{"id":32037,"date":"2024-08-06T10:56:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exp1.com\/blog\/?p=32037"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:28:15","slug":"the-18-most-beautiful-gardens-in-and-around-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exp1.com\/blog\/the-18-most-beautiful-gardens-in-and-around-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"The 18 Most Beautiful Gardens In and Around Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Los Angeles may be a sprawling urban city, but that doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t green spaces around. There are plenty of botanical gardens and flowering fields, both large and small, in LA and the surrounding areas. These colorful green spaces boast plants both native to California and imported from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From famous floral attractions to smaller community-run gardens, these are our favorite gardens in LA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Descanso Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The 150-acre Descanso Gardens<\/a> has one of the largest collections of camellias in the Western hemisphere. Their newest garden is \u2014 funny enough \u2014 the ancient forest. The forest features plants that have been around since the days of the dinosaurs, including several endangered species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Descanso Gardens also often has art and sculpture exhibits throughout the gardens as well as annual Halloween and holiday light installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Perhaps the most well-known of LA\u2019s botanical gardens, The Huntington<\/a> started as a library and arts collection of Henry Edwards Huntington and his second wife, Arabella Huntington. The collection opened to the public in 1928 in accordance with his will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The botanical gardens sit on 120 acres of land with plants from around the world, including a program to propagate endangered plant species. It takes some time to stroll through the gardens, which include a Chinese Garden with multiple pavilions, a bamboo forest leading to the Japanese Garden, and even some \u201ccorpse flowers\u201d in the carnivorous plants wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. The Japanese Garden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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