As we pass the school of Theology we follow an undistinguished road and we find ourselves in the parking lot to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens.
Welcome to The Ranch Santa Ana Botanical Gardens
California, with over 6000 kinds of native plants, has the richest flora of any state in the continental United States. Susanna Bixby Bryant, a visionary member of one of California's pioneering families, recognized the need to conserve this incredibl e plant diversity. In 1927, she founded Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens on her rancho in Orange county. Relocated to Claremont in 1951, RSABG is the largest botanical garden dedicated exclusively to our state's native plants.
Ranch Santa Ana Botanical Garden is dedicated to the collection, cultivation, study and display of native California plants. As a private , non-profit, research and educational institution, with extensive library, herbarium, and laboratory facilities, the garden is responsible for the RSABG Graduate Program in Botany for the Claremont Graduate School. Active research in systematic and evolutionary botany, as well as the garden's horticulture and community educational programs, focus on native Califor nia plants and their conservation. Through these programs, the mission of the gardens is to make significant contributions to the appreciation, enjoyment, conservation, understanding, thoughtful utilization and stewardship of our heritage.
The garden needs your support. Visitors are urged to support our work in conservation, research, horticulture and education by joining "The Friends" Call to find out how. "The Volunteers" are an active service group who contribute their time and talen ts to the Garden.
Visitors are cordially invited to attend the Garden's many events for the community, including the Annual Fall Plant Sale ( first weekend in November), Spring Wildflower Show, guided tours and school outreach programs, teacher workshops, classes, hort iculture and scientific symposia. Limited areas of the garden may be reserved for weddings, meetings and special events. Commercial use of the Gardens is permitted by prior arrangement only.
The garden is open daily from 8 am to 5 pm except New Year's day, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The California Gift shop is open weekdays from 9 am to 4:30 pm and on weekends, October through May from 11 am to 4 pm. Check summer hour s at entrance to shop. There is no admission fee to the gardens.
We will now return to Indian hill Blvd. and journey south towards the city's heart. To continue press the "step forward" button to return to Wolfe's market press the "step back" button.
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