Gardens of the World is a botanical garden in Thousand Oaks, California, situated directly across Thousand Oaks Boulevard from Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, within the downtown core of the city. Established in 2001, the park was given to the city by the owners of a local travel agency.
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Interesting place unfortunately it has suffered from the drought, the lady we talked to told us they had lost quite a few trees, shrubs and flowers. At the moment the property is not very wheelchair or walker friendly although the lady said they were working on putting in proper paths to help people with disabilities get around the garden. A lot of hard work has been done to make this a lovely peaceful place to visit. There are seats all over the property to sit down listen to the birds and enjoy the scenery. Take a picnic with you and enjoy...
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Fantastic place to slow down for a stroll, perhaps a picnic lunch. Benches to sit on & well groomed grass. Sunny & shady spots. Well cared for & thought out design. Established & new plantings. A few ducks & a couple of white gesse on the ponds. The coloured green or blue water is unusual, but not unattractive. Clean toilets with fresh hand towels. BYO water & food, there are no drinking fountains or food to buy here. No dogs. I would like to see more labels on the plants & trees. They need more advertising. Spent over an hour here for...
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Great collection of trees from around the world, disappointing to see some very poor recent pruning (flush cuts) on some of the older trees. Poor soil management around large trees with serious soil compaction. As an arborist and plant lover I was quite disheartened with the state of the gardens and older trees. I won’t be back. I thought the dye in the ponds looked very unnatural. Lots of unrealised potential. I imagine this was a lovely garden in it’s time but seems to have fallen somewhat into disrepair & suffering from...
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