Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 127 acres, is an arboretum, botanical garden, and historical site nestled into hills near the San Gabriel Mountains in Arcadia, California, United States. Open daily, it only closes on Christmas Day.
Mt Wilson seen from the main lawn near the entrance. Jacaranda mimosifolia, Golden Medallion (Cassia leptophylla), Afrocarpus falcatus, and Ficus macrocarpa (Moreton Bay Fig) trees nearby.
Looking north across Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. North shore lined with California native fan palm trees (Washingtonia filifera) and Mexican fan palm trees (Washingtonia robusta)..
Plumeria blossoms on Tallac knoll
Los Angeles County Arboretum, view of fountain
Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of the Santa Anita Park racetrack, the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, and Arcadia County Park. The city had a population of 56,364 at the 2010 census, up from 53,248 at the 2000 census. The city is named after Arcadia, Greece.
Peafowl, a symbol of Arcadia, walking on a lawn in Arcadia
Anita Baldwin's "Anoakia" mansion and gardens in 1915
U.S. Army's Ross Field Balloon School hangars
Santa Anita Assembly Center tarpaper barracks, at the Santa Anita Park racetrack
