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For the past year I've been compiling a list of Public Gardens for my gardening website. These gardens all look like fantastic places to visit, but what are the most popular? I'll continue with this list for the Pacific Coast of the United States. The Pacific Coastal States are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington. The most popular public gardens (based on online chatter) on the Pacific Coast are: 10. Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon 9. Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas, California 8. Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue, Washington 7. Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage, Alaska 6. Filoli in Woodside, California 5. Koko Crater Botanical Garden in Honolulu, Hawaii 4. University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley in Berkeley, California 3. Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California 2. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in Santa Barbara, California ...and the most popular public garden on the US Pacific Coast is... 1. San Francisco Botanical Garden in San Francisco, California Public Gardens not making the top 10 were Berry Botanic Garden in Portland, Oregon; Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu, Hawaii; Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden in Papaikou, Hawaii; Highline SeaTac Botanical Gardens in SeaTac, Washington; Ho`omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kaneohe, Hawaii; Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood, Washington; Leach Botanical Garden in Portland, Oregon; Lili`uokalani Botanical Garden in Honolulu, Hawaii; Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens in Greenbank, Washington; Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden in Fort Bragg, California; Moorten Botanical Garden in Palm Springs, California; National Tropical Botanical Garden in Kalaheo and Koloa, Hawaii; Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden in Federal Way, Washington; Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar, California; W. W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Tacoma, Washington; and Wahiawa Botanical Garden in Wahiawa, Hawaii. We have an excellent mix of public gardens on the Pacific Coast, with all five states making it into the top ten. I always like to see most of the states in a region place in the top ten, and you can't do better then five of five! So get out there and visit some of these magnificent attractions, and be sure to take the time to smell the roses ... and orchids! I compiled this list by searching for each public garden listed on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online. Check out my complete list of Public Gardens at www.GardeningWithLarry.com.
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