Descanso Gardens

Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees

Descanso Gardens is an urban retreat in La Canada Flintridge, California, offering year-round natural beauty, notable botanical collections, and seasonal horticultural displays. Founded in 1953, it is operated and funded by the nonprofit Descanso Gardens Foundation under a public-private partnership with the County of Los Angeles. It is accredited as a museum of living collections by the American Association of Museums and welcomes roughly 950,000 visitors annually from Southern California and beyond.

As part of the Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos landscape, the organization serves a broad public audience seeking educational and recreational experiences in a garden setting. It pursues community collaborations and programming, including partnerships with local organizations to offer events such as free-admission days for veterans and their families.

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