanical Gardens Eureka 40°41′49.11″N 124°12′0.81″W / 40.6969750°N 124.2002250°W / 40.6969750; -124.2002250
Huntington Botanical Gardens San Marino 34°07′38″N 118°06′36″W / 34.12722°N 118.11000°W / 34.12722; -118.11000
Japanese Friendship Garden San Jose 37°19′20″N 121°51′40″W / 37.32222°N 121.86111°W / 37.32222; -121.86111
The Japanese Garden Van Nuys 34°11′1.32″N 118°28′50.88″W / 34.1837000°N 118.4808000°W / 34.1837000; -118.4808000
Jensen Botanical Gardens Carmichael 38°38′21.84″N 121°19′15.6″W / 38.6394000°N 121.321000°W / 38.6394000; -121.321000
Labadie Arboretum Merritt College Oakland 37°47′37.98″N 122°10′4.48″W / 37.7938833°N 122.1679111°W / 37.7938833; -122.1679111
Leaning Pine Arboretum California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo 35°18′38.16″N 120°39′46.8″W / 35.3106000°N 120.663000°W / 35.3106000; -120.663000
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens Palm Desert 33°41′45″N 116°22′13″W / 33.69583°N 116.37028°W / 33.69583; -116.37028
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation
County of Los Angeles 		Arcadia 34°8′29.54″N 118°3′14.62″W / 34.1415389°N 118.0540611°W / 34.1415389; -118.0540611
Lotusland Montecito 34°26′34.8″N 119°39′25.2″W / 34.443000°N 119.657000°W / 34.443000; -119.657000
Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden Manhattan Beach 33°53′18.6″N 118°23′13.56″W / 33.888500°N 118.3871000°W / 33.888500; -118.3871000
Marin-Bolinas Botanical Gardens Bolinas 37°54′33.84″N 122°41′9.6″W / 37.9094000°N 122.686000°W / 37.9094000; -122.686000
Markham Regional Arboretum Concord 37°57′43.2″N 122°0′18″W / 37.962000°N 122.00500°W / 37.962000; -122.00500
Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden University of California Los Angeles 34°03′57″N 118°26′28″W / 34.06583°N 118.44111°W / 34.06583; -118.44111
McConnell Arboretum and Gardens Turtle Bay Exploration Park Redding 40°35′24″N 122°22′30″W / 40.59000°N 122.37500°W / 40.59000; -122.37500
William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Campus Arboretum Mills College Oakland 37°46′50.58″N 122°10′49.32″W / 37.7807167°N 122.1803667°W / 37.7807167; -122.1803667
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Fort Bragg 39°24′33.12″N 123°48′34.56″W / 39.4092000°N 123.8096000°W / 39.4092000; -123.8096000
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden California State University Long Beach 33°47′07″N 118°07′11″W / 33.78528°N 118.11972°W / 33.78528; -118.11972
Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium Palm Springs 33°48′1.08″N 116°32′45.6″W / 33.8003000°N 116.546000°W / 33.8003000; -116.546000
Palomar College Arboretum Palomar College San Marcos 33°08′58″N 117°10′48″W / 33.14944°N 117.18000°W / 33.14944; -117.18000
Pikake Botanical Gardens [6] Valley Center 33°15′26″N 116°59′44″W / 33.25722°N 116.99556°W / 33.25722; -116.99556
Quarryhill Botanical Garden Glen Ellen 38°22′29″N 122°30′51″W / 38.37472°N 122.51417°W / 38.37472; -122.51417
Ramirez Canyon Park Malibu 34°2′19″N 118°47′39″W / 34.03861°N 118.79417°W / 34.03861; -118.79417
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Claremont 34°06′42″N 117°42′58″W / 34.11167°N 117.71611°W / 34.11167; -117.71611
Regional Parks Botanic Garden Regional Parks Botanic Garden Tilden Regional Park Berkeley 37°53′35.88″N 122°14′36.96″W / 37.8933000°N 122.2436000°W / 37.8933000; -122.2436000
Virginia Robinson Gardens Beverly Hills 34°5′11″N 118°25′0″W / 34.08639°N 118.41667°W / 34.08639; -118.41667
