Introduction

California Gardens describes over 200 gardens from Monterey to Humboldt County in Northern California that are open to the public on a scheduled or occasional basis. It includes arboretums, botanical gardens, public parks, college campuses, hotels, nurseries, wineries, and private estates that showcase the extraordinary variety of plants that thrive across the region. Future updates will add locations in Los Angeles and Southern California. (see more)

David Laws is a garden and travel writer/photographer and high-technology business consultant based on the Monterey Peninsula. (see more)

On Apple iOS and Android devices use the app's "Filter" capability (the dialog box at top left of the screen on the opening menu page) to identify specific garden styles of interest. Then, using the "Sort by" menu at the bottom, choose if you want them ordered by Name (alphabetically), Distance, Cost or County, Finally touch the big "Apply" bar. (see more)

This is the ninth edition of this popular guide to Western gardening created by the editors of Sunset magazine. The following description is from the publisher's website: (see more)