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A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden
Santa Barbara, California

Botanical Garden

A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden in Santa Barbara, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden
Berkeley, California

Botanical Garden

Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden in Berkeley, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Botanical Building
San Diego, California

Botanical Garden

Botanical Building in San Diego, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Cachuma Lake Nature Center
Santa Barbara, California

Anthropology, Botanical Garden, Children's, Culture, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park

Cachuma Lake Nature Center in Santa Barbara, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Chula Vista Nature Center
Chula Vista, California

Aquarium, Art, Botanical Garden, Children's, Natural History, Nature Centers, Zoo

The Chula Vista Nature Center is a living, breathing, flapping, buzzing and splashing home to the unique animals and plants of Southern California. This Zoo & Aquarium is a convenient six miles south of downtown San Diego. Kids love meeting the live owls & hawks while exploring the aquarium exhibits, making nature crafts, and more. The Nature Center sits on the 316-acre Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Guests can explore the Nature Center on their own or experience organized programs ranging from Critter Day Camps to Overnight Adventures. It’s the perfect place Celebrate your next birthday. Parents love the positive, educational, fun, kid-friendly staff, perfect size indoor and outdoor setting for the party, and happy kids.

Duncan Water Gardens
Fresno, California

Botanical Garden

In this tranquil garden, which belongs to Dick and Jackie Duncan, you can wander through more than three landscaped acres and enjoy a waterfall, a pond, a lake filled with koi fish, and sculpture by local artists. The 53 Yoshino cherry trees blossom in mid-March.

Edward-Dean Museum & Gardens
Cherry Valley, California

Arboretum, Art, Botanical Garden, Culture, General, Library, Nature Centers, Park

Take a Tour of the Edward-Dean Museum: Make the museum your own personal museum by taking a guided group tour. The friendly staff and docents at the Edward-Dean Museum will guide you in and out of the museum showing you the many cultural treasures hidden in the picturesque setting of Cherry Valley. Guided tours are by appointment only and are $5 per person and non-guided walk-through tours are $3.

Filoli
Woodside, California

Arboretum, Art, Botanical Garden, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library, Park

Located 30 miles south of San Francisco, Filoli is an historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century. Whether enjoying its beauty or pursuing its educational opportunities, we invite you to explore this cherished community resource.

Friendship Garden
Glendale, California

Botanical Garden

Friendship Garden in Glendale, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Gerry Dunlap Rose Garden/Botanical Garden
Stockton, California

Botanical Garden, Science, University

Located on the grounds of the University of the Pacific campus.

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
Lancaster, California

Archaeology, Botanical Garden, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park, Science

Each spring, the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve comes alive with the seasonal surprises of the Mojave Desert Grassland habitat. The duration and intensity of colors and scents vary from year to year. The wildflower season generally lasts from as early as mid-February through May, with a variety of wildflowers creating a mosaic of color that changes daily.

Beverly Hills Cactus Garden
Beverly Hills, California

Botanical Garden

The garden is located on Santa Monica Blvd., between Camden Dr. and Bedford Dr. The garden includes a variety of desert plants.

Botanical Garden-CSU Northridge
Northridge, California

Botanical Garden

The garden sits on one acre of land and features over 1000 plants.

Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens
San Clemente, California

Art, Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Historic House

Perched on a bluff overseeing the historic San Clemente Pier, the magnificent Casa is a living demonstration of California history, culture and ecology – a showplace for the entire region. Casa Romantica is a genuine part of California, not a commercial re-creation. In an era when we seek connection, the Casa is tangible – a way to share in the experiences of other times, cultures, and people – and through that to learn more about our world. Come and enjoy everything this spectacular estate and performance venue has to offer.

Descanso Gardens
La Canada Flintridge, California

Botanical Garden, Historic House

=Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre urban oasis 12 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. This accredited museum of living collections includes the largest camellia collection in North America on 20 acres; a 30-acre forest of Coast live oaks; 5.5-acre Rose Garden; Native Plant area; Japanese Garden; lilac garden, streams, and lake; the Sturt Haaga Gallery; the historic Boddy House; cafe, gift shop and free parking.

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
Long Beach, California

Botanical Garden

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden in Long Beach, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Feather River Nature Center & Native Plant Park
Oroville, California

Botanical Garden, Children's, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park, Science

The bank of the Feather River below the Bath House was once the site of a Maidu fishing village. The river provided a bountiful supply of giant Chinook salmon and acorns were harvested from the groves of Blue Oaks. Gold was discovered in the Feather River in 1849 bringing a tent city of fortune hunters virtually overnight. The gold soon ran out and the miners left as quickly as they had appeared.

Forestiere Underground Gardens
Fresno, California

Botanical Garden

Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

George White and Anna Gunn Marston House
San Diego, California

Botanical Garden, Culture, History, Historic House

The Marston House Museum is one of San Diego's finest examples of the Arts and Crafts movement and was constructed in 1905 for George W. Marston and his wife, Anna Gunn Marston. George Marston is noted for many things but most prominently as a civic leader whose interest and work in historic preservation, conservation and history is renowned. The property was designed and built by the internationally renowned architects William Sterling Hebbard and Irving Gill. Surrounded by five acres of rolling lawns, manicured formal gardens, and rustic canyon gardens, this 8,500 square-foot home became a house museum in 1987 after the Marston family gifted it to the City of San Diego for the enjoyment of the public.

Hakone Gardens
Saratoga, California

Botanical Garden

Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

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