Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

Find your favorite flower on the rolling hills of UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens, a free and public tangle of flora on the southeast corner of campus. The self-guided tour is fascinating—you’ll see specimens straight out of a botanical fantasy, including a dragon tree from the Canary Islands in the desert section and weeping myrtles from Western Australia. It’s a surprisingly low-key spot considering its location, though the same can’t be said of the parking situation (at least on weekdays); try public transit instead, or paid spots in UCLA Parking Structure 2 just up Charles E. Young Drive.