Los Angeles County Arboreta And Botanic Gardens Department

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Thursday authorized the director of the county Arboreta and Botanic Gardens to increase admission fees and initiate special group rates at four county-operated gardens. Director Kenneth C. Smith was given permission to increase fees over the next three years up to $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $1.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Thursday authorized the director of the county Arboreta and Botanic Gardens to increase admission fees and initiate special group rates at four county-operated gardens. Director Kenneth C. Smith was given permission to increase fees over the next three years up to $5 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $1.

Kenneth C. Smith, former president of Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, Fla., was named Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors to head the Los Angeles County Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens. Smith, 58, will be paid $90,000 a year to run the county arboretum in Arcadia, Descanso Gardens in La Canada-Flintridge, South Coast Botanic Gardens in Palos Verdes and the Virginia Robinson Gardens in Beverly Hills. Smith worked 40 years at Cypress Gardens, a 223-acre park that has 1.

Kenneth C. Smith, former president of Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, Fla., was named Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors to head the Los Angeles County Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens. Smith, 58, will be paid $90,000 a year to run the county arboretum in Arcadia, Descanso Gardens in La Canada-Flintridge, South Coast Botanic Gardens in Palos Verdes and the Virginia Robinson Gardens in Beverly Hills. Smith worked 40 years at Cypress Gardens, a 223-acre park that has 1.

After a months-long nationwide search, Los Angeles County has offered the helm of its four-park Arboreta and Botanic Gardens Department to a man who runs a small private garden in Florida. Larry G. Pardue, 46, executive director of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens on Sarasota Bay, was offered the job earlier this week over three other candidates.

After a months-long nationwide search, Los Angeles County has offered the helm of its four-park Arboreta and Botanic Gardens Department to a man who runs a small private garden in Florida. Larry G. Pardue, 46, executive director of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens on Sarasota Bay, was offered the job earlier this week over three other candidates.