Sunnylands — The Free Half-Day That Surprises Every Visitor
We routinely send visitors to Sunnylands and they come back saying it was the best thing they did all week.
Our experience
The gardens are free, the air-conditioned visitor center is a small architectural gem, and the desert plantings are a quiet master class in what thrives here. We treat it as a slow half-day: a walk through the gardens, the short film about the Annenbergs, and coffee in the café. If you can get a ticket to tour the historic home (they go fast and are released a month at a time), do it.
Try it
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