A Guide to the Best of Southern California : GARDENS : Weddings and Wanderings
STARTED in 1920 and completed in the ‘40s, the adobe house at Orcutt Ranch is now a popular site for weddings. But it’s the small botanical garden--eight acres of an eclectic mix of monkey puzzle, bamboo, huge ancient live oak (one is 700 years old, another a teen-ager of 350) and sycamore trees, winding paths, a creek, stone otter gargoyles and a grassy picnic area--that’s the real treat. Historical tours are conducted on the last Sunday of each month between 2 and 5 p.m.
Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center, 23600 Roscoe Blvd., West Hills; (818) 883-6641.
Sign up for The Wild
We’ll help you find the best places to hike, bike and run, as well as the perfect silent spots for meditation and yoga.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
