Plant Collections
The gardens are organized into several specialized collections:
- Mediterranean
- California Native
- John Muir Nature Trail
- Redwood Grove
- Chile
- Cape Province (South Africa)
- Australia
- Mediterranean Basin Region
- Mild-temperate climate
- New Zealand
- Moon-viewing Garden - a Japanese design
- Takamine Garden - Asian plants
- Temperate Asia Garden
- Montane tropic
- Mesoamerican Cloud Forest
- Southeast Asian Cloud Forest (in development)
- Andean Cloud Forest (in development)
- Specialty collections
- Ancient Plant Garden
- Succulent garden
- Dwarf Conifer garden
- Exhibition Garden
- Garden of Fragrance
- Zellerbach Garden of Perennials
- Dry Mexico
- Rhododendron Garden
- Magnolias & Camellias(found in many collections)
The mild Mediterranean climate is ideal for plants from surprisingly many parts of the world; the arboretum does not include greenhouses for species requiring other climate types.
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