Quail Botanical Gardens 1736318 76539038 2006-09-19T06:45:57Z Daniel Olsen 1358728 clean up/sorting through California stubs and assigning more specific stub tags using [[WP:AWB|AWB]] [[Image:Quail Botanical Gardens - general view.JPG|thumb|right|250px|General view of the Quail Botanical Gardens.]] [[Image:Quail Botanical Gardens - detail.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Thorny detail.]] The '''Quail Botanical Gardens''' 30 acres (12.1 ha) are located at 230 Quail Gardens Drive, [[Encinitas, California]], [[United States|USA]], and include rare [[bamboo]] groves (said to be the largest bamboo collection in the United States), desert gardens, a tropical [[rainforest]], California native plants, Mediterranean climate landscapes, and a subtropical [[fruit]] garden. The gardens are open to the public daily; a parking fee is charged. Until 1957 the gardens were the private estate of Ruth Baird Larabee, at which time she donated her house and grounds to the County of San Diego. The Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation was established in 1961. Today the gardens include nearly 3,000 varieties of tropical, subtropical, and [[California native plants]]. Collections include the climate-based gardens for the New World and Old World Desert, Coastal [[Sagebrush|Sage]] Scrub, Sub-Tropical Fruit, a [[Pinetum]], a Palm Canyon, as well as geographically organized gardens for [[Africa]], [[Australia]], Arid [[Madagascar]] Garden, Arid [[South America]], the [[Canary Islands]], Cape [[South Africa]], [[Central America]], the [[Himalayas]], the [[Mediterranean]], the [[Middle East]], [[New Zealand]], the Pan-Tropical [[Rainforest]] with a 60-foot waterfall, and the [[Pacific]]. Plant varieties include [[fuchsia]]s, [[hibiscus]], [[bamboo]]s, [[protea]]s, [[cactus|cacti]] and [[succulent]]s, as well as other drought-resistant plants including Australian shrubs. Herbs, water plants, wildflowers, perennials, [[brugmansia]]s, [[cork oak]]s, and [[Arecaceae|palm]]s are also featured. == See also == * [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]] * [[California native plants]] [[Category:Botanical gardens in California]] {{SanDiegoCountyCA-geo-stub}}