California Garden & Potager: Public Gardens throughout California

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In this post we share a list of public garden based in California, United States of America.

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Published July 2023 with plants to habitually update

Northern California Gardens

Alameda

• Blake Garden – UC Berkeley
• Brazil Quarry Park – Concord
• Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate – Oakland
• The Gardens at Lake Merritt – Oakland
• Hayward Japanese Gardens – Hayward
• Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve – Oakland
• Lakeside Park – Oakland
• Marcia Donohue’s Berkeley Garden – Berkeley
• Morcom Rose Garden – Oakland
• Tilden Regional Parks Botanic Garden – Berkeley
• The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley – UC Berkeley
• Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden – Benicia

West-Central

• The UCSC Arboretum and Botanic Garden – Santa Cruz

Central

• UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden – Davis
• Clovis Botanical Garden – Clovis

East Bay

• Crow Canyon Gardens – San Ramon
• The Gardens at Heather Farm – Walnut Creek
• Markham Regional Arboretum – Concord
• The Ruth Bancroft Garden – Walnut Creek
• Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum – Fremont

San Francisco

• Gardens of Alcatraz – Alcatraz
• Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
• Living Roof at the California Academy of Sciences  
• Project Artaud Garden
• Salesforce Transit Center Park 
• Sunnyside Conservatory 
• Yerba Buena Sister Cities Gardens
• The Gardens of Golden Gate Park
  • Ancient Plant Garden
  • Garden of Fragrance
  • San Francisco Botanical Garden
  • Conservatory of Flowers
  • Japanese Tea Garden
  • Garden of Shakespeare’s Flowers
  • Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden
  • Dahlia Dell

South Bay

• Allied Arts Guild – Rose Allee, Court of Abundance and Garden of Delight – Menlo Park
• Bamboo Garden – Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
• Filoli Historic House and Gardens – Woodside
• Gamble Garden – Palo Alto
• Guadalupe Gardens – San Jose
• Hakone Gardens – Saratoga
• Luther Burbank Home and Gardens – San Jose
• Municipal Rose Garden – San Jose
• Stanford Arizona Garden – Stanford, Palo Alto
• Stanford University Tree Maps & Tree Walks – Stanford, Palo Alto
• Pacifica Gardens, Pacifica

North Bay & Wine Country

• Clos Pegase Heritage Garden – Napa Valley
• Cornerstone Gardens – Sonoma
• Marin Art and Garden Center – Marin
• Martha Walker Garden – Napa
• Quarryhill Botanical Garden – Glen Ellen
• Sonoma Botanical Garden – Sonoma
• Humboldt Botanical Garden – Humboldt
• Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens – Fort Bragg
• Western Hills Garden – Occidental

Southern California Gardens

• Living Desert Zoo & Gardens – Palm Desert
• San Luis Obispo Botanic Garden – San Luis Obispo
• University of California Riverside Botanic Gardens, Riverside
• Cal State University Fullerton Arboretum – Fullerton
• Sunnylands Center & Gardens, Rancho Mirage
• Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, Thousand Oaks
• Ventura Botanical Gardens, Ventura
• Niguel Botanical Preserve, Laguna Niguel
• Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, San Clemente
• Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, Vista

South Bay

• South Coast Botanic Garden
• Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden
• Pine Wind Japanese Garden

Greater Los Angeles

• Gottlieb Native Garden – Beverly Hills
• Virginia Robinson Gardens – Beverly Hills
• Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
• Descanso Gardens
• The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
• UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
• Exposition Park Rose Garden
• Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Garden –  Catalina Island
• The Getty Center and Getty Villa
• Manhattan Beach Botanic Garden – Manhattan Beach
• Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Long Beach

Orange County

• Sherman Library and Gardens
• Fullerton Arboretum

Inland Empire

• California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden), Claremont

Santa Barbara & Montecito

• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara
• Lotusland, Montecito

San Diego

• San Diego Botanic Garden
• Balboa Park Gardens