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Conejo Valley Botanic Garden
Category: Arts & Entertainment Botanical Gardens Botanical Gardens [Edit]
350 W Gainsborough RdThousand Oaks, CA 91362
(805) 494-7630
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
3 reviews for Conejo Valley Botanic Garden
3 reviews in English
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Review from Kathy R.
Calabasas, CA
7/6/2009
This place is clearly someone's labor of love. It is also pretty clearly a work in progress.
If you're looking for a garden something like Descanso or the Huntington, you will be disappointed.
The garden consists mostly of what I would describe as nature trails. There are definitely garden-y areas: a butterfly garden, an herb garden, a salvia garden. But even those are more like part of a series of rustic natural trails than designed gardens.
As I walked up the trails this morning, I surprised several lizards and one cottontail rabbit.
I did not visit the children's garden, so I can't comment on it. It looked cool from the outside. It does say that the hours are Sunday only for the children's garden, but the rest of the gardens are open daily. The sign on the gate today said open 7 am to 5 pm.
This is an excellent place for an exercise walk. Lots of hills and mulchy terrain. Not that interesting from a botanical point of view, but worth returning to for the trails. -
Review from Kay D.
This is definitely not the caliber of botanic garden that I am used to, but it's free so you can't really say anything bad about it. I visited in November, and much of the vegetation was dormant or dead...maybe I'll try again in the spring.
The dirt trails are windy and only easy to moderate in difficulty, so I wouldn't come here for a hike so much as a leisurely stroll.
While the garden itself was only marginally manicured and moderately organized, the views from the top of the garden hill are unrivaled within the suburban Conejo Valley. There are picnic tables at the top in the cactus garden (not that far of a walk, about five minutes), which sets you up for a perfect romantic picnic/sunset watching experience. It was absolutely beautiful. -
Review from Kaaren D.
Newbury Park, CA
1/3/2008 3 photos
This garden boasts 33 acres of unique terrain, nature trails, and specialty gardens including the Kids Adventure Garden. I got there on Sunday just after the Kids Garden had closed. Its hours are VERY RESTRICTIVE: only open 11am to 3pm on Sunday and closed holidays. Now does that make sense??? I am astounded that a garden like this would be closed on the days when people might have more time to use it. Across the road from the park entrance is a large hill with a hiking trail on it.
The Botanic Garden is hidden down a road and is part of a city park that I couldn't find the entrance to. There were some guys playing horseshoes, and lots of tables for picnics. Other facilities were also available, but no one was using any of them at the time I was there. It is deep in a neighborhood on the hill above the Oaks Mall area.
