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aloe garden
australian garden
blue garden
bromeliad garden
butterfly garden
cacti and euphorbias
cactus garden
Cycad Garden
Fern Garden
Japanese Garden
orchards
parterre
succulent garden
theatre
topiary garden
Epiphyllum Garden
water gardens

australian tea tree arbor

The Spanish style Visitor Center was built in 1993 to facilitate public tours. Its design is modeled after the historictile fountain George Washington Smith bath house adjacent to the Water Garden, and it houses a garden shop, patio, rest rooms, and a gathering area for visitors. Features include tile benches, an arbor covered with Australian Tea Tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) and a tile fountain, which has a lotus design by local artist Judy Sutcliffe.

In order to preserve the eucalyptus grove which previously existed on the site and to provide a demonstration garden of a relatively unknown group of plants, all the plants in the surrounding garden are native to Australia. The design, by landscape architect Sydney Baumgartner, incorporates grouping large masses of unusual plants in imitation of Madame Walska's style.

Banksia seminuda flowers

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