There are many arboretums and botanical gardens in Southern California, many in the Los Angeles area. Here are a few. All are well worth a visit and some have nurseries where you can buy native plants.
Arboretums & Botanical Gardens
- California Living Museum (C.A.L.M.) Bakersfield
- Theodore Payne Foundation, Sun Valley
- Descanso Gardens, La Canada-Flintridge
- Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Garden, San Marino
- UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden
- Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia
- California Botanic Garden, Claremont
- South Coast Botanical Garden, Los Angeles County
- Virginia Robinson Garden, Beverley Hills
- The Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon
- Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton
- Sherman Library and Gardens, Newport Beach
- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert
- UC Riverside Botanic Gardens, Riverside
- San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinatas
- Leaning Pine Arboretum, San Luis Obispo County
- San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, San Luis Obispo
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara
- Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest
- Ventura Botanical Gardens, Ventura
