Conejo Valley Botanical Garden
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The Conejo Valley Botanic Garden is located in Thousand Oaks, California
, USA
, in the Conejo Valley
39 miles west of Los Angeles
.
The Garden contains mostly native species, and displays over 60 types of salvia
, of which at least 10 are California native species. The garden also features a rare fruit
collection, currently composed of 130 trees of 40 varieties from 35 countries. The garden is 33 acres (134,000 m²) in size, and is maintained by volunteers.
34.19203°N 118.88690°W
Thousand Oaks, California
Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, in the Conejo Valley
Conejo Valley
The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both southeastern Ventura County and northwestern Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States...
39 miles west of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
The Garden contains mostly native species, and displays over 60 types of salvia
Salvia
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 700-900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of several genera commonly referred to as sage. When used without modifiers, sage generally refers to Salvia officinalis ; however, it is...
, of which at least 10 are California native species. The garden also features a rare fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
collection, currently composed of 130 trees of 40 varieties from 35 countries. The garden is 33 acres (134,000 m²) in size, and is maintained by volunteers.
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34.19203°N 118.88690°W