| Rancho Santa Ana Online
Garden Tour
(For other online garden tours, see
the listing at the bottom of this page.)
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont,
California calls itself "California's Native Garden".
Founded in Orange County by Susanna Bixby Bryant 1927, the garden
location was changed to Claremont in 1951 where it became affiliated
with the nearby Claremont University. Scientific studies are the
hallmark of the garden.
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In spring the Rancho Santa
Ana garden is full of color as California poppies (Papaver),
native lilacs (Ceanothus), Western redbud trees (Cersis
occidentalis), and Barbery (Berberis) burst into
bloom |
In this 86 acre garden you will find native
plants ranging from towering Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens),
natives of northern California, to creosote shrubs (Larrea tridentata)
from the Mojave desert to Oak Woodlands native to this site.
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An interesting feature of
the garden is the meadowland which has a stone-tiled path
winding through it in the shape of a rattlesnake.
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This native American house
is part of an educational site in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic
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To learn more about the Garden, visit its official
website. There is a small fee for admission. It is best
visited in Spring or Summer. After you
have visited the garden plan to have lunch at one of the many charming
restaurants in Claremont Village.
Take these Hot Gardens online preview tours, too:
Huntington Gardens Desert Garden - near Pasadena
Tucson Gardens
Phoenix Desert Botanical
Garden
Descanso Gardens -
near Pasadena
Los
Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Arlington
Garden - in Pasadena
Tropical Garden in
the Dominican Republic
Shore Acres Gardens, Coos
Bay Oregon
Santa Barbara Gardens
South Coast Botanic Garden -
near Los Angeles
San Diego's Balboa Park Botanical
Gardens
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