John R. Rodman Arboretum and California Botanic Garden Pitzer College Claremont 34°06′41″N 117°42′53″W / 34.11139°N 117.71472°W / 34.11139; -117.71472
Rusch Botanical Gardens Citrus Heights 38°42′30″N 121°17′58″W / 38.70833°N 121.29944°W / 38.70833; -121.29944
San Diego Botanic Garden Encinitas 33°3′7.92″N 117°16′50.16″W / 33.0522000°N 117.2806000°W / 33.0522000; -117.2806000
San Francisco Botanical Garden (Strybing Arboretum) San Francisco 37°46′11″N 122°28′37″W / 37.76972°N 122.47694°W / 37.76972; -122.47694
San Jose Municipal Rose Garden San Jose 37°19′54.34″N 121°55′42.92″W / 37.3317611°N 121.9285889°W / 37.3317611; -121.9285889
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden San Luis Obispo 35°20′27″N 120°43′14″W / 35.34083°N 120.72056°W / 35.34083; -120.72056
San Mateo Arboretum San Mateo 37°33′39″N 122°19′16″W / 37.56083°N 122.32111°W / 37.56083; -122.32111
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Santa Barbara 34°27′13.63″N 119°42′33.96″W / 34.4537861°N 119.7094333°W / 34.4537861; -119.7094333
Sherman Library and Gardens Corona Del Mar 33°36′09″N 117°52′24″W / 33.60250°N 117.87333°W / 33.60250; -117.87333
South Coast Botanic Garden Palos Verdes 33°46′59.56″N 118°20′39.48″W / 33.7832111°N 118.3443000°W / 33.7832111; -118.3443000
Stanford University Arboretum (includes Arizona Cactus Garden) Stanford University Palo Alto 37°26′16″N 122°10′00″W / 37.43778°N 122.16667°W / 37.43778; -122.16667
University Arboretum California State University Sacramento 38°33′55.4″N 121°25′42.24″W / 38.565389°N 121.4284000°W / 38.565389; -121.4284000
University of California Botanical Garden University of California, Berkeley Berkeley 37°52′30.66″N 122°14′19″W / 37.8751833°N 122.23861°W / 37.8751833; -122.23861
University of California, Davis Arboretum University of California Davis 38°31′59.98″N 121°45′13.04″W / 38.5333278°N 121.7536222°W / 38.5333278; -121.7536222
UC Irvine Arboretum University of California Irvine 33°39′48.6″N 117°51′10.8″W / 33.663500°N 117.853000°W / 33.663500; -117.853000
University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens University of California Riverside 33°58′31.44″N 117°20′22.56″W / 33.9754000°N 117.3396000°W / 33.9754000; -117.3396000
Arboretum at the University of California, Santa Cruz University of California Santa Cruz 36°58′57.75″N 122°3′41.11″W / 36.9827083°N 122.0614194°W / 36.9827083; -122.0614194
Ventura Botanical Gardens View of Downtown Ventura from the Ventura Botanical Gardens Ventura 34°17′1″N 119°17′32″W / 34.28361°N 119.29222°W / 34.28361; -119.29222
Villa Montalvo Saratoga 37°14′26″N 122°1′49″W / 37.24056°N 122.03028°W / 37.24056; -122.03028
Wrigley Botanical Gardens Santa Catalina Island 33°19′44″N 118°20′26″W / 33.32889°N 118.34056°W / 33.32889; -118.34056
M. Young Botanic Garden Kerman 36°43′41.3″N 120°02′44.7″W / 36.728139°N 120.045750°W / 36.728139; -120.045750

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Botanical gardens in California.
  1. ^ BGCI Garden Search Botanic Gardens Conservation International
  2. ^ Gardens in California, USA Nightingale Garden Company Limited.
  3. ^ Garden Search American Public Gardens Association
  4. ^ Clovis Botanical Garden
  5. ^ Harland Hand Memorial Garden. Garden Map.
  6. ^ Memories of Pikake Gardens Hometown Newspaper of Valley Center, Pauma Valley, Pala, Palomar Mountain & North Escondido