Re: LA aboretums


At 09:04 PM 12/29/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>I know this may be off subject, but it is in the climatic zone . . .
>I am going to have some free time in LA soon.  Are there any arboretums
>(arboreta?) worth visiting besides the Huntington in the LA area?  I was
>to LA County Arb. once.

Richard:

Here are some of the botanic gardens in the LA area:

*Santa Barbara Botanic Garden	805-682-4726
1212 Mission Canyon Road
Santa Barbara, CA  93105

*Huntington Library and Botanic Garden   818-405-2100
1151 Oxford Road   message tape         818-405-2275
San Marino, CA  91108

*Arboretum of Los Angeles County	626-821-3222
301 North Baldwin Avenue  	
Arcadia, CA  91007	
		
University of California at Los Angeles  310-825-4321
Mildred E. Mathias Botanic Garden	       310-825-1260
405 Hilgard Ave.		310-825-3260
Los Angeles, CA  90024-1606    

University of California at Riverside
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences  714-787-1012
Botanic Gardens	       	      714-787-4650
Riverside, CA  92521-1024   

University of California at Santa Barbara  805-961-2867
Department of Biological Sciences
Santa Barbara, CA  93106

*Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden	909-625-8767
1500 North College Avenue 
Claremont, CA  91711

* - from my last trips to the LA area about 8 - 10 years ago, these have the
most interesting areas to visit.


Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, NC  27406
336-674-3105



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