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  2. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 127 acres (51.4 ha), is an arboretum, botanical garden, and historical site nestled into hills near the San Gabriel Mountains in Arcadia, California, United States. Open daily, it only closes on Christmas Day. [ 1 ] The Arboretum is located across the street from Santa Anita Park, the horse ...

  3. FAO Schwarz - Wikipedia

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    1910 F.A.O Schwarz Advertisement. FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862 in Baltimore under the name "Toy Bazaar" by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz.. In 1870, Schwarz opened a New York City location known as the "Schwarz Toy Bazaar" at 765 Broadway, which moved to 42 E. 14th Street in Union Square in 1880 and operated at that location until April 28, 1897, when it took over two vacant ...

  4. America’s oldest zoo has a new history-making CEO

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    In 2019, Denise Verret became the first Black female director of the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens. As she takes on new role at the Philadelphia Zoo, Mogerman said she plans to remain ...

  5. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California

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    Blake Garden. University of California, Berkeley. Kensington. 37°54′48″N 122°17′07″W  /  37.91333°N 122.28528°W  / 37.91333; -122.28528. Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. Santa Rosa. 38°26′10″N 122°42′42″W  /  38.43611°N 122.71167°W  / 38.43611; -122.71167. California State University Northridge Botanic ...

  6. Denise Verret - Wikipedia

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    Denise M. Verret is the director of the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens. [ 1 ] She is the first female African American director of an Association of Zoos and Aquariums -accredited institution. [ 1 ][ 2 ] She also serves on the board of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is a zoo accreditation inspector. [ 3 ]

  7. Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Mathias Botanical Garden is a 7-acre (2.8 ha) botanical garden with over 3,000 species of plants, [ 1 ] located on the southeastern corner of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus. It is named after Mildred Esther Mathias Hassler (1906–1995), a noted American botanist. The director is Victoria Sork.

  8. South Coast Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The South Coast Botanic Garden is an 87 acres (35 ha) botanical garden in the Palos Verdes Hills, in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Los Angeles International Airport. [ 1 ] It has over 150,000 landscaped plants and trees from approximately 140 families, 700 genera, and ...

  9. Huntington Library - Wikipedia

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    The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, known as The Huntington, [a] is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington in San Marino, California, United States. In addition to the library, the institution houses an extensive art collection with a focus on ...