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Seaside Gardens: Carpinteria side Gardens in the outskirts of Carpintería was

If there’s a silver lining to the pandemic, it’s that our first roadside attraction. The three-plus acre
nursery features 11 display gardens that show-
highways are less congested. We breezed through
Orange County and Los Angeles without seeing case plants from around the world that thrive in
brake lights on our way to our first destination, California’s coastal environment. Each garden was
created by local landscape designers using Asian,
Santa Barbara.
Australian, California native, Central/South Amer-
As we travel, notable gardens and plant nurs-
ican, Mediterranean and South Africa themes.
eries are always on Mary’s must visit list. So Sea-
Seaside Gardens is a botanical garden that de-

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