Re: gardens of LA area

I would also highly recommend:

Lotusland in Montecito (in Santa barbara, but worth a trip) You need a reservation for this one. I don't have enough words for this garden, it is one of a kind, as was its resident Diva, Ganna Walska (Madam)
Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach near Cal State Long Beach--a very California garden on one of the last original Ranchos, somehow surviving in the midst of a gated suburban community.
Hannah Carter garden by UCLA--an excellent small Japanese garden which always looks good. You need a reservation, which you make through UCLA.

I don't have time right now to do the website links (sorry!), but you should be able to come up with all of them by googling.

Happy garden visiting!
Laura







On May 19, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

Chantal,
A few more friends chimed in with some suggestions and some caveats. I'll
copy them here unedited:

The Huntington is very nice indeed, a definite stop. Descanso Gardens
(http://www.descansogardens.org/site/) is also quite nice, but their famous
camellias won't look like much. The Getty is interesting too - you need
parking reservations beforehand. There's the LA Arboretum
(http://www.arboretum.org/), which is pretty extensive and has some nice
plantings, including a lot of Australian plants; it's a little bit of a
drive out of LA proper but very easy to get to.
I don't know if I'd send someone to Theodore Payne. I was just there about a
month ago and the pictures you see on their website of the nursery is what
there is - pretty basic. Now, all I did was head right for the nursery
itself and start loading up on gallon pots. We didn't look around for any
garden area so maybe there's something nicer there. They do have an
excellent collection of native seeds that a visitor might be able to take
back home and the staff is first rate.
This one http://parks.co.la.ca.us/virginia_gardens.html is one I've meant to
try but never done.
++++++++++++++++++++
I would suggest Chantal and her husband visit the Getty museum in
Malibu. Both the gardens and the museum are great.
++++++++++++++++++++++
The Getty villa in Malibu is closed now, they're doing some kind of
renovation. The big Getty museum is up on the hill above, ummm, ummm,
Westwood I think.
But their garden area is worth looking at, just not the major reason for
going there.
++++++++++++++++++

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chantal Guiraud" <chantal.guiraud@modulonet.fr>
To: "forum MGS" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: gardens of LA area


Hi all,

I'm planning a trip to Los Angeles from 20 to 27 of june and would like to
visit gardens and nurseries.
Could you give me some adresses of interesting places to go ?
Of course, my husband and I will rent a car.
Chantal
Montpellier, France















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