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Photos: InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA — CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Trail description
The South Coast Botanic Garden is one of those places that surprises you the moment you walk through the gate. What looks like a polished, manicured garden on the surface has a genuinely fascinating backstory — and for anyone who enjoys a relaxed outdoor walk with serious botanical interest, it delivers in a way that few spots in Southern California can match.
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- Hiking shoes Essential
- → Salomon Elixir Tour Mid WP · 203.38 $
- Layered clothing Essential
- Rain jacket Essential
- Trekking poles
- → Black Diamond Trail Ergo Cork · 69.99 $
- Headlamp
- → Petzl Actik Core 625 · 103.95 $
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