The Arboretum
Villa Montalvo hosts an 137-acre (550,000 m2) arboretum and botanical garden, located behind the Montalvo Arts Center. It is free & open to the public during daylight hours, and run as part of a non-profit organization for art, artists, and the local community.
The arboretum is adjacent to the villa, and is an Audubon Society bird sanctuary, with dirt paths leading out of a redwood canyon to Lookout Point at 1,200 feet (370 m). A number of forest types are represented, including chaparral, evergreen, and redwood. Trees native to the Santa Cruz Mountains include bay, California nutmeg, Douglas fir, big-leaf maple, tanoak, and coast live oak. Broom, mountain mahogany, chamise, coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis), madrone, manzanita, monkey flower, pitcher sage, poison oak, and toyon are also common.
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