The Pacific Northwest is full of glorious public gardens, in addition to nurseries and garden centers with display gardens. But how many of them do you know?

The delightfully written Pacific Northwest Garden Tour takes you to sixty of the best gardens in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. With an easy-to-use format and enticing photographs, it's an indispensable companion to one of the lushest garden belts in North America, if not the world.

Whether you’re a resident or a visitor, you’ll discover little-known gems and rediscover classic gardens—all of them filled with beauty, history, drama, and excitement.

California has a wealth of top-notch public gardens. In The California Garden Tour, veteran travel writer Donald Olson highlights 50 outstanding public gardens and provides all the information that readers will need to make the most of their visit.

This gorgeous guide includes gardens in San Francisco, the East Bay, Sonoma, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Orange County, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, and San Diego. Gardens include iconic places like the Getty Center, new favorites like Alcatraz, and uniquely Californian destinations like Lotusland and Sunnylands. The easy-to-use format includes all the essentials (location, hours, and cost of admission), as well as a succinct, yet evocative, description of every garden. Each garden is brought to life with color photography.

Tourists, residents, and garden lovers will treasure this attractive guide as it leads them on a fantastic garden tour that only California can provide.