The Marin-Bolinas Botanical Gardens (14 acres) are botanical gardens specializing in succulents, located in, Bolinas, California

Bolinas, California

Bolinas formerly Juggville is a coastal unincorporated community in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bolinas is located west-southwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 36 feet...

, USA. They are open to the public on weekends.

The gardens were created by Dr. Herman Schwartz, a retired physician. They now contain over 2,000 species; the children’s garden has 280 types of succulents. The gardens include 6 greenhouse

Greenhouse

A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...

s, including ones dedicated to aloe

Aloe

Aloe , also Aloë, is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe"....

s and euphorbias. A Marin County

Marin County, California

Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...

 native flower garden

Flower garden

A flower garden is any garden where flowers are grown for decorative purposes. Because flowers bloom at varying times of the year, and some plants are annual, dying each winter, the design of flower gardens can take into consideration to maintain a sequence of bloom and even of consistent color...

(6.5 acres) is currently being added.

External links

• California Horticulture Society Bulletin from October 2001 (page 2)