Places Volunteers Can Receive Training

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