Places Volunteers Can Receive Training
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Here are places in Southern California where volunteers can be trained by veteran gardeners:
Los Angeles County
Common Ground Master Gardener Program
2615 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 400
Los Angeles, Calif. 90007
(213) 744-4341
Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive
La Canada Flintridge, Calif. 91011
(818) 790-5571
Huntington Library Art Collections and
Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, Calif. 91108
(818) 405-2160
Los Angeles State & County Arboretum
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, Calif. 91006-2697
(818) 446-8251
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 N. College Ave.
Claremont, Calif. 91711-3101
(714) 626-1917 or (714) 625-8767
South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw Blvd.
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. 90274
(213) 377-0468
Orange County
Sherman Library and Gardens
2647 E. Coast Highway
Corona del Mar, Calif. 92625
(714) 673-2261
Contact: Dorothy Woods
Fullerton Arboretum
Cal State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, Calif. 92634.
(714) 773-3579
UC Irvine Arboretum
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, Calif. 92717
(714) 856-5833
Riverside County
Landscapes Southern California Style
450 Alessandro Blvd.
Riverside, Calif. 92517
(714) 780-4170
Contact: Tom Ash, garden director
University of California
Cooperative Extension
Master Gardener Program
21150 Box Springs Road
Moreno Valley, Calif. 92387
(714) 683-6491
UC Riverside Botanic Gardens
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, Calif. 92521
(714) 787-4650
San Diego County
Quail Botanical Gardens
P.O. Box 5
Encinitas, Calif. 92024.
(619) 436-3036
Master Gardener Volunteer Program
c/o Cooperative Extension
Farm and Home Adviser’s Office,
UC Berkeley and County of San Diego
5555 Overland Ave., Building 4
San Diego, Calif. 92123
(619) 694-2845
Contact: Vincent Lazaneo
Santa Bernardino and Ventura Counties
Master Gardener Program
800 S. Victoria Ave.
Ventura, Calif. 93009
(805) 654-2949
Contact: Julie Newman
Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1212 Mission Canyon Road
Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105
(805) 563-2451
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