List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California

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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 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 (formerly Quail Botanical Gardens) Encinitas 33°3′7.92″N 117°16′50.16″W / 33.0522000°N 117.2806000°W / 33.0522000; -117.2806000
Strybing Arboretum
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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

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