San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
Yellow-faced Bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) on Lanceleaf liveforever flower (Dudleya lanceolata-Calif. native.), in botanical garden.
One-sided Bottlebrush (Calothamnus quadrifidus), native to Southwest Australia.
× Amarcrinum memoria-corsi - South African hybrid.

The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in the rolling hills of El Chorro Regional Park, between San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County, within the Central Coast of California region. Its grounds, when completed, will be a 150-acre (61 ha) collection of gardens displaying the diverse plant life of the five Mediterranean climate zones of the world; the Mediterranean Basin, and regions of California, Chile, Australia, and South Africa.

History

The first idea for the garden began in 1989, and in 1991 the Friends of SLO Botanical Garden was incorporated. In 1993, a 40-year renewable lease for 150 acres (61 ha) was signed with San Luis Obispo County. The 2-acre (8,100 m2) Preview Garden was opened in 1997. The master plan was completed in 1998, as was the greenhouse and nursery. The 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) green, sustainably-built educational center was opened in 2007.

Work is ongoing to build the entire garden. When complete, the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden will be one of the largest botanical gardens in the Western United States.

Gardens

Mediterranean gardens

The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is developing gardens of the five ecoregions in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome:

Theme gardens

See also

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Coordinates: 35°20′27″N 120°43′14″W / 35.34083°N 120.72056°W / 35.34083; -120.72056

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