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The Leaning Pine Arboretum is located on on the north side of the "Cal Poly’s Leaning Pine Arboretum Receives $1 Million Donation for Upgrades and Improved Programming"
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The Leaning Pine Arboretum is a living laboratory of plants for all to enjoy. Visitors are always welcome. The arboretum is open year around. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, except for Cal Poly academic holidays. There is no admission fee. Pay parking is available nearby
Because plants change with the seasons, visitors are encouraged to return often to enjoy the many and varied highlights and vistas. Staff in the gift shop usually have a brochure-map of the gardens.
The Leaning Pine Arboretum is located on on the north side of the California Polytechnic State University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...
campus, in San Luis Obispo, central California. In 2022, the Arboretum received a one-million-dollar gift from a former Provost and her husband./ref>
Garden collections
Collections are arranged primarily by nativity and feature a diverse array of trees, shrubs, and other landscape plants appropriate for the Central Coast of California region. The gardens display hundreds of unique and intriguing plants, primarily from theMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub is a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The biome is generally characterized by dry summers and rainy winters, although in some areas rainfall may be uniform. Summers are typically hot in ...
Biome in the world's five Mediterranean climate regions located in areas of: Australia, California, Chile, the Mediterranean region, and South Africa.
The arboretum also has a New Zealand garden, a Dwarf and Unusual Conifer garden, a Formal garden, and displays of cycads, palms, and numerous succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...
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Access
The Leaning Pine Arboretum is a living laboratory of plants for all to enjoy. Visitors are always welcome. The arboretum is open year around. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, except for Cal Poly academic holidays. There is no admission fee. Pay parking is available nearby
Because plants change with the seasons, visitors are encouraged to return often to enjoy the many and varied highlights and vistas. Staff in the gift shop usually have a brochure-map of the gardens.
See also
*List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in California is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of California. Calpoly.edu: official Leaning Pine Arboretum website
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{{coord, 35.3106, N, 120.663, W, source:kolossus-eswiki, display=title Arboreta in California California Polytechnic State University Parks in San Luis Obispo County, California