Mathias Botanical Garden | |
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Type | Public |
Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Nearest city | Los Angeles |
Coordinates | 34°03′57″N 118°26′28″W / 34.065788°N 118.441157°W |
Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
Created | 1906Mildred Esther Mathias Hassler | by
Status | Open year round |
Website | The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden |
The Mathias Botanical Garden is a 7-acre (2.8 ha) botanical garden with over 3,000 species of plants,[1] located on the southeastern corner of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus. It is named after Mildred Esther Mathias Hassler (1906–1995), a noted American botanist. The director is Victoria Sork. It is also the only free public botanical garden in the Greater Los Angeles area.[2]