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All visitors who aren’t members must buy a general admission ticket.

Hours
9am–5pm daily


Resource Library

Activities for discovery

Nature-focused videos, activities, and other educational materials for the classroom or home.

Videos: Habitats

Find out what animals need in their habitats to survive, and how oak tree habitats provide for local wildlife.
Find out what animals need in their habitats to survive, and how oak tree habitats provide for local wildlife.
Compare and contrast different habitats at Descanso and learn about the animals that call the gardens home.
Compare and contrast different habitats at Descanso and learn about the animals that call the gardens home.

Videos: Adaptations and Interactions

Adaptations are about survival. Discover how adaptations help plants survive in their environments.
Adaptations are about survival. Discover how adaptations help plants survive in their environments.
Investigate oak trees from the ground up and learn how these important trees survive.
Investigate oak trees from the ground up and learn how these important trees survive.

Did you know?

Descanso Gardens now sits on land that was once an oak forest. Our camellias love growing in the shade of the native oaks and are nourished by oak leaf litter.